[3] Pramod Kumar was born to Yogendra Prasad, a political activist, who participated in Total revolution movement of Jay Prakash Narayan as a student.

Kumar has pursued bachelor's degree in law and he was associated with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.

Being a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, he also became active in Bharatiya Janata Party, an affiliate political organization of RSS.

Kumar has served as district unit president of Bharatiya Janata Party for Motihari region.

He won the election to Bihar Legislative Assembly for the first time in 2005 and from then onwards he is winning consecutively from this seat.