Nirmalya Kumar

Nirmalya Kumar is an Indian academic and professor. He is currently a professor of marketing at Singapore Management University's Lee Kong Chian School of Business, and previously served on the bards of ACC Limited, Ambuja Cements, Bata India, Tata Chemicals, UltraTech Cement, and Zensar Technologies.

Biography Career From 1991 to 1994, Kumar was assistant professor of marketing at The Pennsylvania State University. 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-group executive council and head of strategy at the Tata Group. Since 2017, Kumar has been a Lee Kong Chian professor of marketing at Singapore Management University and a Distinguished Fellow at INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute.

Art collection Kumar owns the largest collection of Jamini Roy Paintings outside of India. He is considered a "specialist" on the Bengal School of Art rebel artists. In 2013, he was recognized for his efforts on behalf of South Asian art with an Honorary Fellowship by SOAS University of London.

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