[2] He played for India during 1985 to 1996 and represented the Indian national basketball team at several international championships.
Ram Kumar first joined income tax department in Jaipur and later moved to Western Railway in the year 1987.
[citation needed] His younger brother Ashok Kumar was also former international basketball player and former India captain.
He is currently working as a Senior Sports Officer at Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala.
In 2010, he was the coach of Indian team that won the Asia zone qualifying round for the 21st "FIBA Asia Cup Basketball Championship" to be held at Yemen and coached the Under-18 Indian National Basketball Team at Junior Asian Basketball Championship held at Tehran in 2004 .