Dr. Sampada Kumar is a Reader working in the Department of Tourism, School of Management, Pondicherry University. Apart from possessing the travel and tourism industry work experience, he has been in the teaching and research for the last one-and-a-half decades. He is a trained and qualified Tourism Professional. He has obtained his MTA degree and Ph.D. in Tourism from the Utkal University. He has co-authored book titled `Tourism Principles and Practices`, published by Oxford University Press, New Delhi.