Director

K.P.Venugopala Rao is the Director and Professor of Finance at Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Hyderabad, at Symbiosis International Deemed University. He served as the Director at Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, NOIDA, during 2020-2022 and as Deputy Director at SIBM Hyderabad earlier.

An alumnus of Osmania University, he also holds a degree in Law and Education. With over two decades of experience in teaching and academic administration, he has held various academic and administrative positions in reputed academic institutions. His teaching and research engagements in Accounting, Taxation, Capital Markets, and Banking were at prestigious universities like Osmania University and Kakatiya University.

His research focuses on the commodity markets, stock markets, and Accounting Standards. Dr Rao has authored research articles published in peer-reviewed international journals. Currently, he is guiding six research scholars at SIU and is a part of the doctoral committee at CESS, Hyderabad. Presently he is a member of the BOS & Academic Council at SIU.

He has conducted several training programmes for corporate executives and leaders at Cogent Ltd, Indian Railways, Keolis, Bayer Ltd, IICT, and L&T. He is active in conducting Faculty Development workshops, Management Development Programs and various academic workshops