S. Ramakrishna (Rama) Velamuri

S. Ramakrishna (Rama) Velamuri is a visiting professor at leading business schools in India and abroad. He was Professor and Founding Dean of the newly founded School of Management, Mahindra University for nearly 3 years. He was previously Chengwei Capital Professor of Entrepreneurship at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), on whose faculty he served for nearly 14 years (2007-2021). He has also been on the faculty of IESE Business School in Spain for four years (2003-2007). He has taught in the Americas (USA, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay), Europe (Spain, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Hungary), Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Egypt) and Asia (India, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea and Japan).

Dr. Velamuri's research has been published in leading academic and practitioner journals and has received more than 6,000 Google Scholar citations. He served on the 2019 and 2020 Advisory Councils of the CNBC Disruptor 50, to select the 50 most disruptive private companies in the world. He has been a facilitator in executive educations programmes for senior managers of multinational companies as well as for high-growth Chinese and European entrepreneurs.

Dr. Velamuri has experience as an investor, board member and advisor to entrepreneurial companies. He worked for six years (1985-1991) as a manager in a Spanish multinational and eight years (1991-1999) as a full-time consultant based in Madrid, serving US, Indian and Spanish clients.