Dr. Kumar research interests focus on Intelligent Systems, Machine Intelligence, Power Management, Smart Grid and Robotics. Dr. Kumar has published over 450 research articles, has supervised 20 PhD and more than 30 M.Tech thesis. He has 12 patents to his name. He received 03 academic awards, 12 best paper awards, 06 best thesis award, 04 professional awards and 25- student award. He has received the Career Award for Young Teachers in 2002 from Government of India. He is on 12 Journal Editorial Boards. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Access, IEEE ITeN (Industrial Electronics technology News), Associate Editor, Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Elsevier, Associate Editor, IET Renewable and Power Generation, Associate Editor, IET Power Electronics, Associate Editor, International Journal of Bio Inspired Computing and Deputy Editor-in-Chief, CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, IET. Dr. Kumar is a Senior Member IEEE (USA), Fellow IET (UK), Fellow IE (INDIA), Fellow IETE, Life Member CSI, Senior Member IEANG and Life Member ISTE