Vrishali Bhat has a Post Graduate degree in Commerce from the Pune University. She is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has also completed the Intermediate Level of the Company Secretary course conducted by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. She is also a qualified Mutual Fund and Insurance Advisor. 

Her areas of interest are Financial Management, Management Accounting, Corporate Laws, Security Analysis, Financial Planning and Portfolio Management.

Prof. Vrishali Bhat brings with her work experience of 8 years in private sector with Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. For 4 years she had been deputed as head of the Regional Finance during which her responsibilities included branch accounting, budgeting, internal audit, MIS and branch performance evaluation. The next 4 years she had been handling branch operations and marketing activities at Udupi. The last year at Udupi she was designated as Branch Head and was responsible for overall performance. During this period she has gained experience in managing customer relations, Depository and Broking operational activities, portfolio management etc. She has also been engaged with ICFAI National College, Udupi as visiting faculty for Accounting and Finance, Mercantile and Corporate Laws.

She is keenly interested in taking up research in areas of Financial Markets and International Finance.