Amit Kumar (born 29 January 1976) is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1997, and Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2002.

He worked as Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey, U.S. during 2002–2003.

He joined IIT Delhi as faculty member in 2003.

He received Young Engineer Award from Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2006,[2] and INSA Medal for Young Scientists from Indian National Science Academy in 2011.