Sreeni Kamma
- Associate Dean for Academics
- Associate Professor of Finance
- E-II Faculty Fellow
Campus: Bloomington
Biography
Sreenivas Kamma (Sreeni) is Chair of the Master of Science in Finance (MSF) program and the E-II Faculty Fellow at the Kelley
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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.
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Areas of Expertise
Corporate financial policy, mergers and acquisitions, corporate control, project finance
Academic Degrees
- PhD, SUNY at Buffalo, 1987
- MBA, SUNY at Buffalo, 1982
- MMS, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India, 1979
Awards, Honors & Certificates
- Professor of the Year, Elective Courses, Indian School of Business - 2004, 2008
- Teaching Excellence Award, Masters in Finance Program, London Business School - Summer 2000
- MBA Teaching Excellence Award, Indiana University School of Business - 1993, 1996, 1997
- Best Ph. D. Student Award, SUNY at Buffalo - 1987
Selected Publications
- Kamma, S., Chamberlain, T., Hill, J., and Karam, Y. (2007). Navigating the Jungle of Valuing Complex Capital Structures in Privately Held Companies: An Integrative Simulation Approach. Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis, 2(2), 1-25.
Edited on August 1, 2023
