He is an accredited Executive Coach of the Coaching Foundation of India. He has a professional experience of 29 years having worked in organizations spanning across sectorslike Oil & Gas,Manufacturing, Hospitality, FMCG sectors, etc., across a variety of HR & IR roles. The Companies where he has led the Human Resource Function include Cairn India Ltd,Perfetti Vanmelle,Mahindra Holidays and EID Parry,Mr. Kumar is also a Member of the CII National committee on Leadership & HR, and is well known in the HR professional community across the country. At Tata Steel, Mr. Kumar was chiefly responsible for enabling the Company to win the ‘Leadership in HR Excellence Award ‘ by CII in the year 2012.