Dr. Ram Kishen.Y has completed his Master’s in Business Administration from GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in the year 1996 with Honours in Marketing. He has around 10 years of corporate experience. Dr.Ram Kishen.Y completed his PhD from Bharti Vidyapeeth University in Rural Marketing in the year 2010. He has close to 25 years of Teaching Experience and has served in the best of B-Schools across India.

He is presently working as a Professor of Marketing at K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management (constituent institute under Somaiya Vidyavihar University) Mumbai (ranked among the top 20 Best B-schools in India) from the past 18 years in the Department of Marketing & International Business. His teaching and research interests are Rural Marketing, Sales & Distribution Management, Retail Management, Strategic Brand Management, and Strategic Marketing. He is a prolific author and has written around 5 textbooks on Rural & Agricultural Marketing, Management of Co-operatives, International Retail Marketing Strategies (all published by Jaico Books) and Strategic Brand Management (published by Ane Books) Dr. Ram Kishen.Y develops his own case studies for Teaching in B-Schools and Corporate Training purposes.. Dr. Ram Kishen.Y also undertakes Corporate Training and MDP’s for industry professionals. His Training and Consulting areas include Sales & Negotiation Strategies, Distribution & Channel Management Strategies, Rural Marketing Strategies, Creating & Building Customer Centric Organizations, Retail Management Strategies, Brand Planning and Strategy, Building Loyalty & Creating Relationships (CRM), Real Estate Marketing Strategies, Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) domains. He has won 3 Awards as the Best Faculty in Marketing from various bodies.