Dr. Kumar is a strategist and key-influencer in development sector with more than 30+ years of experience, author, columnist, Water & Human Rights Pro-activist, and specializes in ecosystem based adaptation, water energy-food nexus, with specific emphasis on Transversality approach of inter-linkages between water, environment and SDGs. He is President and Founder of India Water Foundation (Special Consultative Status-UN-ECOSOC), Observer-Governing Body of United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), Observer-UNFCCC, Observer-UNCCD, Observer IPBES, Member-World Water Council, Member-CTCN for Southern Asia, Member-IUCN, Direct Member ICID, Member-Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML), Member-South Asia Network on the Sustainable Development Goals (SANS) of the UN ESCAP), Member – Global Water Partnership (GWP), Member-World Water Quality Alliance (WWQA) of UNEP) a non-profit organization and think tank established for generating a heightened public awareness at national level in India and sub- regional level in Asia, regarding water and its impact on human health, economic growth and environmental sustainability. He is the member Technical Advisory Committee of Ministry of Environment Forest and climate change, government of India for India's Third National Communication and Biennial Update Reports to UNFCCC. He is expert on Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement and is on the expert roster of UNFCCC. He has been working specially in the North East region of the country in Meghalaya as the Member of Meghalaya State Water Resources Council and Member of the State Council for Climate Change and Sustainable Development headed by the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Meghalaya. He is former Governor World Water Council and former member of the National Wetlands Committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate change, Government of India which drafted the wetlands guidelines for the implementation of wetlands rules 2017.

The activities of IWF were designed to create an inclusive culture that is the basis for global harmony and progress. This approach has gained worldwide recognition and reflects in Dr. Kumar’s conviction that water-related problems cannot be tackled through technological and engineering solutions alone; there is need to include ‘Soft Approach’ of capacity building of the officials and the people who are well informed and aware, as main stakeholders. This capacity building is facilitated through sensitizing, incentivizing and galvanizing the people in water and environment sectors, so that the stakeholders become cognizant about the water and environment related issues like water conservation, judicious use of natural resources, especially water, and
 
the importance of keeping water resources free from contamination. Water is the most effective tool to tackle vagaries of climate change because ‘Climate Change is Water Change’. Therefore, it is essentially vital that water is an integral part of initiatives to mitigate and adapt to climate change. In the wake of the fact that the impacts of climate change are felt through water, with flooding, erratic rain patterns, prolonged droughts, and other extreme weather events; water becomes a critical factor for successful climate change mitigation and adaptation, as many efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions depend on reliable access to water resources. Inability to address the relationship between water and climate entails the potential of putting humankind’s future in jeopardy. Therefore, it is imperative that actors across sectors must systematically integrate water resources management into their climate adaptation and mitigation strategies and provide sustainable solutions to water problems by changing water management practices and regulating usage with effective legislation.