Dr. Ramesh Kumar Chaturvedi is Electronics and Instrumentation graduate from Mumbai University, MBA from Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth and MA in Public administration from Pondicherry University. He has earned Ph.D. in discipline of Retail and Consumer Behavior at Dept. of Business Administration, University of Lucknow. He holds Masters Diploma in Software engineering. He has completed certification program on Management of MFI’s from IIM, Lucknow. Along with ten years of experience in academics, he also possesses seven years work experience of corporate. To pursue his research interest he has supervised Many Ph.D. and M. Phil. and has published many research papers, refereed and indexed with impact factor. He has made many presentations in national and international seminars as part of his academic achievement and received best paper presenter award twice. He is author of three books and his book on ‘Marketing Management - A Contemporary Approach’ is well referred by students of various universities. He has interest in subjects like Strategic Management, Business Research Methods and Management of Microfinance. He is adherent believer of collaborative and participative learning. His current research interests are in understanding role of Microfinance Institutions and SHGs in poverty alleviation especially in Rural India. He is currently working as Assistant Professor at Department of Rural Management, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow. In addition to teaching and research he is assuming administrative responsibilities like Coordinator Mechanical Engineering Department of University Institute of Engineering Technology, BBAU and Program Officer, National Service Scheme.