Professor Rajendra Rajaram an Associate Professor and former Academic Leader of Managerial Accounting and Financial Management at the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) with a PhD in Accounting focused on Business Rescue. Professor Rajaram’s career commenced in 2007 after a successful career in commerce where he held senior executive positions in commerce and banking.He has leveraged his fifteen-year academic career on the fundamental business principle of sustainability, which manifests in his approach to academic leadership, research and supervision, community outreach and mentorship of staff. Professor Rajaram served as a member of the University’s Senate, South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) Legal Compliance Committee and he is currently on the management committee of the School’s Business Rescue Unit.
Academic Qualifications
B.Acc (Natal)
MCom (UKZN)
PhD in Accounting (UKZN)
Professional Qualifications
Chartered Accountant (South Africa)
Research Interests
Business Rescue
turnarounds
entrepreneurship and the SME sector
Publications
Ramnanun, K., Rajaram, R. and Nyatanga, P., 2022. Business Rescue Legislation: Rehabilitating or Debilitating Business Rescue Success During Covid-19. African Journal of Business and Economic Research, 17(4), pp.101-121
Doorasamy, M., Rotimi, M., Rajaram, R., and Kebbi, J. (2022). Accounting and Valuation of Bearer Plants in Cameroon. EuroEconomica 1(41).
Mashoene, M., Doorasamy , M., & Rajaram, R. (2021). The application of different term-structure models to estimate South African real spot rate curve. International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies (2147-4486), 10(3), 21–36. https://doi.org/10.20525/ijfbs.v10i3.1278
Haruna Maama, Mishelle Doorasamy, Raj Rajaram, 2021, Cleaner production, environmental and economic sustainability of production firms in South Africa, Journal of Cleaner Production,
Volume 298, 2021, 126707, ISSN 0959-6526, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126707.
Sixpence, A., Adeyeye, O.P. & Rajaram, R., 2021, Impact of tangible book value and operating earnings on firm value variants in South Africa. Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences 14(1), a575. https://doi. org/10.4102/jef.v14i1.575
Pillay, Rajaram and Ramnanun (2020). Evaluating sources and forms of post-commencement business rescue finance in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal Volume 24, Issue 6, 2020
Atanas Sixpence, Olufemi P. Adeyeye and Rajendra Rajaram (2020). Impact of relative and absolute financial risks on share prices: a Zimbabwe Stock Exchange perspective. Investment Management and Financial Innovations, 17(1), 1-14. doi:10.21511/imfi.17(1).2020.01
Mamvura, K, Sibanda, M. and Rajaram, R (2020). Causal dynamics among foreign portfolio investment volatility, financial deepening and capital markets in low-income countries. SPOUDAI Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. 70 (2020), Issue 1-2, pp. 20-38
Pillay, Rajaram and Ramnanun (2020). Ascertaining the Impact of Post-Commencement Finance on Business Rescue in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. The Journal of Social Sciences Research, ISSN (e): 2411-9458, ISSN (p): 2413-6670, Vol. 6, Issue. 3, pp: 236-244, 2020
Naicker Y, and Rajaram. R, The Effectiveness of Tax Relief Initiatives on SMEs in South Africa, Acta Universitatis Danubius. Œconomica, Vol 15, No 4 (2019)
Sixpence, A, Adeyeye, OP and Rajaram, R. The Nexus between Share Prices and Financial Risk in South Africa: A Comparative Analysis of High and Low Risk Firms African Journal of Business and Economic Research, Volume 14, Number 4, pp 155 –173 (2019)
Rajaram, R. & Singh, A.M., 2018, Competencies for the effective management of legislated business rehabilitations, South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 21(1), a1978. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v21i1.1978
Sibanda, M, Zungu, S & Rajaram, R. 2018. The Effect of the Enterprise Risk Management Quality on Firm Risks: A case of the South African Mining Sector. African Journal of Business and Economic Research. Volume 13, Issue 1, April 2018, Pp 113-132
Rajaram, R., Singh, A.M. & Sewpersadh NS. 2018, ‘Business rescue: Adapt or die’, South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 21(1), a2164. https://doi.org/10.4102/ sajems.v21i1.2164
Naicker Y, and Rajaram. R, 2018, Factors that Influence Tax Compliance of SMEs in South Africa, Acta Universitatis Danubius. Administratio, Vol 10, No 2
Wichlinski, M., & Rajaram, R. (2018). The Use of RONA/WACC as a Proxy for Investment Quality. Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 10(6A), 177-185. 2018
Rajaram, R. & O Neill, C. (2009) To Profit or Not. Do SMEs Really Know? Alternation Vol.16, No. 1.
