Sumati teaches across undergraduate and custom executive education courses.

Sumati's teaching is both practice and research-inspired, that is, she incorporates knowledge of practice and practical insights from her industry experience and research on digital transformation and future or work with contemporary ideas from industry collaborations, in designing and delivering her subjects. She has co-designed and developed learning analytic tools to support undergraduate students in developing their reflective thinking and writing skills.

Her teaching and learning approach has motivated students to pursue careers in the digital creative space, in private and public sectors and has even inspired some to launch start-ups based on the ideas they develop in class.