Dr. Ramakrishna Velamuri

Dr. Ramakrishna Velamuri is Professor and Dean, School of Management, Mahindra University. He was previously Chengwei Capital Professor of Entrepreneurship and Chair of the Strategy & Entrepreneurship Department at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBA). He served as the Academic Director of the CEIBS Center for Entrepreneurship & Investment and of the CEIBS Global EMBA Program.

Prior to joining CEIBS in 2007, he worked for four years on the faculty of IESE Business School in Spain, where he was the Academic Director of the Global EMBA Programme. He is a visiting professor at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Bocconi University, and has taught at business schools in the US, Germany, Spain, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Egypt and Nigeria.

He has taught in executive programmes for companies like Tencent, China Development Bank, SASAC, Roche, Air Liquide, Du’nan, Bosch, Evonik, Buehler, Henkel Technologies, Abbott Laboratories, Goodyear-Dunlop, Grupo Santander, BBVA, Vodafone, Telefonica, Nissan Europe, and Hemas, Sri Lanka.

His research focuses on how the ethical behaviors of firm founders influence their ability to mobilize stakeholder support, and the relationship between entrepreneurial strategies & firm growth. His research has been published in the Harvard Business Review, Journal of Management Studies, California Management Review, Journal of Business Venturing, Organization Studies, and in other academic and practitioner outlets. He has developed more than 50 research and teaching case studies.

He has worked as a consultant for the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation on projects in India, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda. Prior to joining academics, Dr. Velamuri worked in the international division of Grupo Tudor (Spain) and was personally involved in pre- and post- acquisition negotiations.