Kumail Kirmani — Co-Founder

Icons of Bharat award by NDTV | Graphy Select #Top50 | Chief Mentor at WiseOwlEdu | IIM- Calcutta | Professor of Practice (Digital Marketing) at St. Joseph's, Alliance University, Jain University, GIBS. Hi, I’m Kumail Kirmani – a Marketing Professor by passion, an entrepreneur by choice, and your Career Dost, helping you Brand Yourself Better! I am on a mission to empower individuals with strategic Personal Branding Techniques to accelerate their personal and professional growth by 10x. With over 12 years of corporate experience at GE, ING, HDFC, and Tommy Hilfiger, I took the leap into entrepreneurship and now run two ventures: WiseOwl Edu (education & branding) and Begum’s Authentic Hyderabadi Kitchen (cloud kitchen). I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Brand Marketing and am an alumnus of IIM Calcutta. In addition to mentoring professionals, I am also helping my wife, Tahera, build Begum’s, which won the ICONS of Bharat Award by NDTV (2022) and was nominated as the Startup of the Year – Cloud Kitchen Brand by Coca-Cola F&B Virtuoso Awards (2024). Let’s Connect, Build, and Grow Together! 🚀 KK How Can I help you? READ MORE: Do you want to get an MBA? Do you want to build your Brand? Start a business? Grow your career? Everything needs Marketing and I know that pretty well. If you know it already, Good, go for it. But when in doubt, check me out once. I bet you will not regret it. 🤩🤘 Join me in making India a greater country 👍💪 Let's connect with on FB - Kumail Kirmani | Instagram: Prof.kumailkirmani. On Sundays, you will find me proudly working as a "food delivery agent" for my wife's home kitchen startup, called 'Begum's Kitchen", which makes Authentic Hyderabadi Paya (Mutton Trotters), #cooked-on-order-Sundays-only. TRY MADI, GURU :)

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Marketing and Education professional with a strong entrepreneurial background.

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Experience: 16 yrs 9 mos

Skills

Digital Marketing
Branding & Identity
Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Mentoring
Sales & Marketing
Marketing Communications

Career Highlights

Over 12 years of corporate experience in top companies.
Co-founder of an award-winning cloud kitchen.
Chief Mentor at WiseOwl Edu, empowering professionals.

Work Experience

Dayananda Sagar University

Assistant Professor (3 mos)

Visiting Professor (8 mos)

Jain (Deemed-to-be University)

Visiting Professor (1 yr 4 mos)

Begum's Authentic Hyderabadi Kitchen

Co-Founder (7 yrs 3 mos)

WiseOwl Edu

Chief Mentor (7 yrs 10 mos)

St. Joseph's College Of Business Administration

Professor- Global Marketing (1 yr 8 mos)

Alliance University

Associate Professor Of Marketing (10 mos)

Manager- Corporate Relations (Executive Education Programs) (2 yrs 6 mos)

Sreshta Global

Consultant_Marketing & Strategy (11 yrs 5 mos)

Founder and VP- Marketing & Strategy (11 yrs)

Centurion Bank of Punjab

Marketing Officer- FOREX (1 yr 6 mos)

GE MONEY

Relationship Manager (1 yr 4 mos)

Education

Advanced Program for Marketing Professionals at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Post Graduate in Marketing at Alliance University-school of Business

B.Com at I am a Proud JOSEPHITE. St. Josephs College of Commerce

Kumail Kirmani

Co-Founder

Bangalore, Karnataka, India16 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 12 years of corporate experience in top companies.
Co-founder of an award-winning cloud kitchen.
Chief Mentor at WiseOwl Edu, empowering professionals.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Marketing and Education professional with a strong entrepreneurial background.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Digital MarketingBranding & IdentityEntrepreneurshipMarketingMentoringSales & MarketingMarketing Communications

Other Skills

Brand AwarenessCommunicationCoachingManagement ConsultingRelationship BuildingTeachingPublic SpeakingPeople ManagementBusiness CoachingCoaching & MentoringYouth MentoringSales ManagementBusiness StrategySalesBusiness Planning

About

Experience

16 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

11 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Dayananda sagar university

2 roles

Assistant Professor

Promoted

Feb 2026 – Present · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

As a PHD scholar, balancing academic rigour with industry expertise is my prime focus.
Building executive education,consulting and training programs for Executives and full time MBA students.

