Vishwanatha Saragur Ramanna
Professor
vishwanatha.r@mahindrauniversity.edu.in
Mr. Vishwanatha S R is a professor of finance at the School of Management, Mahindra University. He has held academic positions at Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, BML Munjal University, S P Jain Institute of Management, T A Pai Management Institute, Bharatidasan Institute of Management, Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies, Sharjah, UAE, and Institute of Management Technology. He was a consultant with the Tata Management Training Center in Pune, India during 2006-2007.
He is the recipient of the Ruth Greene Memorial Award, the Best Workshop case award and the Jonathan Welch award from the North American Case Research Association, Research Excellence Award from Shiv Nadar University, NYU Stern- NSE research grant, and Hindustan Unilver-Dewang Mehta Best Professor in Financial Management Award. He has been nominated to Marquis Who’s Who in the World and Madison’s Who’s Who in the World.
He is the author of 6 books and 80 cases in Corporate Finance, Investment Management, and Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring for Springer Verlag, Sage Publications, McGraw Hill, and PHI Learning. He has presented his research at major global conferences such as the American Economic Association/ASSA conference, FMA Conference, Financial Management Association Asian Conference, EFMA conference, Asian Finance Association Annual meeting, Journal of Corporate Finance Special Emerging Markets Conference, Financial Markets and Corporate Governance conference, India Finance Association, and North American Case Research Association (NACRA) Annual Meeting.
Ph.D.
- Ph.D. National Law University, Jodhpur
PGDBA
- PGDBA, Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship
B.E.
- B.E. Malnad College of Engineering, Mysore University
2022
- Working as a professor of finance at the School of Management, Mahindra University: (October 2022 – present)
- Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, July 6, 2015-October 7, 2022
2021
- Larsen and Toubro: The Bid for Mind Tree, The Case Centre, 121-0070-1, July 2021
2019
- Allocation to Anchor Investors, Underpricing and the After Market Performance of Initial Public Offerings, (with Rama Seth and Durga Prasad), Financial Management, Vol. 48, Issue 1, Spring 2019
2020
- Ownership Concentration and Stock Returns: Evidence from Family Firms in India (With S Hegde and Rama Seth), Pacific Basin Finance Journal, Vol. 61, June 2020
- Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd.: The Corporate Governance Failure, Ivey/HBS Publishing, April 2020
2018
- Wockhardt Limited: Will it rise from the ashes? The Case Journal, Emerald Publishing Group, U.S., 2018
- Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring: Text and Cases, 2nd edition, Sage Publications, 2018
2017
- Dividend Policy at SRF Ltd.: Buyback of Shares, Ivey/HBS Publishing, June 2017
- Suzlon Energy Ltd.: Debt Restructuring, The Case Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2017
- Wipro Ltd: The Demerger Decision, Asian Case Research Journal, Vol 21, Issue 2 December 2017, NUS/World Scientific, Singapore
2012
- Cases in Corporate Finance, Vol. II, McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2012
- Cases in Corporate Finance, Vol. II, Instructor’s Manual, McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2012
2009
- Analysis of Investments: A Modern Guide to Security Analysis and Stock Selection, Springer Verlag, Germany, 2009
- Cases in Corporate Finance, McGraw Hill, New Delhi, Vol. I, 2009
- Cases in Corporate Finance, Vol. I Instructors Manual, McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2009
2008
- Advanced Corporate Finance, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. (formerly Prentice Hall of India), 2008
His research examines IPO trading mechanisms at stock exchanges, the impact of institutional investors on investment and capital structure of IPO firms, performance and risk taking by family firms, the impact of board compensation on firm performance, the effect of dividend taxes on investor and corporate behavior and the role played by anchor investors in the market for IPOs.