Avinash G Mulky has been a Professor in the area of Marketing at IIM Bangalore (IIMB) since mid-2006. Prior to joining IIMB, he was BPCL Chair Professor at IIM Lucknow (IIML). Professor Mulky has over 20 years of industry experience and has held senior marketing positions in several leading Indian and multinational companies. He has also held academic administrative positions such as Chairperson of the Post Graduate Programme at IIMB and IIML, and Chairman of the Student Exchange Programme at IIML.

Professor Mulky’s areas of research include Retail Modernization, Distribution Structure and Salesforce Management. He has presented papers at international conferences, published articles in national and international journals and has written several cases.

Professor Mulky teaches courses on Marketing Management, Marketing Research, Sales and Distribution Management in the Post Graduate Programme. He is also active in executive education, and has conducted training programmes for some of the top organizations in India and abroad in the fields of banking, insurance, automobiles and consumer products.