Sreeni Kamma

• Chairperson, Finance Graduate Programs
• Associate Professor of Finance
• E-II Faculty Fellow

Biography

Sreenivas Kamma (Sreeni) is Chair of the Master of Science in Finance (MSF) program and the E-II Faculty Fellow at the Kelley

Sreenivas Kamma (Sreeni) is Chair of the Master of Science in Finance (MSF) program and the E-II Faculty Fellow at the Kelley School of Business.  He joined Kelley in 1986 after completing his Ph.D. in finance at the State University of New York at Buffalo and served as Chair of the Finance department for nine years.  Sreeni’s early work was on the effect of trade protection on domestic industries and on the efficacy of poison pills in deterring hostile takeovers. He has also studied the value implications of capital structure choices and cash disbursement policies such as Dutch auction vs fixed-priced self-tenders.

Sreeni has taught extensively in Executive Education, M.B.A. and Ph.D. programs.  He has offered courses in corporate financial strategy, valuation, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, and the law and finance of corporate activity.  He is the recipient of several MBA teaching excellence awards.  He has taught at the Wharton School of Business and at the London School of Business where he received a teaching excellence prize from the Masters in Finance program.  Sreeni also has taught short programs in Helsinki, Slovenia, Hungary, and in executive programs for such corporations as Eli Lilly, Elementis, Aditya Birla Group, BPCL, Rockwell Intl., Manitowoc, MOL, Rolls-Royce, John Deere, Vodafone, SPX, and Whirlpool among others. He was formerly the program manager for the MBA in Finance program for John Deere Finance Professionals as well as Senior Valuation Advisor for Clifton Gunderson’s Forensic Valuation Services.