Lakshmi Kumar

Prof Lakshmi Kumar has been the Dean of IFMR Graduate School of Business since March 2022, having been in the institution since January 2000. She has held several administrative positions including MBA Chair, PhD Chair, EMBA Chair and Alumni Chair at the institution before assuming the office of Dean. She handles Macroeconomics, Managerial Economics, International Business, Microfinance and Entrepreneurship both at the business school as well as in management development programs from corporates and the government.

She is passionate about understanding the financial behaviour of low-income households, rural livelihoods and analysis of Government-provided basic services. Prof Lakshmi has also participated in various field-based studies in Tamil Nadu, including projects sponsored by Harvard University, DFID UK, NSE India, University of California, Irvine and NABARD, India.

Her educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics (1984), a Master’s in Econometrics (1987) from the University of Madras and PhD from IIT Madras in 2008.

Macro Economic Modelling & Analysis
Development Economics including education, health and poverty reduction
Entreprenurship including incubation and accelerator model

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Lakshmi Kumar

IFMR GSB - Krea University