

The Ten: Nandini Nandakumar
The Ten is HUMG’s flagship speaker series, bringing some of the most influential marketing leaders across industries straight to campus.
Nandini Nandakumar is a global marketing leader with over a decade of experience across FMCG, retail, and e‑commerce, spanning North America, Europe and Asia. With 12+ years across these markets - from category disruption in India to premium growth in Ireland to transforming Smirnoff globally into a Gen Z cultural powerhouse - she blends engineering rigor with bold creativity that drives business performance and societal impact. With an engineering degree and an MBA in Marketing, she leads with both head and heart, uniting analytical discipline and imaginative thinking in every brand she stewards. Catch her TEDx‑style talk “The Making of a Sadya,” using Kerala’s grand banana‑leaf feast as a brilliant metaphor for building a modern marketing career of curiosity, bravery, and cultural impact.
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