He made Kota famous throughout India for IIT-JEE entrance exam preparation.

[2] VK Bansal was born on 26 October 1949, in the Jhansi district of the state of Uttar Pradesh.

In 1974, Vinod Kumar Bansal was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, which left him with complete paralysis and physical impairment, which was predicted to shorten his lifespan.

The same year, he met G. D. Agrawal of Mumbai, who suggested he start coaching students for the IIT-JEE, i.e., the undergraduate entrance test for the Indian Institutes of Technology.

[7] On the demise of VK Bansal, Naveen Maheshwari, Director of Allen Institute stated, "It was his fresh vision that made a subject like Maths interesting.