Mr. Kumar received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a Masters in structural engineering before joining the Indian Forest Service in 1987. Mr. Kumar is now working as Head, SAARC Forestry Centre, Bhutan. Prior to this he was worked as Joint Secretary Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi before that he was worked with various capacities with the Government of India; he manages and administers about 600 square kilometers of forest land and resources in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Confronted with very real aspects of environmental protection and sustainable development on a daily basis, his main priorities are protection, conservation, sustainable development of the forest wealth and improvement in the living conditions of the people living within the territory. Presently, he is pursuing a master of business administration at the Indira Gandhi National Open University in New Delhi.