Prof. J Ramachandran
Director

Prof. J. Ramachandran is a Member of Board, Tejas Networks and a BOC Chair Professor of Business Policy at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. A qualified Chartered and Cost Accountant, Professor Ramachandran obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. His major research interests are in the areas of corporate transformation and competitive strategy.

Prior to joining the faculty at IIM Bangalore, Professor Ramachandran was Vice President (Management Services) at Reliance Industries Limited, one of India’s largest private sector firms.

A winner of a number of awards for case research and teaching, recently both of India’s leading business publications Business World and Business Today cited him as a Star Teacher, Professor Ramachandran is currently engaged in studying the globalisation of firms from emerging markets. He has been the Harry Reynolds Visiting International Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; and a Visiting Professor at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France and the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA. He has also been a member of the Sub Committee on Strategy in Non-US Settings, Business Policy & Strategy Division of the Academy of Management, USA.

Professor Ramachandran was the Chairperson of Executive Education at the Institute. He has also directed the Global Leadership Program conducted by IIM Bangalore jointly with Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College, USA, HEC France, and Templeton College, UK as well as the MIT Sloan-IIMB Senior Management program on Globalisation, Technology and Management of Change.

A former member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Professor Ramachandran serves on the board of select companies. He has also served as a consultant to various multinational and Indian companies, including Daimler Chrysler, Hewlett Packard, Philips, ITC, Colgate Palmolive, Siemens, Olam International, Wipro, Infosys, Sasken, Wockhardt, United Breweries, Eicher, Dalmia Cements, Madras Refineries, and LIC.