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{{Short description|American academic, author}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Latha Ramchand
| image = Latha_Ramchand_at_IU_Indianapolis_(cropped).jpg
| caption = Dr.
| occupation = Chancellor, Executive Vice President, Professor of Finance
| education = [[University of Mumbai]] (BS,MS), [[Northwestern University]] (PhD)
| discipline = International Finance
| workplaces = [[Indiana University Indianapolis]]
}}
'''Latha Ramchand''' is an American academic and an international and corporate finance professional expert.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Latha Ramchand Named Dean of Bauer College of Business at UH |url=https://uh.edu/news-events/stories/2011articles/Sept2011/0907Bauer.php |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=ssl.uh.edu |language=en}}</ref> She is a professor of finance and has taught at the graduate level.<ref name=":0" /> Ramchand has taught in the MBA programs at Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, the University of Houston and the Indian School of Business.<ref name=":0" /> She teaches in the areas of corporate and international finance and risk management and leadership, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance, which are primarily her focus of research.<ref name=":0" /> Ramchand is the Chancellor and Executive Vice President of [[Indiana University Indianapolis]] (IU Indianapolis).<ref name=":1" />

== Early life and education ==
Ramchand is a native of [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]] but was raised in [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramchand |first=Latha |date=2012-03-14 |title=Before Applying to U.S. Colleges, Indian Students Should Be Able to Answer 'Why?' |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/before-applying-to-college-in-the-u-s-indian-students-should-be-able-to-answer-why/#more-25819 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=India Ink |language=en}}</ref> She attended [[University of Mumbai]] where she received her master's and bachelor's degrees in Economics.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Shuey |first=Mickey |date=2023-12-11 |title=IU names University of Missouri vice chancellor to lead Indianapolis campus |url=https://www.ibj.com/articles/iu-tabs-current-missouri-academic-to-lead-indianapolis-campus |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Indianapolis Business Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> With the encouragement from a professor, she then moved to the United States of America to pursue a doctoral degree from Northwestern University.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Rafford |first=Claire |date=2024-02-13 |title=As the first chancellor of IU Indianapolis, Latha Ramchand is embracing change and possibility as IUPUI split approaches. |url=https://mirrorindy.org/change-is-always-difficult-new-iu-indianapolis-chancellor-talks-iupui-split/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Mirror Indy |language=en-US}}</ref> Prior to her move, her parents suggested she get married, and shortly after she married her husband, Ram.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Meet Latha Ramchand, the Inaugural Chancellor of IU Indianapolis |url=https://indianapolis.iu.edu/about/leadership/meet/chancellor-ramchand.html |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=indianapolis.iu.edu}}</ref>

== Career ==
Upon graduating with her PhD in finance, she began working for a bank.<ref name=":1" /> From 2011 to 2018, Ramchand served as the dean of the [[Bauer College of Business|C.T. Baer College of Business]] at the [[University of Houston]].<ref name=":2" /> She spearheaded initiatives and programming that connected the university to its community and promoted diversity and inclusion.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Kathryn |date=2018-06-21 |title=Latha Ramchand named MU's new provost |url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/higher_education/latha-ramchand-named-mus-new-provost/article_c344c706-7557-11e8-96ce-af3d63f9fe3b.html |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Columbia Missourian |language=en}}</ref> To support women attending business school, she launched the Working Families Agenda which provided research that organizations can use to establish equitable workplace policies.<ref name=":5" /> She created a program called Sustainable Urban Renewal, that connected students with entrepreneurs with the goal of reducing poverty.<ref name=":5" />

In 2018, she focused on improving enrollment and program rankings through the establishment of a new strategy at [[University of Missouri]]. During her time there she was appointed Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost.<ref name=":2" />

In 2024, she was appointed Chancellor and Executive Vice President of [[Indiana University Indianapolis]] (IU Indianapolis).<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> Her appointment came in the midst of the separation of [[Indiana University Indianapolis|IU Indianapolis]] from [[Purdue University]] which together were once the [[Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis|IUPUI]] campus.<ref name=":1" />

== Selected works ==
*Ramchand, L., & Susmel, R. (1998). Volatility and cross correlation across major stock markets. ''Journal of Empirical Finance, 5''(4), 397–416. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-5398(98)00003-6</nowiki><ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Latha Ramchand, the Inaugural Chancellor of IU Indianapolis |url=https://indianapolis.iu.edu/about/leadership/meet/chancellor-ramchand.html |access-date=2026-01-27 |website=IU Indianapolis |language=en-US}}</ref>
*Ramchand, L., & Susmel, R. (1998). Variances and covariances of international stock returns: The international capital asset pricing model revisited. ''Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 8''(1), 39–57. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/S1042-4431(98)00023-7</nowiki><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ramchand |first=Latha |last2=Susmel |first2=Raul |date=1998 |title=Variances and covariances of international stock returns: the international capital asset pricing model revisited |url=https://ideas.repec.org//a/eee/intfin/v8y1998i1p39-57.html |journal=Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money |language=en |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=39–57}}</ref>
*Ramchand, L., & Sethapakdi, P. (2000). Changes in systematic risk following global equity issuance. ''Journal of Banking & Finance, 24''(9), 1491–1514. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00094-1</nowiki>
*Chaplinsky, S., & Ramchand, L. (2000). The Impact of Global Equity Offerings. ''The Journal of Finance'', ''55''(6), 2767–2789. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1111/0022-1082.00306</nowiki>
*Chaplinsky, S., & Ramchand, L. (2004). The Impact of SEC Rule 144A on Corporate Debt Issuance by International Firms. ''The Journal of Business'', ''77''(4), 1073–1098. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1086/422441</nowiki>

== References ==
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[[Category:Kerala academics]]
[[Category:21st-century American women academics]]
[[Category:American academics of Indian descent]]
[[Category:University of Mumbai alumni]]
[[Category:Northwestern University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Houston faculty]]
[[Category:University of Missouri faculty]]
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[[Category:Indiana University Indianapolis faculty]]
[[Category:Women heads of universities and colleges]]

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