Ram Kumar Kakani

Ram Kumar Kakani is Director (and Professor) at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur. He is on deputation from his tenure track position as a Professor at the IIM Kozhikode. Ram started as a technocrat in the corporate sector and moved towards the academic world, focusing on Finance-Performance-Strategy. Earlier, Ram was faculty at XLRI Jamshedpur and LBSNAA Mussoorie. Abroad, he worked as an academic in Denmark, Nigeria, Singapore, and UAE. Lately, Ram has moved towards the Leadership domain to explore socially impactful initiatives aimed at Public Administration, including holding a Director position, the Government of India’s National Centre for Leadership Development & Competency Assessment (NCLDCA), a registered Society. Ram has co-authored books with publishers ranging from Cambridge, Sage to Routledge. His textbooks with McGraw-Hill run into multiple editions. Ram believes ‘often people are competent but not actionable’. Thus, Ram hopes to consolidate his learnings by merging his cross-functional insights in Business, Financial Analysis, Governance, Public Policy, and Leadership Development– and make life more meaningful.

Research Areas

• Financial & Accounting Analysis
• Corporate / Public Sector Leadership in Public Administration
• Corporate Strategy of India Inc.

Education

• Doctorate in Management, Fellow Program in Management, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, India, Finance & Control
• B. Tech., AU College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, Chemical Engineering

Teaching

"FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS: 1) Corporate / Public Sector Leadership Workshop Training of Trainers: State Bank of India Training Faculty, 2019 2) Negotiation Workshop Pan-India Training of Trainers: (i) Northern region, Haryana Police Academy (HPA), 2018 (Madhuban); (ii) Western region, Maharashtra Police Academy (MPA), 2018 (Nashik) 3) Corporate / Public Sector Leadership Workshop Training of Trainers: SVPNPA, 2018 (Hyderabad) 4) Pedagogy and Personality, DCSMAT Business School, 2017 (Vagamon: Kerala) 5) Teaching Workshop, Xavier Institute of Development Action and Studies (XIDAS), 2017 (Jabalpur: Madhya Pradesh) 6) Facilitating "Corporate / Public Sector Leadership Development- Workshop, SVPNPA, 2015 (Hyderabad: Telangana) 7) Case Teaching Workshop, Marian College, 2014 (Kuttikanam: Kerala) 8) Strategic Management, Magarpatta City Institute of Management & Technology, 2013 (Pune: Maharashtra)"

Management Accounting I (earlier, Financial Accounting)

Anchors of Corporate / Public Sector Leadership

Corporate Corporate / Public Sector Leadership

Financial Management

Strategic Management

Other Professional Appointments

Chairman-s Nominee, General body member, National Center for Good Governance (earlier, National Institute of Administrative Research, NIAR), Government of India: 2013-14

Member, Editorial board, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies: 2018-Present

"REVIEW AND EDITORIAL WORK FOR REFERRED JOURNALS: 1) Reviewer, Review of Public Personnel Administration: 2018-Present 2) Reviewer, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance: 2018-Present 3) Reviewer, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies: 2015-18 4) Reviewer, Journal of Critical Incidents: 2017-18 5) Reviewer, International Journal of Public Sector Management: 2017-18 6) Reviewer, "IIM-B Management Review- (IMR): 2015. 7) Reviewer, "Quantitative Finance- Journal: 2008-09 8) Reviewer, "Vikalpa- Journal: 2008-09 9) Reviewer, "Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting- Journal: 2008"

Member, XLRI Faculty Review Committee: 2016 - 2019

Editorial Review Board Member & Manuscript Reviewer, "Decision- Journal: 2008-11

Member, Editorial board, "Management and Labour Studies- Journal: 2005-10

Member, Committee for capacity-building of Corporate / Public Sector Leadership development programmes of Indian public administrators, UNDP-Government of India PIIA Project, 2012-13

Corporate / Public Sector Leadership

Director, National Center for Corporate / Public Sector Leadership Development & Competency Assessment (NCLDCA), a registered society, part of Government of India, Mussoorie, 2012 - 2014

"BOARD LEVEL MEMBERSHIPS: 1) Board member, Medinfi Health Care Private Limited: 2014-18 2) Advisor, Syntizen Technologies: 2014-17 3) Advisory board member, Cite. Communities: 2013-17 4) Board member, National Center for Sustainable Community Systems (NC-SCS) Society: 2014 (also, Founder Member) 5) Advisory board member, Hages B Solutions Private Limited: 2005-07 6) Board member, Youth For Action: 2005-06 7) Board member, Strategic Management Forum of India (SMF): 2003-07 "

Head, Virtual Interactive Learning (VIL), XLRI Xavier Institute of Management, Jamshedpur, 2016 - 2018

In charge, Mid-Career Training Programs Cell, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, 2013

Head, Corporate Programs, XLRI Xavier Institute of Management, Jamshedpur, 2012

Chairperson (Finance Area), S P Jain Center of Management (SPJCM), Singapore, 2006 - 2008

Head, Virtual Interactive Learning (VIL), XLRI Xavier Institute of Management, Jamshedpur, 2004 - 2006

Chairperson (Strategic Management Area), Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur, 2004 - 2006

President, XLRI Staff Cooperative Credit Society: 2002-04, 2016-2019

Academic Positions

"Professor, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode, 2019 - Present"

Professor, XLRI Xavier Institute of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur, 2015 - 2019

Professor, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, 2012 - 2015

ICCR Chair Professor, Lagos Business School (LBS), Lagos, Nigeria, Aug.-Dec. 2013 (sabbatical at LBSNAA Mussoorie)

Associate Professor, Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur, 2005 - 2006 and 2008 - 2012

Professor, S P Jain Center of Management (SPJCM), Singapore, 2006 - 2008

Assistant Professor, Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur, 2001 - 2005

Research Scholar (Finance Area), Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2000