Sumit Kunnumkal

Sumit Kunnumkal is a Professor and Area Leader of Operations Management at the Indian School of Business (ISB). He holds a PhD in Operations Research from Cornell University. He received his MS in Transportation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.Tech in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Professor Kunnumkal 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.

At ISB, he has taught in the PGP programme, the Fellow programme, and various Advanced Management and Executive Education programmes.

• PhD in Operations Research, Cornell University, 2007
• MS in Transportation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002
• B.Tech in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 2000

Academic positions

• 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

• Parihar, Anusha., Shah, Geetika., Kunnumkal, Sumit. "Nizamabad Constituency 2019 Mega Elections (A) and (B)", CLMP