ABOUT
MANAGING PARTNER, CELESTA CAPITAL
Former Chairman & CEO, KPMG India
Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets and Director General of the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service in the Obama Administration
Arun believes that a culture of teamwork, transparency and trust forms the bedrock of long-term organizational success. Firms with strong and productive cultures attract, develop, motivate and retain good people – and outlast the competition.
Latest Books
The Global Trade Paradigm: Rethinking International Business in the Post Pandemic World, published by HarperCollins, 2023
In The Global Trade Paradigm, Arun Kumar looks at the global trade ecosystem and points at the gaps within it. Based on rigorous research and Arun’s rich experience of more than four decades, this book presents how newly emergent forces, technology, geopolitics and nationalism are reshaping the global trade system.
Mantram Beach
India – Available on Amazon India; Flipkart
International – Available on Amazon
Recent News
Interviews, articles, videos and press releases
The Elephant Moves: India’s New Place in the World
YouTube
27-Mar-2024
Naren Gupta Legacy Series – The U.S.-India Technology Corridor and India’s G20 Leadership
Asia Society Northern California -YouTube
7-Jul-2023
Experiments In Leadership – When People Know You’re Really Listening, They Will Talk
YouTube
07-Apr-2023
Learnings from Jacinda Ardern: Lessons in leadership & kindness from New Zealand’s PM
Financial Express
23-Jan-2023
Globalisation in reverse gear: Opportunity for bold US-India partnership?
Business Standard
13-Jan-2023
Celesta Capital’s Arun Kumar & Nicholas Brathwaite Discuss Their India Strategy & More
CNBC-TV18
31-Oct-2022
India-US Corridor: The next big opportunity is Deep Tech
The Times of India
28-Oct-2022
‘We want to double down on our investments in India’
MINT
08-Aug-2022
USIBC Appoints former KPMG CEO and U.S. government official Arun Kumar and UPS leader Ufku Akaltan to its Global Board
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
06-June-2022
Former KPMG India Chair and CEO joins US venture capital firm
Consultancy.in
09-May-2022
Ex-Chairman & CEO Of KPMG India, Arun Kumar Joins Venture Firm Celesta Capital
BW Businessworld
07 May 2022
Former chairman & CEO of KPMG India Arun Kumar joins deep tech venture firm Celesta Capital
People Matters
06-May-2022
5 years with KPMG: CEO Arun Kumar and his learnings
ETHRWORLD
25-Jan-2022
How the Quad can help climate action
The Indian Express
22-Jan-2022
Diplomatic Dispatch – Davos Agenda 2022: Global Economic Recovery
Sansad TV
21-Jan-2022
A reading of my poem
From Mantram Beach
15-Jan-2022
Fireside Chat : The Evolving ESG landscape in India – Bombay Chamber’s Sustainability Conclave 2021
Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry
21-Dec-2021
India-US Trade Policy Forum has key role in deepening understanding of each other’s positions: Former Obama admin official
The Economic Times
08-Dec-2021
Despite the pandemic: New directions for Kerala – a destination for sustainable investment
TiEcon Kerala 2021
27-Nov-2021
Paisa Vasool | Sudipta Sarangi & Arun M. Kumar
Tata Literature Live!
20-Nov-2021
Voices for a sustainable future. A conversation with Amit Chandra, Chairman and Managing Director of Bain Capital India
YouTube
05-Nov-2021
Accelerating in the covid period. A conversation with Smita Tharoor
YouTube- Culturelytics
18-Oct-2021
The Economic In conversation with Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman & CEO, Salesforce India
YouTube
16-Oct-2021
Indian CEOs focused on growth organically as well as through M&A, finds KPMG survey
CNBC TV18 Online
05-Oct-2021
Arun M Kumar of KPMG India Speaks On The Results Of CEOs Survey
CNBC-TV18
05-Oct-2021
Ambassador T.P. Sreenivasan IFS in conversation with Arun Kumar
YouTube
05-Sep-2021
The Economic Times CEO Conclave | In Conversation: New CEO for the New Normal
YouTube – ET Edge
06-July-2021
Jaspreet Bindra in conversation with Arun Kumar
YouTube – Tata Literature Live
27-May-2021
The Quad’s economic imperative
The Times of India
07-May-2021
With Biden at helm, Delhi and Washington can enhance economic, commercial ties
The Indian Express
05-Jan-2021
BW Dialogue with Arun M. Kumar
BW Businessworld
28-Dec-2020
Mantram Beach – Poetry Evening
YouTube
20-Dec-2020
Post-election US: New Dynamics?
Confederation of Indian Industry
15-Dec-2020
Mantram Beach review: Finding solace in the ordinary
The New Indian Express
14-Dec-2020
Want my book to reach people who don’t read poems: Arun Kumar on ”Mantram Beach”
PTI
11-Dec-2020
Book launch of ‘Mantram Beach’, a collection of poems by Arun Kumar
YouTube
09-Nov-2020
Coffee breaks with wife help KPMG India CEO get through long workdays
The Economic Times – Panache
29-Oct-2020
Economic policy needs to make job creation its primary focus: Arun Kumar, CEO, KPMG India
The Economic Times
26-Oct-2020
Companies with a vision & purpose have fared better in pandemic: KPMG India Chairman Arun Kumar
The Economic Times
26-Oct-2020
Message from the virus: Our individual security and welfare cannot be divorced from the collective
Times of India
24-Oct-2020
A Sustainable Healthcare Architecture for Kerala
CII Virtual Kerala Health Tourism Summit 2020
17-Oct-2020
[VIDEO] Arun Kumar On KPMG India CEO Outlook Survey & India’s Growth Prospects | Restarting India
CNBC-TV18
07-Oct-2020
CEOs in India realigning their businesses with the ‘new normal’: KPMG report
The Hindu BusinessLine
07-Oct-2020
COVID-19 impact | CEOs shift focus to digitisation, supply chain and new work realities, finds KPMG report
Moneycontrol News
07-Oct-2020
[VIDEO] Dialogue session on Future of Leadership
YouTube
01-Aug-2020
[VIDEO] China reset and its impact on global trade dynamics and business
YouTube
17-Jul-2020
Remembering Mr KPP Nambiar: Technology and Kerala’s Future
Keltron Oruma
30-Jun-2020
[VIDEO] Unlocking India’s competitive advantage in a post COVID-19 world
YouTube
15-Jun-2020
Opinion | Govt uses virus crisis to push basic reforms
Mint
18-May-2020
InstaLive: How life aspects and business will shift due to COVID19
Instagram
14-May-2020
Disaster planning top priority for India Inc
Times of India
29-Apr-2020
Weak Consumption During COVID-19 Lockdown To Drag Down GDP Growth: KPMG
Businessworld
06-Apr-2020
[VIDEO] How Indian businesses should prepare themselves against the rapid spread of covid-19 pandemic
Mint
31-Mar-2020
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