Srabonti Ashrafi is a PhD candidate at CQUniversity Australia. She is the owner of a private Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and a CRICOS-registered provider in Australia with over ten years of experience in the vocational education and training (VET) sector. Her professional background includes regulatory compliance, organisational governance, and the delivery of education to both domestic and international students.

Her research focuses on financial and non-financial reporting, accountability, and governance in the Australian VET sector. In particular, she examines how reporting functions as a governance mechanism that shapes accountability in regulated environments, including how accountability dynamics vary across public and private providers operating within a shared regulatory framework.