Prof. Ravindra Kumar holds M.A. (Psychology), Dip. in Labor Laws, and MBA and Ph.D. in Management from IIT, Delhi. Currently, he is serving as Fellow and heading Lal Bahadur Shastri Research Centre for Public Policy and Social Change (LBSRC), a Research Arm of Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), Delhi. His prior engagement includes VC, Shri Venkateshwara Open University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. Earlier, he served UGC and AICTE, NCERT, IIT/D, NIPCCD, etc. in different capacities and introduced many innovative work practices, which resulted into substantial savings in public expenditure. His efforts in streamlining delivery mechanism in higher and technical education received applause from many eminent personalities. Prof. Kumar is a prolific writer and has several research papers to his credit in referred national and international journals, conducted FDPs / seminars / conferences / dialogues, delivered keynote addresses as well as Convocation Addresses, and has been conferred with various awards, recognition and appreciations. He has provided consultancy to reputed B-Schools on a variety of academic matters. His areas of research interest include quality research, students truancy, students capability building and industry expectations, socially responsible products, and empowerment of vulnerable sections of the society. He has produced four doctoral scholars and his three more scholars, including one foreign diplomat, are likely to earn their doctorate degrees shortly.