Sumit Kunnumkal

Professor and Area Leader, Operations Management

Email sumit_kunnumkal@isb.edu

Website https://sites.google.com/view/sumitmkunnumkal/home

Overview

Sumit Kunnumkal is a Professor of Operations Management at the Indian School of Business. He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University. He received his M.S. in Transportation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He has previously taught at the Smith School of Business, Queen’s University and has held visiting positions at the Singapore University of Technology and Design and Universitat Pompeu Fabra. His research interests lie in the areas of pricing and revenue management, retail operations, assortment planning and approximate dynamic programming. He has taught in the Post Graduate Program, the Fellow Program and various advanced management and executive education programs at ISB.

Experience

Academic

  • 2023 - Present: Area Leader of Operations Management, Indian School of Business
  • 2023 - Present: Professor, Indian School of Business
  • 2020 - Present: Executive Director for FPM Programme, Indian School of Business
  • 2012 - 2023: Associate Professor, Indian School of Business
  • 2016 - 2018: Associate Professor, Smith School of Business, Queen's University
  • 2015 - 2015: Visiting Scholar, Singapore University of Technology and Design
  • 2012 - 2012: Visiting Scholar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • 2007 - 2012: Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business
  • 2011 - 2011: Visiting Scholar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • 2009 - 2009: Visiting Scholar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Research & Publications