[Supervisor Series] Meet Prof Ravinder Rena

Prof. Ravinder Rena, DUT Durban South Africa

Professor Ravinder Rena is a profound academician and distinguished scholar in economics, writer, editor, adviser, motivational speaker, and public intellectual with over 32 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 Professor of Economics, at Faculty of Management Sciences, Durban University of Technology (DUT), Durban, Republic of South Africa. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Management, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Cape Town, South Africa.He also serves as a Visiting Professor at the Academy of Engineering and Management, People’s Friendship (RUDN) University, Moscow, Russia.  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 has bagged many awards and prizes, to name a few he obtained received the prestigious Best Researcher Award from the Durban University of Technology in 2022 and in 2023 with a Gold medal.  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 published over 180 articles in peer reviewed reputed journals across the globe an over 70 chapters in edited books. He has been a Keynote Speaker/Resource person for more than 400 national and international conferences in Europe, America, Africa, and the Asian continents. His Google Scholar citations: 1766; h-index: 25; i10-index-53. He has widely written in the areas of Development Economics, Economics of Education, Development Finance and Public Policy, Inclusive growth, Globalization and Higher Education, SMMEs, Microfinance, Rural Entrepreneurship.  .

Recent Impactful Publications

• Firm size and enterprise productivity in Nigeria: Evidence from firm-level data  https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2024.2400778

• Impact of WTO Policies on Developing Countries: Issues and Perspectives https://doi.org/10.1080/19186444.2012.11658336

Google Scholar Link

https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=2IGw_rkAAAAJ&hl=en

Scopus Link

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