Ved Prakash was born in a Punjabi family of Lamba Pind village, Jullundur, in the Punjab Province of British India, on 1 April 1937.
In 1981, Kamboj was appointed the Deputy Director, Division of Endocrinology of the Central Drug Research Institute [6] which position he held till 1992.
[8][9] Kamboj has been the Chairman of Review Committee on Genetic Manupulation (RCGM) 2007 and INSA Honorary Scientist 2006.
and F.N.A..[11] Kamboj has authored or co-authored over 300 research papers and articles appearing in Indian and international journals.
He is the editor/author of several books including Chemistry and Biology of Herbal Medicine which is the proceeding of the conference held in January 1997 at CDRI, Lucknow.