BIO

S. Ramakrishna (Rama) Velamuri is a Visiting Professor at leading Indian and international business schools. He was formerly the Founding Dean of the School of Management, Mahindra University. From 2007 to 2021, he was the Chengwei Ventures Professor of Entrepreneurship at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), where he taught Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Negotiation courses. He was the Academic Director of the CEIBS Center for Entrepreneurship and Investment from 2011 to 2015, the Global Executive MBA from 2010 to 2012 and the Global CEO Program for Latin America from 2009 to 2010. He was previously on the faculty of IESE Business School for four years (2003-2007).
He has carried out case development and entrepreneurship faculty development assignments for the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the National Entrepreneurship Network India. He teaches as a Visiting Professor at the Indian School of Business (ISB), IIM Ahmedabad, BITS School of Management, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, and Bocconi University.
He has facilitated programs for senior managers of US, European, Chinese, and Indian MNCs. He has also facilitated the China Entrepreneurial Leadership Camp for high-growth Chinese entrepreneurs and the CEO Collaborative Forum for high-growth European entrepreneurs.
Dr. Velamuri’s research has been published in leading academic and practitioner journals (such as the Harvard Business Review and the California Management Review) and has received more than 5,600 Google Scholar citations. His 2010 paper in Long Range Planning on a trial-and-error approach to business model innovation is the fifth highest cited paper on business model innovations and among the top twenty on business models. He was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Business Venturing, the leading academic journal in Entrepreneurship, from 2006 to 2013, and has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Management Studies and Management and Organisation Review. He was co-editor of a book titled Entrepreneurship in Emerging Regions Around the World (Edward Elgar) and has also published several book chapters and approximately 50 case studies, which are available through Harvard Business School Publishing, Ivey Publishing and The Case Centre. Two of his case studies are currently on the HBSP bestseller list, two others have won awards, and several others have been on the bestseller list of The Case Centre. He regularly writes articles in outlets such as the Economist Intelligence Unit, Business Today, Financial Express, Caixin, and The Hindu, among others.  
Dr. Velamuri has experience as an investor, board member and advisor to entrepreneurial companies, and coaches entrepreneurs on operational and fund-raising strategies. He worked for six years as a manager in Grupo Tudor, one of Spain’s largest manufacturing companies. He also worked for eight years’ as a full time consultant based in Madrid, serving US, Indian and Spanish clients.