Nirmalya Kumar
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| Born | 8 March 1960 |
| 🏫 Education | MCom, MBA, PhD |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Calcutta University, Shivaji University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Kellogg School of Management in Northwestern University |
| 💼 Occupation | Professor |
| 🏢 Organization | Singapore Management University |
Nirmalya Kumar (born 8 March 1960) is Professor of Marketing at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University. He has served on the boards of ACC Limited, Ambuja Cements, Bata India, BP Ergo, Defaqto, Tata Capital, Tata Chemicals, Tata Industries, Tata Limited (UK), Tata Unistore, Ultratech, and Zensar Technologies. He received the 2021 Mahajan Award for Lifetime Contributions to Marketing Strategy by the Marketing Strategy SIG of the American Marketing Association (AMA).[1]
Biography
Education
Kumar was educated at La Martiniere Calcutta school and received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Calcutta University in 1980, and his Master of Commerce degree from Shivaji University in 1983. In 1986, he completed his MBA at the University of Illinois at Chicago and in 1991, received his Ph.D. in Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management in Northwestern University.
Career
From 1991 to 1994, he was assistant professor of marketing at The Pennsylvania State University.[2] From 1995 to 2003, he was professor of marketing at International Institute for Management Development. From 2003 to 2013, he was professor of marketing at London Business School. From 2013 to 2016, he was a member of the group executive council and head of strategy at the Tata Group. From 2017 to now, he is the Lee Kong Chian professor of marketing at Singapore Management University and a Distinguished Fellow at INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute.
He has authored nine books, besides ten appearances in Harvard Business Review, on marketing and business-related topics. Other publications have appeared in Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Marketing, and Journal of Marketing Research. These publications have over 22,000 Google Scholar citations.[3] He is notable for proposing the "3Vs" culture: valued customer, value proposition, and value network, explained in his book Marketing as Strategy: Understanding the CEO's Agenda for Driving Growth and Innovation.[4][5]
He has appeared on lists of Thinkers50, World's Best B-School Professors, and 50 Most Influential Business School Professors. [6] In 2011, he received the Global Village Award by Thinkers50 for the person who contributed most to the business community's understanding of globalization and the new frontiers established by emerging markets. In 2017, he was inducted into the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame for making a lasting and vital impact on how organizations are led and managed. [7]
Being a prolific case writer, following six Case Centre awards for best-selling cases, in 2014, Kumar received their prestigious 'Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method' Award.[8][9] Kumar has also featured among the top 40 case authors consistently since the list was first published in 2016 by The Case Centre. He ranked 23rd in 2018/19,[10] 33rd in 2017/18,[11] 34th in 2016/17,[12] and 27th in 2015/16.[13]
Prof Kumar was awarded the 2021 Mahajan Award for Lifetime Contributions to Marketing Strategy Research by the American Marketing Association (AMA), a professional association for marketing professionals with 30,000 members.[14]
Art Collector
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Nirmalya Kumar is an ardent supporter and patron of the arts. He owns the largest collection of Jamini Roy paintings outside of India [15] and is considered a specialist on the Bengal School of Art rebel artists, especially Jamini Roy, Hemen Mazumder, and Rabindranath Tagore. Jamini Roy among them is considered to be the father of Modern Indian Art.[16] He is passionate about art and supports exhibitions and publications through his Indian art collection. In 2013, he was recognized for his efforts on behalf of South Asian art with an Honorary Fellowship by SOAS University of London.[17][18]
Books
- Nirmalya Kumar (2004). Marketing as Strategy: Understanding the CEO's Agenda for Driving Growth and Innovation. Harvard Business School Press. ISBN 9781591392101. Search this book on
- Nirmalya Kumar (2005). Global Marketing. BusinessWorld. Search this book on
- Nirmalya Kumar; Jan-Benedict Steenkamp (2007). Private Label Strategy: How to Meet the Store Brand Challenge. Harvard Business School Press. Search this book on
- Nirmalya Kumar; James C. Anderson; James A. Narus (2007). Value Merchants: Demonstrating and Documenting Superior Value in Business Markets. Harvard Business School Press. Search this book on
- Nirmalya Kumar (2009). India's Global Powerhouses: How They Are Taking on the World. Harvard Business School Press. Search this book on
- Nirmalya Kumar and Phanish Puranam (2012). India Inside: The emerging innovation challenge to the West. Harvard Business Review Press. Search this book on
- Nirmalya Kumar and Jan-Benedict Steenkamp (2013). Brand Breakout: How emerging market brands will go global. Palgrave. Search this book on
- Nirmalya Kumar (2018). Thinking Smart: How to master work, life and everything in-between. Harper Collins India. Search this book on
- Caterina Corni and Nirmalya Kumar (2019). Hemen Mazumdar: The Last Romantic. Singapore Management University. Search this book on
- Nirmalya Kumar (2024). Clash: Amazon vs Walmart. Penguin Random House India. Search this book on
References
- ↑ "Mahajan Award". Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ↑ "Nirmalya Kumar". Singapore Management University.
- ↑ "Nirmalya Kumar".
- ↑ Ashley Countinho (23 January 2008). "3Vs new mantra for B2B companies". The Economic Times.
- ↑ Monique Reece (29 August 2004). "Kumar: Differentiate company marketing with three Vs". Denver Business Journal.
- ↑ "World's Best B-School Professors: Nirmalya Kumar". Poets & Quants.
- ↑ "Hall of Fame: Saluting Distinguished Management Thinkers and Their Contributions". Thinkers 50.
- ↑ "Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method winners". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ↑ "Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method 2014". Case Centre.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2018/19". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2017/18". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Our Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2016/17". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2015/16". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 2020-06-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "SMU's Professor Nirmalya Kumar recognised for Lifetime Contributions to Marketing Strategy Research". 14 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ↑ "How Jamini Roy Found a Home in Baker Street". Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- ↑ "Nirmalya Kumar". 15 March 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-30.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Professor Nirmalya Kumar". Retrieved 2020-10-30.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Turner's India paintings part of latest Tate display". Retrieved 2020-12-07.
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