Ravi Ramamurti is CBA Distinguished Professor of International Business & Strategy, and Director of the Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of International Business— one of only 70 in the world—in recognition of his "contributions to the scholarly development of the field of international business."

Ramamurti obtained his BSc (Physics, with Honors) from Delhi University (1972), and his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1974), where he graduated at the top of his class (gold medalist), and his Doctorate in Business Administration from Harvard Business School (1982). He has been a visiting professor at Harvard Business School; MIT's Sloan School of Management; CEIBS,China; IMD,Switzerland; the Fletcher School at Tufts University; and the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Business, Long Range Planning, Management Science, and World Development.

He was elected in 2003 to serve on the leadership board of the Academy of Management's International Management Division (IMD). He has also been closely involved with the Academy of International Business for more than two decades. He serves on the editorial boards of leading international business journals.

Ramamurti has done research in or consulted with firms and governments in more than 20 emerging economies. He has been a consultant to the United Nations, the World Bank, USAID, and Fulbright. He has also consulted with several private firms in the US and abroad, including Arthur D Little, Bosch, Cognex, EG&G, Masscon IT, Petrobras, Praxair, Reutgers, SK Group (South Korea), Steel Authority of India Ltd., Tata Autocomp, and Wipro.