Background
Kumar, Viswanathan was born on June 4, 1957 in Madras, India. Came to the United States, 1981. Son of Subramanian and Pattammal Viswanathan.
Kumar, Viswanathan was born on June 4, 1957 in Madras, India. Came to the United States, 1981. Son of Subramanian and Pattammal Viswanathan.
Bachelor of Technology in Engineering with honors, IIT, Kharagpur, India, 1979. Master in Industrial Management, IIT, Madras, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1985.
Instructor department marketing, University Texas, Austin, 1983-1985;
assistant professor department marketing, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1985-1987;
assistant professor department marketing, U. Houston, 1987-1992;
associate professor department marketing, U. Houston, since 1992;
director marketing research studies, U. Houston, since 1988. Lecturer in field; teacher business courses Holland, Spain, Hong Kong, and Australia. President Innovating Marketing Cons., Sugarland, Texas, since 1988.
Marketing consultant Stephen Goldberg, Inc., Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, 1983-1986. Member of advisory board S.W. Information Resources, Inc., Houston, since 1993. Director marketing research studies U. Houston, since 1987, director Doctor of Philosophy program, since 1992.
Judge Houston Awards for Quality Program. Assistant professor marketing Madrid Business School, Summer, 1991.
Member American Marketing Association (fellow doctoral consortium 1984, senior vice president education council since 1993), Institute Management Science, Academy Marketing Science, International Institute Forecasters, Research Roundtable Houston, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Meena Ganapathy Kumar, June 6, 1979. Children: Anita, Prita.