Principles and Practice of Bank Management

Prof. Pulapa Subba Rao is from Vangalapudi, near Rajahmundry, AP, India and has acquired Ph.D. degree in Commerce and Management area from Andhra University and has taught various courses in the areas of Commerce and Management. He is a teacher, researcher, trainer, consultant, academic administrator and author in the areas of commerce, business and management, with a blend of national and international systems and cultures. He worked as Vice-Chancellor, Millennium University, Blantyre, Republic of Malawi and Oriental University, Indore, India. He worked earlier as Pro Vice-Chancellor, Director-Academic Audit and Founding Professor of Business Administration, the University of Papua New Guinea and Professor, Dean and Head, SK Institute of Management, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapur, AP, India. He also worked at the University of Asmara, Eritrea, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthinilayam, and PG Department of Commerce, Sir CRR College, Eluru, AP, India. He was the recipient of National Merit Scholarship from the Government of India, ‘Meritorious Teacher, Award from the Government of AP, India, Best Paper Award and Member of the Order of the LOGOHU Award from the Government of Papua New Guinea for the service to the community and Higher Education through contributing to teaching, research and community out-reach. He was the President of India Association of PNG Inc. during 2005-06. He has been a Fellow and a Member of Executive Council of various professional organisations in Papua New Guinea and Australia.

Dr. Pramod Kumar Khanna joined Bank of Baroda as an Officer and retired from the post of Assistant General Manager after serving the bank for over 36 years. He did his doctorate in Management from R.A. Podar Institute of Management, Rajasthan University, Jaipur. His topic of thesis was "Dynamics of Motivation: A Case Study of Selected Banks". He served the bank in different functional, managerial, supervisory and administrative capacities both in India and overseas offices of the bank. He was in charge of banks training establishment and also held the position of CEO of a Regional Rural Bank sponsored by the bank. His articles on banking and topics of Management have been published in "IBA Bulletin" (Indian Banker) published by "Indian Banks Association", Mumbai and in "Southern Economist" published from Bengaluru. Dr. Khanna served as visiting faculty for ten years at M.S. University Baroda and three years at C.K. Shah Vijapurwala Institute of Management, Baroda. He has published a book "Management of Banks" and co-authored a book on "Principles and Practice of Bank Management" published by "Himalaya Publishing House", Mumbai. His book "ABCD of Management" published by India International Publishing House, Lucknow is a satire. He has also written a book in Hindi entitled "Akhir Kab Tak" having short stories mainly focusing on women and society. His second Hindi story book "Katha kee Vyatha" is in the press.