Dr. Ravi Kumar Jain, Director, SIBM Hyderabad, is a start-up evangelist, with over 20 years of experience in family business management, teaching and training, research, business consulting and academic administration. Institution building and championing new initiatives has been his forte.

He holds a Doctorate in Business Management and a Masters in Business Administration (Finance) and PGD in ICT management. His areas of research interest are corporate finance, valuations, market microstructure, Business Economics and outsourcing.

He was the Founding Director of Symbiosis Institute of Research and innovation at Pune and currently, he is the Founding Director of Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Hyderabad Campus.

Dr. Jain also serves on the Board of Directors of a very prestigious global consortium – The Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Houston, USA in the capacity of VP for Asia Pacific Region (APDSI). Currently, he serves on the boards/management committees of prestigious industry/academic associations such as the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS, Telangana), Hyderabad Management Association (HMA).

He is an avid researcher with more than 100 international and national publications to his credit. He has authored and edited more than 40 books in the area of Business Management, Banking & Finance and ICT Management.

Dr. Jain has been honoured with various awards for his academic and administrative activities, including the ‘Best Director of B-School’ by Decision Science Institute Indian Subcontinent chapter in 2018.