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Prof Ravinder Rena

Also known as: Ravinder, Prof Rena

Woxsen School of Business, Durban University of Technology, Osmania University, Annamalai University, North-West University, Kakatiya University

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Professor, Dr Ravinder Rena is a profound academician and distinguished scholar in economics, writer, editor, adviser, motivational speaker, and public intellectual with over 34 years of teaching and research experience in Asia-Pacific, Africa, and European continents. He has been an independent consultant and training expert. Prof Rena is currently working as a Full Professor of Economics at School of Business, Woxsen University, India. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Management, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, and also at Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa. He also serves as a Visiting Professor at the Academy of Engineering and Management, People’s Friendship (RUDN) University, Moscow, Russia and also serves as a Visiting Professor at the Department of World Economy, Faculty of Economics, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia. Further, he also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Monarch Business School, Switzerland and further, he works as a Visiting Professor for many Indonesian and Indian Universities.

Previously, he worked as a Professor of Economics and Internationalization Project Leader at the NWU Business School, North-West University, South Africa. He served as a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. He also served as a Professor and the Coordinator, of the Joint African Master's Programme , Harold Pupkewitz Graduate School of Business at the Namibia University of Science and Technology . He also worked as the Head of Economics, the Department of Business Studies, at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Papua New Guinea. He also served as a Professor at the Eritrea Institute of Technology, Asmara, Eritrea.

Prof. Rena earned his PhD from the Department of Economics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, with the achievement of the University Gold Medal (for the Best PhD candidate/ thesis in the field of Economics/ Commerce/ Business Management). He obtained his M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil., PhD from Osmania University and B.A., and LL.B., from Kakatiya University, Warangal, India.

He has bagged many awards and prizes, to name a few he obtained Ekalavya Award-2023 by the by the International Council for Education, Research and Training , New Delhi India. He received the Olympus International Award -2023 for Human Empowerment. He also received the prestigious Best Researcher Award from the Durban University of Technology in 2022 and in 2023 with a Gold medal. Prof Rena has won several national and international awards and accolades throughout his career. He wrote and/or edited more than 10 books and published more than 200 articles in reputed National and International peer-reviewed Journals and 80 book chapters to his credit. Besides, he has published more than 150 articles in Newspapers Magazines, and Websites and presented over 80 papers at national and international conferences and seminars. He visited more than 350 colleges and Universities across the globe. Prof Rena interviews and research work has been featured in leading media outlets across the globe. He is also one of the resource persons for the BRICS academic research forums/ international conferences in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Prof Rena is currently serving as an Editor-In-Chief of Indian Journal of Finance and Economics; Indian Journal of Economics and Financial Issues and also Indo-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting published by Academic Research Foundation, India. He is the founding Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of Education Economics and Development published by Inderscience, UK. Further, he serves as an Editor of the Economics and Finance Letters (indexed in ESCI, Scopus) Journal by published by Conscientia Beam. He previously served as an Associate Editor, The Bottom Line (Q1 Scopus), Journal published by the Emerald, UK; he also served as an Associate Editor of the African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development published by Taylor and Francis UK . He serves as an Editor and Editorial Board Member for more than 50 reputed Journals in the World. He has been a Keynote Speaker/Resource person for more than 400 national and international conferences in Europe, America, Africa, and the Asian continents. As of June 2026, his author rank is 7624 out of 2,793, 964 of the Social Science Research Network, the USA in which he is among the top one (1%) per cent of researchers in the world. His Google Scholar citations: 2150; h-index: 26; i10-index-63.

Prof Rena is armed with an in-depth understanding of global economic and social issues. He has widely written in the areas of Development Economics and International Finance and Trade, BRICS and African economy. He supervised over 60 PhDs, M.Phils and Master’s theses and dissertations. He travelled to over 50 countries in the world.

Employment

  • Woxsen School of Business Full Professor
    2025 - Present
  • Cape Peninsula University of Technology Adjunct Professor of Economics
    2024 - 2027
  • Durban University of Technology Professor
    2022 - Present
  • North-West University Professor of Economics and Internationalization Project Leader
    2016 - Present
  • UGSM-Monarch Business School Switzerland GmbH Adunct Professor
    2012 - Present
  • University of the Western Cape Professor
    2012 - 2015
  • Namibia University of Science and Technology Senior Lecturer
    2009 - 2012
  • Papua New Guinea University of Technology Senior Lecturer and Head of Economics
    2008 - 2009
  • University of Asmara Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor
    1997 - 2008

Education

  • Osmania University PhD
    1995 - 2000
  • Annamalai University BEd
    1993 - 1994
  • Osmania University Lecturer
    1992 - 1997
  • Kakatiya University LLB
    1992 - 1996
  • Osmania University M.Phil
    1992 - 1995
  • Osmania University MA
    1990 - 1992
  • Kakatiya University BA
    1987 - 1990

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