[3] He is also a graduate from prestigious National Defence College and has completed his Ph.D in Spirituality Management in Armed Forces.

Kumar is an alumnus of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and was commissioned into the Air Defence Artillery in June 1980.

He commanded a division and a Corps on the Western front prior to assuming the appointment of Adjutant General in July 2017.

The officer has successfully tenanted various prestigious staff appointments including Brigade Major of Mountain Brigade in intense insurgency area, MGGS at a Command HQ, ADG DV at AHQ and DG DC & W at AHQ.

For his distinguished services, he has been awarded VSM in 2015, AVSM in 2017 and PVSM in 2019 and was appointed as Honorary ADC to the President on 1 January 2018.