* Entrepreneurship
* Negotiation
* Business Ethics

Dr. Rama Velamuri is Associate Professor at CEIBS, where he teaches entrepreneurship and negotiation. Prior to joining CEIBS, he worked for four years on the faculty of IESE Business School, where he was the Academic Director of the Global Executive MBA and Inside India programs. He is a visiting professor at the Indian School of Business (ISB) since 2004, and has taught at business schools in the US, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Egypt and Nigeria. 

Dr. Velamuri has two areas of research focus. The first explores how the ethical behaviors of firm founders influence their ability to mobilize stakeholder support. The second examines the relationship between entrepreneurial strategies and firm growth. His research has been published in the Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance and Business Ventures, the Financial Times Mastering Management Series, and in other academic and practitioner outlets. He is a member of the editorial board of Journal of Business Venturing. He has also contributed several book chapters on entrepreneurship and strategy and has developed more than 15 research and teaching case studies. Some of his research can be downloaded from http://ssrn.com/author=485205.

Dr. Velamuri has been a facilitator in executive education programs for American, European and Asian corporations and for the CEO-Collaborative Forum, which brings together 30 CEOs of high growth, venture capital backed European technology firms. He has also 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 academe, Dr. Velamuri worked for six years as a manager for a large European corporation and for eight years as a self-employed consultant for Spanish, Indian and American clients.