Visiting Professor

Jun 2025 – Feb 2026 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Teaching CBMR to T4 at the Executive MBA level.

Jain (deemed-to-be university)

Visiting Professor

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

As an industry practitioner, I Teach digital marketing, sales management to the students of MBA at CMS Jain University,

Branding & IdentityBrand AwarenessCommunicationCoachingDigital MarketingEntrepreneurship+1

Begum's authentic hyderabadi kitchen

Co-Founder

Feb 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

What I started as a Hobby business with my Wife, Tahera Kirmani, Begum's became the most loved non-veg breakfast in #nammabengaluru.
From Sunday-only concept kitchen, we went on to be featured on @NDTV as the "ICONS of Bharat" award in 2022 and nominated among the TOP 3 cloud Kitchens in India by Fast Food and Cafe Convention Awards 2024 sponsored by Coca-Cola.
En route to making Begum's a Household name soon and empowering all the wonderful women to take their love for cooking and their delicacies global.

Wiseowl edu

Chief Mentor

Jul 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

At WiseOwl, we design, we build, we brand, we Market, we sell and we grow. Together with You🙌

Relationship BuildingMentoringCommunicationSales & MarketingTeachingPublic Speaking+5

St. joseph's college of business administration

Professor- Global Marketing

Jul 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bangalore

A challenging role to learn together with working executives pursuing MBA. I learn and teach Advertising and Sales Strategy, Global Marketing and Knowledge Management as my core subjects.

Public SpeakingCoachingPeople ManagementMarketing Communications

Alliance university

2 roles

Associate Professor Of Marketing

Aug 2017 – Jun 2018 · 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Manager- Corporate Relations (Executive Education Programs)

Jun 2012 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bangalore

Expanding the network of corporate and delivering the academic and training programs to the working professionals across industries.
Strategic Consulting on course content and customization, including business plan & sales strategy development for chosen corporate as per their need.
Maximizing the reach across industries. Cross selling, networking and lending relationship. Delivering promise and quality education to the experienced professionals

Sreshta global

2 roles

Consultant_Marketing & Strategy

Dec 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 5 mos

Strategic Planning and Execution of business growth and sustainability.
Market Research and understanding the gap in our competitive space and capitalizing on the same through market reach-out strategy.
Revenue Generation and Automation.
Networking, team building and relationship management

Founder and VP- Marketing & Strategy

Dec 2014 – Dec 2025 · 11 yrs

Sreshta Global offers unmatched services:
Finance and Accounting Shared Services
Legal and Statutory Compliance,
Business Consulting and Business Set-up across sectors.
Teamed with experienced Chartered Accountants and Marketing Professionals, Sreshta swears by its name - "SUPERIOR" customer service.
We are strategically located @ Frazer Town, Bangalore. Thus, maintaining uniform distance and easy access to our clients spread across the city.

Centurion bank of punjab

Marketing Officer- FOREX

Nov 2006 – May 2008 · 1 yr 6 mos

Handling the Market research and increasing the sales revenue through extensive reach to the point of travel contact for the masses- Travel Agents and Educational Consultants.
Getting on board maximum Travel Agents and Educational Consultants to maximize the sale of Foreign Exchange Services including Currency,Traveler Cheques, Forex Cards, etc.
Pivotal part in rendering 24 hours service to the largest business deal with the Hajj Committee of India, recognized by the Central Government.

Ge money

Relationship Manager

Jun 2005 – Oct 2006 · 1 yr 4 mos

Recruiting and Training the Direct Sales Team and Direct Sales Associates in the STPL market of Bangalore
Strategy implementation of driving the DST towards achieving Sales Target month on month.