Chinmay Tumbe loves to laugh and learn. He is passionate about migration, cities, firms and history, and is currently Associate Professor in the Economics Area at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. An alumnus of the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore; Ruia College, Mumbai; and Rishi Valley School, Madanapalle; he has been a faculty member at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. He was a 2013 Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence, and the 2018 Alfred D. Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar in Business History at Harvard Business School, Boston.
His first book, 'India Moving: A History of Migration', was published in 2018 and second book 'The Age of Pandemics, 1817-1920: How they shaped India and the World', was published in 2020. He was a member of the The Lancet Covid-19 India Taskforce in 2020-22 and the Working Group on Migration of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in 2016-17. He has published widely in leading journals and newspapers and helped set up the IIMA Archives.
Primary Area : Economics
Email : chinmayt@iima.ac.in
Phone : +91-79-7152 4902
Secretary : Reji Pillai
Phone : +91-79-7152 7953
Website : Personal Website
Fellow (PhD), Economics & Social Sciences, IIM-Bangalore, 2012
M. Sc, Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science, 2008
B.A, Economics-Mathematics, Ruia College, Mumbai, 2005
Urban/Labour Economics
Business and Economic History
Migration Studies
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2022-
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-2022
Alfred D Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar, Business History, Harvard Business School, 2018
Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy & Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Hyderabad, 2014-16
Jean Monnet Fellow, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 2012-13
Associate Editor, Journal of South Asian Development
Member, Working Group on Migration, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, 2016
Member, Editorial Board of Migration & Development, Taylor & Francis Journal
Member, Global Economics Team, Lehman Brothers, London,, 2006-07
Several consultancy projects with govt. and academic institutions, corporates and NGOs
2018 - Madan Mohanka Research Publication Award for International Business, Indian Institue Of Management Ahmedabad
2015 - EXIM Bank International Economic Research Annual (IERA) Award
2010 - Director's Merit List Award for Academic Excellence, Indian Institue Of Management Bangalore
2009 - Captain of the IIM-Bangalore Football Team
2005 - J N Tata Endowment Fund Scholarship & K C Mahindra Scholarship for higher studies abroad
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2022-
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-2022
Alfred D Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar, Business History, Harvard Business School, 2018
Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy & Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Hyderabad, 2014-16
Jean Monnet Fellow, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 2012-13
