Presently working as Dean College Development Council-cum-Head, Department of Physics at Sardar Patel University, Mandi (HP). He is a postgraduate in Physics and Education, Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy in Physics and holds AIR-8th in CSIR-NET. He has earned lot of accolades in physics and various other fields. He has worked as a project fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, London United Kingdom and was the Visiting Scientist to Cranfield University Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. He has a vast experience of twenty-three years in teaching, research and administration.
Prof Kumar is the member of Executive Councils, Board of Studies, Research Advisory Committees, Selection Committees of various Universities and Institutions. He is an IGNOU certified counselor. His research area is solar energy and is mainly working on synthesis of materials for solar energy use, essential oil extraction, solar thermal storage and CSP technology. Besides publishing 82 papers in national/international journals of repute, he has been granted 8 patents by IPR India out of 88 filed patents. Along with this he has also authored couple of books and many book chapters. He has guided 6 Ph D and 53 M Sc students for their research projects accomplishments. He is a regular visiting faculty to SCERT (Solan). He has generated lot of funds from the research projects funded by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt of India, Royal Academy of Engineering, London, Scientific and Engineering Research Board, Govt of India and HIMCOSTE-Shimla etc. He also holds the designation of the Vice President of Him Science Congress Association, Himachal Pradesh.