Credentials

Academic grounding, professional proof.

Degrees from NIT Durgapur and Copenhagen Business School, a doctorate under way at IIM Sambalpur and IAE Bordeaux, and the certifications behind my program work.

Academic Certifications

Academic

Degrees

Kumar Gaurab at IIM Sambalpur at the commencement of the Executive PhD and DBA programme

Executive PhD and DBA cohorts at IIM Sambalpur

2026 – 2030 · In progress

Executive PhD and DBA, Strategic Management

Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur · IAE Bordeaux, Université de Bordeaux

A dual-degree doctorate. My research asks why the same strategy succeeds in one market and stalls in another, and how global education models should adapt for India.

Research notes →

Kumar Gaurab receiving his MBA diploma at Copenhagen Business School

Kumar Gaurab in a lecture at Copenhagen Business School

2014 – 2015 · 80% · MBA Student of the Year

MBA, Strategy and Finance

Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

GN ReSound (GN Store Nord) · Integrated strategy project, 2015. New-market business model, customer segmentation and adoption model, and a DCF model forecasting $66M over five years on a $20M investment.

Fibrenetix · Advisory board, MBA project, 2014–15. Go-to-market and internationalisation strategy (OLI framework) that grew Middle East market share by 30%.

Kumar Gaurab on the plant floor early in his engineering career

2001 – 2005 · 72%

BE, Mechanical Engineering

National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India

The engineering base for eight years in petrochemicals and project planning at Haldia Petrochemicals and RasGas.

Professional

Certifications

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Program and agile leadership

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AI for leaders

Education, community and tools

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Strategy and leadership

Thinking Strategically as a Manager (Skillsoft, 2020) · Digital Strategy (2020) · Creating a Culture of Strategy Execution (2020) · Create a Go-To-Market Plan (2019) · Creating a Program Strategy (2019) · Balanced Scorecard and KPIs (2019) · Agile for Leaders (Pfizer, 2022)

Project and agile practice

PMP® Exam Prep, 35 PDU (KPMG India, 2020) · PMP® Certification Training (Simplilearn, 2021) · PMI-ACP Training (KnowledgeHut, 2021) · Certified SAFe® 5 Advanced Scrum Master (2022) · Lean Management (Simplilearn, 2017) · Primavera P6 R8.4 (2014)

Data and AI

How to Boost Your Productivity with AI Tools (2023) · Research and Write Using Generative AI (2023) · Business Analytics (EduPristine, 2017) · Business Intelligence for Consultants · Learning SQL Programming · Tableau 10 · Excel for Economic and Pricing Analysis (2019) · Advanced Excel (NIIT, 2012)

Engineering foundations

SAP R/3 PP/PM (Futuresoft, 2008) · Piping Design and Engineering (2008) · Statutory Testing of Lifting Tools (National Safety Council, 2008) · Thermal Power Generation (NPTI, 2004) · Metrological Measurements (CMERI, 2004)