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Nirmalya Kumar

Professor of Marketing, Author, International Lead Thinker on Strategy & Marketing

Professor of Marketing, Author, International Lead Thinker on Strategy & Marketing

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Nirmalya Kumar Biography

Dr. Nirmalya Kumar is Lee Kong Chian Professor of Marketing at Singapore Management University and Distinguished Fellow at INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute. Prior to this, heading strategy as MemberGroup Executive Council at Tata Sons, he reported to Cyrus Mistry, the Chairman for the $100 billion Tata group with 675,000 employees worldwide. Professor Kumar previously taught at Columbia University, Harvard Business School, IMD (Switzerland), London Business School, and Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management). As a consultant and speaker, Nirmalya has worked with over 50 Fortune 500 companies in 60 different countries. He has served on many boards of directors including ACC, Ambuja Cement, Bata India, Tata Chemicals, Ultratech, and Zensar, each with billion dollars plus in capitalization. As an author, Nirmalya has written nine books, including Marketing as Strategy, Brand Breakout, and Thinking Smart. His publications, including six in Journal of Marketing Research and nine in Harvard Business Review, have attracted 22,000 Google Scholar citations. The 2006 Academy of Management Journal article was quoted in Oliver Williamson’s 2009 Economics Nobel Prize acceptance speech. A prolific case writer; he has won six Case Centre adoption awards and the Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method. His TED Talk on Indian innovation has a million views. Nirmalya is considered one of the world’s leading thinkers on strategy and marketing. He was thrice included in Thinkers50 (the biannual listing of the top 50 management thinkers in the world), received their “Global Village Award” for his contributions to the business community's understanding of globalization and emerging markets, and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2017. He has also appeared on the 50 Best BSchool professors in the world (Poets & Quants) and 50 most influential Business School professors (mbarankings.com). Winner of multiple teaching awards and student recognition at Harvard, IMD and LBS. Passionate about art, Nirmalya supports various museum exhibitions and publications through his Bengal School 1900-1950 art collection and served on the South Asian Acquisition Committee of Tate Modern. In recognition of his patronage and promotion of South Asian Art, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

Nirmalya Kumar Speaking Topics

  • From Market-Driven to Market-Driving

  • Building Killer Brands

  • Customer Value Management

  • Building A Culture of Innovation: The Ideo Way

Nirmalya Kumar Videos

  • Nirmalya Kumar: India's invisible innovation
  • Nirmalya Kumar of LBS on his book - YouTube
  • Nirmalya Kumar on Indian Innovation - YouTube

Nirmalya Kumar Books

  • Brand Breakout: How Emerging Market Brands Will Go Global
    Brand Breakout: How Emerging Market Brands Will Go Global
  • India Inside: The Emerging Innovation Challenge to the West
    India Inside: The Emerging Innovation Challenge to the West
  • India's Global Powerhouses: How They Are Taking on the World
    India's Global Powerhouses: How They Are Taking on the World
  • Value Merchants: Demonstrating and Documenting Superior Value in Business Markets
    Value Merchants: Demonstrating and Documenting Superior Value in Business Markets
  • Private Label Strategy: How to Meet the Store Brand Challenge
    Private Label Strategy: How to Meet the Store Brand Challenge
  • Strategies to Fight Low-Cost Rivals (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
    Strategies to Fight Low-Cost Rivals (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)

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Nirmalya Kumar is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as From Market-Driven to Market-Driving, Building Killer Brands, Customer Value Management and Building A Culture of Innovation: The Ideo Way. The estimated speaking fee range to book Nirmalya Kumar for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Nirmalya Kumar generally travels from LondonUK and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Geoff Colvin, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Geoffrey Moore, Philip Kotler and Gary Hamel. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Nirmalya Kumar for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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