Ram Kumar Kakani is Director at IIM, Raipur, He was Professor and Head (Center for Governance) at the IIM Kozhikode. Prior to this, he was faculty at XLRI Jamshedpur and LBSNAA Mussoorie. Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe and Bradford Jordan. Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe and Bradford Jordan. Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe and Bradford Jordan. His research areas include Accounting and Financial Analysis, Corporate Finance, and Business Groups.