About

Richard and Susan Lenny Distinguished Chair Professor in Marketing
Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Brand & Customer Management (CEBCM)
Phone: 404.413.7590
Email: [email protected]

Dr. V. Kumar is the Richard and Susan Lenny Distinguished Chair Professor in Marketing, the Executive Director of the Center for Excellence in Brand and Customer Management, and the Director of the Ph. D. Program in Marketing at the J. Mack Robinson School of Business, Georgia State University, USA. Dr. V. Kumar holds a Ph. D. in Marketing from the University of Texas, Austin, USA. Dr. V. Kumar’s pioneering research on Customer Loyalty and Customer Lifetime Value has received attention worldwide. His research has been widely published in premier journals such as Journal of Marketing, Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, and Operations Research to name a few. He was recently ranked as one of the top five scholars in marketing worldwide. Dr. V. Kumar (affectionately known as ‘VK’) also serves as a consultant for leading Fortune 500 corporations. He has been conferred with several awards and honors including the Bharat Gaurav Award and the Hind Ratan Award from the Government of India, the best Professor in Marketing Award from CMO, Asia and the Pravasi Acheivers Gold Medal by the NRI Welfare Soceity of India, in the year 2010. He has also received several awards and recognitions for his contributions to the area of research in marketing including the Robert Buzzell Award for the paper published by the Marketing Science Institute that best contributes to the Practice of Marketing. He was also the recipient of the 2010 DMEF, Robert G. Clarke Outstanding Educator Award for Lifetime Contributions to Direct and Interactive Marketing. He has published several books that are seminal works in various fields including the best sellers: Marketing Research, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Lifetime Value, and International Marketing Research.

Distinguished Professor in Marketing and President, NIILM Centre for Management Studies
NCR, New Delhi
Phone: 9811298161
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Dr. S. Neelamegham, known for his pioneering work in developing Indian cases on management is currently a Distinguished Professor of Marketing and President of the NIILM Center for Management Studies, New Delhi. He is also the honorary Chairman of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Career oriented Programmes at the University of Delhi. He has served as the Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies of the University of Delhi. He has been a visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin,USA, Concordia University, (Canada), Curtin International (Australia), University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), School of Tourism Organizations (France), Case Method Programme of Harvard Business School, and Durban University, South Africa. He was instrumental in setting up the School of Business Studies at the University of Zambia of which he was the founder Dean. He has served as a consultant to UNDP, ADB, Economic Commission (Africa), Asian Productivity Organization, Commonwealth Secretariat, Asian Center for Development Administration, and is present on the boards of several private and public sector organizations. He was the Chairman of the committee which prepared the blueprint for setting up of the fifth Indian Institute of Management at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Author of numerous publications his current areas of interest include, global competitiveness, strategic alliances, and the changing face of Indian marketing.

​Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing
Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Phone: 404.325.0313
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Dr. Jagadish (Jag) Sheth, a thought leader, consultant, and communicator is currently holding the Charles H Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. He has been on the faculty of the University of Southern California, University of Illinois, Columbia University as well as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),U.S.A. He has worked for numerous industries and companies in USA, Europe, and Asia. His seminal contribution to the field of marketing has been well-recognized and he is a recipient of numerous awards and distinctions: important among them being the Outstanding Marketing Educator Award by the Academy of Marketing Science; Richard D. Irwin Distinguished Marketing Educator; Charles Coolidge Parlin awards by the American Marketing Association; Outstanding Educator award by the Sales and Marketing Executives International; and the First Global Management Guru Award in 2011 by Birla Institute of Management and Technology, India. He has authored numerous books and published papers in different areas of marketing which are today considered as classics. His most recent publications include : The Rule of Three, co-authored with Rajendra Sisodia (Free Press) and Chindia Rising: How China and India will Benefit Your Business (Sage Publications).

​Founder: Milagrow Business & Knowledge Solutions
Phone : 9971028888
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Mr. Rajeev Karwal, in a marketing career spanning over two decades, has worked on establishing start-ups, turnarounds, and more. He is known for his strategic abilities and excellent execution as a management practitioner. His passion for excellence and an impeccable track record made him debut at the 43rd position in the Economic Times’ ‘India’s Most Powerful CEOs List’, in 2004. He is also considered one of the greatest brand builders in Indian marketing. His brand building efforts at companies, such as LG, ONIDA, Philips, and Electrolux are part of marketing folklore. His spectacular turnaround effort at reviving Philips Consumer Electronics and Electrolux also earned him the tag of an ace turnaround specialist. He founded Milagrow Business & Knowledge Solutions in 2007, to help growth seeking enterprises through a unique ‘Venture Catalyst’ approach. His mission is to make Milagrow ‘the destination for Growth Seeking Businesses’, and to partner with these aspiring enterprises as a ‘venture catalyst’ to build in them best-in-class managerial and organizational capabilities. He has been closely associated with the CII and FICCI, and has served on several committees on the industry bodies.