Nirmalya Kumar (born 8 March 1960) is Professor of Marketing of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University and a distinguished fellow at INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute. He has served on the Boards of ACC Limited, Ambuja Cements, , , Defaqto, Tata Capital, Tata Chemicals, , , , Ultratech, and Zensar Technologies. In June 2021 He received the 2021 Mahajan Award for Lifetime Contributions to Marketing Strategy Research by the American Marketing Association (AMA).