He received his Ph.D. Degree in Chemical Engineering from IT-BHU, Varanasi in 1995. He worked as an Assistant Professor followed by Professor and Head of the Chemical Engineering Department at Thapar University for more than Nine Years. He served as a member of the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) of Pujab for two consecutive terms (2008-2014). Dr. Kumar is having about 20 Years of Experience in the field of Process Modeling and Simulation. Dr. Kumar has supervised 10 research works leading to PhD degrees and has contributed to about 100 research papers and chapters in encyclopedias with good impact factor. His Area of Expertise includes: Process Modeling, Multiphase Reactors, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Petroleum Refining and Separation Processes.