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About IIMB

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Sumit Popli

Sumit Popli

Joining Year:  2026

Specialization: Finance and Accounting

Email:  sumitp26@iimb.ac.in

LinkedIn:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/poplisumit/

Qualification:  

  • PGP in Analytical Finance and Strategy, from ISB, 2009
  • M.Tech in Computer Chips and VLSI design, from IIT Madras, 2005
  • B.Tech in Electrical Engineering, from IIT Madras, 2005

Prior Work Experience: 

  • 2005 – 2008 | Hardware design engineer at Nvidia Graphics | India, and USA
  • 2009 – 2009 | Academic associate at ISB, India
  • 2009 – 2026 | Junior associate to Partner at McKinsey and Company | India and South East Asia

Research Interests:    Banking and financial intermediation, Asset pricing and capital markets, Behavioural finance

Career and Recent Professional Awards:    

  • People leadership award given to top 5 partners in Financial Services practice in Asia (McKinsey, 2025)
  • Client counseling leadership award given to top Junior Partner in South East Asia (McKinsey, 2016)
  • Institute Scholar of Excellence (ISB, 2009)
  • Dean’s List, Merit List, Academic Scholarship (ISB, 2009)
  • Silver medal for successfully delivering a consulting project for one of the largest consumer companies in India (HUL), which received among the highest client feedback, among ~60 projects, for developing a distri-bution strategy (ISB, 2008)
  • Institute Silver medal for academic excellence (IIT Madras, 2004)