More InformationAbout Prof. Kishore G. Kulkarni, Chief Editor, IRBE
Kishore G. Kulkarni is the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. As an Adjunct Professor, he has also taught at the University of Colorado-Boulder, Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver,Colorado State University and Colorado School of Mines. Prof. Kulkarni completed B.A. (Economics) (First Rank in merit) and M.A. (Economics) (Second rank in merit) degrees from the University of Poona, (now called Savitribai Phune Pune University (SPPU)) India. He migrated to the U.S.A. in 1976 and completed M.A. (Economics) and Ph.D. (Economics) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, before entering into his passion of full time teaching in 1980. His extra-ordinary teaching skills have brought him several teaching laurels including 2001 Outstanding Teaching Award by the Golden Key International Honor Society,inclusion of his biography in Who’s Who in the World,Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (1998) and Best Teaching Award by Student Economic Society, 2014. His simple and humorous teaching style made him get selected in the Spring 1994 voyage of the Semester at Sea Program. He has also delivered many special lectures and seminars all over the world by traveling to around 30 countries.
Dr. Kulkarni has been busy in publishing activities. He has authored and/or edited (or co-authored and co-edited) nine books, some of which have become famous textbook adoptions in USAand Indian universities. His book (co-authored with Edwin Dolan) on Principles of Microeconomics was published by Best Value Textbooks (BVTpublishing.com) in September 2014. He has authored (or co-authored) 145 refereed journal articles which have appeared in such journals as Global Business Review, Indian Economic Journal, Indian Journal of Economics, Prajnan, Journal of Foreign Exchange and International Finance, Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, Margin, Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research, SCMS Journal of Indian Management, Amity Business Journal, International Journal of Econometrics and Economic Development and Indian Journal of Applied Economics. He has co-founded with Bansi Sawhney Indian Journal of Economics and Business (IJEB) and organized it for 15 years (2001-2016) which is now replaced by International Review of Business and Economics(IRBE) (see For his numerous research activities, Dr. Kulkarni was recognized by Outstanding Faculty Researcher/Scholar Award by the Golden Key International Honor Society in 1997. In 2004, the Faculty Senate of the Metropolitan State University of Denver handed him “Distinguished Service Award”, it was followed by the “Extra-ordinary Service Award” by the University President in 2010. In 2012 the Dean of the College of Business, recognized him as the first “Distinguished Professor” in college of business. All of his research articles can be seen on In May 2017 Non Resident Indians (NRI) Welfare Society of India honored him by “Pravasi Ratan” award.
To carry out his research activities, he has held Visiting Research Fellowships at the National Institute of Bank Management, Pune, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, Reserve Bank of India (DRG Project), Mumbai, School of Communications and Management Studies (SCMS), Kochi and National Insurance Academy, Pune. Prof. Kulkarni resides in Denver, Colorado with his wife Jayashree, (M.Com and MBA) an accounting professor, and their daughters Lina (DDS, MS Orthodontics, married to Dr. Nicolas Politano; and Aditi
(J.D., Business Attorney) married to Mr. Patrick Knight.