Admissions 2024-26 Apply Now

Prof Y Rama Krishna

yramakrishna@ipeindia.org

Prof Y Rama Krishna

Professor & Programme Head - PGDM
Finance

Short Bio

Dr Rama Krishna currently working as Professor & Programme Head PGDM at Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad. He has over 23 years of experience in both industry and academics. Prior to joining IPE, he was associated with ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad, Ethiopian Civil Service University, Ethiopia, Malla Reddy Group of Institution, Hyderabad. He taught finance, leadership, and organizational psychology courses for MBA students in India and abroad. For two short stints he worked as financial analyst for leading management consulting companies based in Chicago and Texas, USA. Dr. Rama Krishna guided six PhD students of JNTU-H and Rayalaseema University. He published research papers in SCOPUS, ABDC, and Cabell’s listed journals at both India and international level. Furthermore, he presented research papers in India, Canada, USA, and Ethiopia. He successfully completed two research projects (one minor and one major) funded by UNDP and Ethiopian Civil Service University. His current research interests are PSUs performance, SDGs, linkage between ESG and Organizational Performance. He always stands front to serve the community. He conducted hundreds of free training programs for engineering and MBA students on employability skills.

 

Academic Area and Degrees

  • Academic Area: Finance
  • Degrees: MBA, PhD (JNTU-H), FDP (IIM-A)

Academic Appointments

  • Appointed as Programme Head PGDM (Feb 2023)
  • Professor at Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE) (2022 – Till Date)
  • Associate Professor at ICFAI Business School (IBS) Hyderabad (2019 – 2022)
  • Associate Professor at Ethiopian Civil Service Society, Ethiopia (2017 – 2019)

Research Interests

  • Public Sector Enterprises performance and governance
  • SDGs cross cutting sectors (Financials)
  • ESGs and Organizational Structure and Financial Performance
  • Capital Markets and Regulators

Research and Publications

PhD Awarded

  • A Sager Reddy (Awarded in 2017, JNTU - Hyderabad). Performance Evaluation of Small Cap and Large Cap Indian Mutual Equity Schemes – A comparative Study
  • K Rama Krishna (Awarded in 2017, JNTU - Hyderabad). Role and Impact of Rural Self-Employment Training Institutes on Inclusive Growth
  • R Vijender Reddy (Awarded in 2018, Rayalaseema University, Kurnool). Employee Development Practices in Pharmaceutical Industry – A Select Study
  • T Hari Priya (Awarded in 2020, JNTU – Hyderabad). An Empirical Study on Valuation of Indian Bonds
  • Sistla Suneetha Devi (Awarded in 2020, JNTU-Hyderabad). Evaluation of Mystery Shopping and Customer Survey in Retail Industry

