Professor K Kumar currently serves as the Professor of Entrepreneurship and Dean (Alumni Relations and Development) at IIMB.  He joined IIMB in 2001 after 16 years of experience in the industry, holding positions as CEO, President and Management Consultant in reputed organizations besides starting and nurturing three companies as an entrepreneur. His research interests are in the areas of entrepreneurial strategies, effectuation, internationalization of new ventures, high growth entrepreneurship in emerging economies , family business management and business history. He has published his research in leading international journals.  He has also co-edited the book “The Evolution of IIMB: Directors’ Perspectives” published by IIMB. He has served as a visiting professor at the University of Cologne and at the Athens University of Economics and Business. He was Chairperson of NSRCEL at IIMB, from 2008 to March 2012 and was responsible for directing its research, teaching and training activities, besides running the business incubation centre. He also serves as an Independent Director on the board of a publicly listed company and advises corporate organizations and family businesses. Prof. Kumar is both a PGP (1981) and FPM (1992) alumnus of IIMB.