Dr. Anil Kumar was born in village Gugalwa, Churu, Rajasthan. He completed his PhD from University of Delhi, Delhi, India and went for postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. Keykavous Parang at University of Rhode Island, Kingston USA. He joined Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani in 2006 and working as Associate Professor. His research interest lies in development of green and sustainable reaction methodologies for organic synthesis and design and synthesis of novel biologically active molecules.