Publications in national and international journals

  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2022). Impact of Research and Development Expenditure on Financial Performance and Market Value of Listed Central Public Sector Enterprises with particular reference to Industrial Maharatnas, Navratnas, and Miniratnas, The Indian Economic Journal, Special Issue, Volume 2 (1), 9-24 (ABDC- B)
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2022). Productivity and Contribution of Listed CPSEs to Indian Economy During 2015-2022, The Indian Economic Journal, Special Issue, Volume 3 (2), 404-414 (ABDC- B)
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2022). Individual Investor Trading Activity and the Day of the Week Anomaly – Indian Evidence, Journal of Commerce & Accounting Research, Volume 11 (4), 1-8 (ABDC- C)
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2022). Modelling Volatility of Stock Index Returns using GARCH Family Models, The Empirical Economics Letters, Volume 20 (4), 1-12 (ABDC- C)
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili and Dr. Sager Reddy Adavelli (2022). Proprietary buy sell turnover and the day of the week anomaly. Indian Journal of Economics and Development, Volume 18 (1), 140-147, SCOPUS, UGC-Care, Web of Science
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili and Dr. Sager Reddy Adavelli (2021). Measurement Comparison and Predictability of Range-Based Volatility Models, The IUP Journal of Accounting Research & Audit Practices, 20(4), 353-369, (ABDC - "C"), UGC-Care
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili and Dr. Sager Reddy Adavelli (2021). Investors and Indian stock indices reaction to news announcements during Covid-19, Advances and Applications in Statistics, 72, 71 – 85, (ABDC - "C"), ESCI Web of Science, UGC-Care
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili and Dr. Sager Reddy Adavelli (2021). Client Category Turnover, Stringency Index, and Indian Stock Market Movement during Covid-19. The Empirical Economics Letters, Vol. 20(7), 65-74 (ABDC-‘C’)
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2021). Stock Market Returns, Data Frequency, Time Horizon, Return Distribution Density and GARCH Models. The IUP Journal of Applied Economics. XX (1), 29-46 (ABDC - "C")
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2021). Impact of Economic Indicators on Passenger and Commercial Vehicle Stocks Returns. Indian Journal of Economics (University of Allahabad). No.397, Vol. C, Part-II, PP. 247-257 (ABDC - "C")
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2020). Modelling Stock Market Daily Returns Volatility Using Symmetric and Asymmetric GARCH Models with Three Different Distributions. Advances and Applications in Statistics, 63 (2), 119-140. (ABDC - "C") ESCI Web of Science
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2020). Return Innovation Distribution in Best-Fit GARCH Models for High-Frequency Data. Journal of Commerce & Accounting Research, 9(3) 2020, 41-50 (ABDC - "C")
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2020). Modelling Stock Market Monthly Returns Volatility Using GARCH Models Under Different Distributions. International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review, 5(1), 42-50 (ABDC - "C")
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2020). Causal Effect of Economic Indicators on Indian Automobile Sector, International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 10(2), 81-86 (ABDC-‘C’)
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2020). Interaction among Crude Oil Price, and Indian Stock Market Indices, The Empirical Economics Letters, Vol. 19(1), 65-74 (ABDC-‘C’)
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2020). Short-term Economic Indicators, Stock Market Indexes and Indian Oil and Gas Stocks Returns, Indian Journal of Finance and Banking; Vol. 4 (1). 1-13 (ABDC-‘C’)
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2019). Impact of Consumer Sentiment on Defensive and Aggressive Stock Returns: Indian Evidence, International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Vol. 9 Issue 4, PP. 109-114 (ABDC-‘C’)
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2019). Predicting Short-term Market Returns and Volatility using Index of Consumer Sentiment, Accounting and Finance Research, Vol. 8 (3) (ABDC – ‘C’)
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2019). Technopreneurs Charisma and Employee Engagement: Rewards and Recognition as Mediators, Indian Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. 18 (1) (ABDC – ‘C’)
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2019). Servant Leadership in Ethiopian Public Sector Enterprises: Relationship between Human-side and Action-side. Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 19 (1) (ABDC – ‘C’)
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2019). Impact of supportive leadership on perceived sales team cohesion: mediation of critical thinking and moderation of empowerment, International Journal of Business Excellence, Vol. 18 (4), 508-526 (SCOPUS Cite Score 1.4, ABDC–‘C’)
  • Dr. Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2018). Relationship between Leader Behaviour and Subordinate Intention to Remain: Mediating role of Critical Thinking and Empowerment. Academy of Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 17 (1), 1-15 (SCOPUS | Cite Score | 2019 : 1.7)
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna, A Sager Reddy, Dr. Sindhu (2017). Understanding the Relationship between Investor Personal Attributes and Investment Perception towards Mutual Fund Investment, Indian Journal of Finance, (ISSN 0973-8711), Vol. 11, Issue 2 (SCOPUS ABDC – “C”, Cite Score | 2019: 1.2)
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna (2012). Short Term Performance of Open-Ended Equity Funds: Indian Evidence, Indian Journal of Finance (SCOPUS, ABDC “C”, Cite Score | 2019: 1.2), Volume VI, Issue 1
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna (2010). Estimating systematic risk: The return interval and proxy for the market effect, International Research Journal of Finance and Economics (SCOPUS, ISSN 1450 – 2887, H Index: 16), Issue 51
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna (2010). Role of Return, Risk, and Correlation in Investment Decision and Portfolio Selection, Indian Journal of Finance, (SCOPUS, ABDC “C”, Cite Score | 2017 : 0.38) Vol. 4 (11)
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna (2010). Influential Role of Acquisition Announcements on Participating Companies Share Prices, International Research Journal of Applied Finance (ISSN 2229 - 6891), Volume I Issue I (EconLit, Cabell’s)
  • Y Rama Krishna & Madhusudan Prasad Varanasi (2007). Transformational Leadership a Contemporary Leadership Development Program for Knowledge Workers, The ICFAIAN Journal of Management Research, Volume 6, No. 2 (Cabell’s)
  • Y Rama Krishna (2007). Psychological Empowerment and Organizational Commitment, ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior, Volume. 6, No. 4, pp. 26-36 (Cabell’s)
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna (2011). Effects of Transformational Leadership on Team Performance, International Research Journal of Business Management and Economic Research (ISSN 2229 – 6247), Volume II, Issue 1 (Cabell’s)
  • Dr Y Rama Krishna, A Sagar Reddy, & Dr. Sindhu (2016). Measuring Efficiency of Select Small Cap and Large Cap Open Ended Equity Schemes, Global Journal of Management and Business Research (USA, Cabell’s, 0975-5853), Volume XVI, Issue 2
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna (2016). Industry wise Comparative Performance Evaluation of BSE Sensex Stocks for the Fiscal Year 2015-16, International Journal of Business Quantitative Economics and Applied Management Research (ISSN 2349-5677), Volume, II, Issue 12 (Ulrich’s)
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna & V Vijaya Lakshmi (2016). Similarities and Dissimilarities Between Performance of India’s Leading Public and Private Sector Banks, Global Journal For Research Analysis (ISSN 2277-8160), Volume V, Issue 5 (Ulrich’s)
  • Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2018). Effect of Organizational Rewards on Job Engagement and Organizational Engagement, International Journal of Business, Management and Allied Sciences, Vol. 5 (2), pp. 55 – 62, (UGC Approved listed)
  • Rama Krishna Yelamanchili (2018). Employee Engagement in Small-Sized Businesses: Investigating the Role of Demographic Variables. International Journal of Technology and Business Management, Vol. 7 (1), pp. 1-6 (UGC Approved listed)
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna, T Hari Priya, Dr. Sindhu (2017). Comparative Study of Stock and Bond Markets Volatility and Returns Performance. International Journal of Trade & Commerce (ISSN 2277-5811), Vol. VI. Issue 1 (UGC Approved listed)
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna, T. Hari Priya, Dr. Sindhu (2017). Bond Valuation: Comparative study of Traditional and Differential Bond pricing methodologies, Research Link (ISSN 0973-1628), Vol. XVI, Issue. 5 (UGC Approved listed)
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna, K Rama Krishna, & Dr. Sudhakar (2016). RSETIs as Nurseries for Start-ups: A Utility Analysis, Journal of Humanities and Social Science (ISSN 2279-0845), Volume XXI, Issue 4 (UGC Approved listed)
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna & R Vijender Reddy (2017). Knowledge Training as an Employee Development Practice in Pharmaceutical Industry - A Scale Development, International Journal of Academic Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (ISSN 2454-2202) Volume III, Issue 1
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna (2016). Relationship between Quality of Work Life and Employee Motivation: Mediating role of Job Satisfaction, Kshatriya Journal of Management & Research (ISSN 2394-266X), Volume II, Issue 2
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna and A Sagar Reddy (2016). Comparative Assessment of Total Return, Risk Adjusted Return, Ranking and Performance Persistence of Small and Large Cap Mutual Funds, Management and Economic Journal (ISSN 2319-7242), Volume I, Issue 4
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna, K Bhagya Lakshmi, & Dr. Saraswathi (2015). Impact of Capital Structure Decisions on Financial Performance of Indian Companies, International Journal in Management and Social Science (2321-1784), Volume III, Issue 3
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna & R Raju (2014). Comparative Performance Evaluation of Open Ended Equity Mutual Fund Schemes: Indian Evidence, International Journal of Commerce, Business and Management (ISSN 2319-2828), Volume III, Issue 6
  • Dr. Y Rama Krishna (2011). Equity Research – Do It Yourself (DIY) using MS-Excel, Asia Pacific Journal of Applied Finance (ISSN 2277-9027), Volume I, Issue 1

