Research Areas:
Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management of New Ventures
Strategic Issues impacting the growth and consolidation of IT and related services industry

Recent Consulting:
Department of Biotechnology, Government of India- "Review of the Small Business Innovation Research Initiative (SBIRI) scheme" along with Prof. Rishikesha T. Krishnan during April 2008-January 2009

Academic Positions:
IIM Bangalore: 2001-2005; 2006-present
Professor- N. S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL), August 2007- till date
Part-Time Visiting Faculty - NSRCEL September 2006 to August 2007
Full-time Visiting Faculty- Corporate Strategy and Policy Area, December 2001-June 2005

Other Assignments:
Marketing Officer, Crompton Greaves Limited, June 1981- April 1983
Director and founder, Polykorp Pvt. Ltd. And Prabhu Surveyors Pvt. Ltd, June 1983- May 1986
Product Manager, Computer Point India Limited, June 1986- June 1987
Management Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services, June 1991- March 1995
CEO/President, Trigent Software Limited, April 1995- April 2001 & July 2005- December 2006

Other Professional Appointments:
Program Director for the Program on "Growing in India: The Entrepreneurial Challenge" for the University of Sydney Masters program during January 2009
Program Director for the Program on Entrepreneurship and Innovation in India for the University of Sydney Masters program during January 2008

Corporate / Public Sector Leadership:
Independent Director on the board on Thinksoft Global Solutions Limited, Chennai since September 2008
Member of the Program Steering Committee (PSC) of Technology Refinement and Marketing Program (TREMAP) of TIFAC, Government of India since December 2008

Significant Publications:
Papers in Refereed Journals:
1. Kumar. K and Mulchandani, Manohar "Getting an Innovation Initiative Off the Ground: The Experience of Wipro", IIMB Management Review, Vol.17, No.3, September 2005, pp. 41-46
2. Sriram. M.S and Kumar. K "TVAHelp.com", Asian Case Research Journal, Vol.8, Issue 1,(2004), pp. 79-106

Other Journal Papers and Working Papers:
1. Kumar. K Leveraging Context-specific Innovation for growth - Context of Interview with Manoj Upadhyay, IIMB Management Review, Vol. 20, No2, June 2008, pp 158-161
2. Kumar. K Leveraging Context-specific Innovation for growth - In Conversation with Manoj Upadhyay, IIMB Management Review, Vol. 20, No2, June 2008, pp 162-171
3. Kumar. K and Rishikesha T Krishnan "Growth Challenges of Software SMITs: A Strategic Analysis", IIMB Management Review, Vol.15,No.1, March 2003, pp.112-118

Refereed Conference Papers:
1. K. Kumar "An Analysis of Differences in new Firm Formation and Employment Growth Between the IT and non-IT Sectors in Bangalore" Paper at the 2nd European Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ECEI 2007) at the Utrecht University, Utrecht School of Economics, The Netherlands on 8-9 November 2007.
2. K. Kumar "New firm formation and employment growth in Bangalore's IT sector: The role of local entrepreneurs and multinational firms" Paper presented at the 3rd European Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ECEI 2008) at The University of Winchester, UK on 15-16 September 2008

Book Chapters:
1. K. Kumar "An Assessment of Business Incubators in Bangalore" in "Enterprise support Systems - An International Perspective" Edited by Mathew J Manimala, Jay Mitra and Varsha Singh, sage Publications, New Delhi 2009 (Forthcoming)