Dr. V. Kumar obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1980 from Agra University, Agra. After receiving his Ph. D., he worked as a Scientist at CIMFR, Dhanbad during 1983 and 1985-89, Visiting Scientist at CNR, Frascati, Italy during 1983-84 and Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK during January-February 2009. He joined the Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad in 1989 and worked as a Senior Technical Officer (1989-92), Assistant Professor (1992–2004), Associate Professor (2004) and currently he is Professor and Head of the Department.