Chapters / Books

  • Y Rama Krishna (2006). Transformational Leadership and Affective Commitment: A Survey of Small to-Medium Indian Tech Firms. Leadership at the Crossroads, Eds. Nancy S. Huber and Michael Harvey. Published by University of Maryland, ML, USA, (2006)
  • Y Rama Krishna (2008). Transformational Leadership: A Contemporary Leadership Training Program for Knowledge Workers. HR In Knowledge Era by R. J. Devi. ISBN Number: 8131420728, 978-8131420720 ICFAI Press
  • Y. Rama Krishna et.al. (2005). Integrated Branding Strategy for Business Schools, Marketing in the New Era. Prof. V Shekhar, Editor, Osmania University.

Papers presented in conferences

  • Co-movements between Economic Indicators and Indian Automobile Sector Proxies, Dr. Y Rama Krishna, International Conference on Economics and Finance, SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, December 13 – 14, 2019 Bangalore
  • Relationship among Financial Indicators, Economic Indicators and Indian Two-wheeler Manufacturers Stock Returns, Dr. Y Rama Krishna, 1st Capital Markets Conference, November 21 – 22, 2019, NISM, Mumbai

Research Projects

  • Servant Leadership in Ethiopian Public Sector Enterprises: Relationship between Human-side and Action-side (2017- 2018). Funded by Ethiopian Civil Service University and UNDP.
  • The Impact of Ethical Leadership on Academic Staff Commitment and Student Satisfaction – Mediation of Good Governance: The Case of Selected Ethiopian Universities. Funded by Ethiopian Civil Service University and UNDP.