Dinesh Kumar, Professor, Kurukshetra University obtained his M. Phil in Microelectronics Engineering in 1991 and then Ph.D from Cambridge University, U.K. in 1994 under the supervision of Prof. A. M. Campbell at Department of Engineering. He travelled to INFM-TASC, Trieste, Italy in 1998 and worked there as a postdoctoral research associate with Prof. Alfonso Franciosi on MBE grown Schottky Barrier tuned devices. In 2003, he was awarded Commonwealth Fellowship by the Association of Commonwealth Universities, London to work again at Cambridge University in Prof. Mark Blamire’s group.  During his stay at Cambridge University, he worked on Cr-doped AlN thin films and was also a bye-fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge. He has supervised M. Tech and Ph.D theses of a large number of students and has published more than 55 research papers.

Prof. Kumar is a widely travelled person and has been to France, Italy, Germany, Austria, England, USA, Russia, Australia and many more in connection with his research activities. His research group is engaged in the fabrication and characterization of semiconductor devices and thin films. Currently he is supervising eight students for their Ph. D. thesis.

Prof. Kumar is also working as the Coordinator of the National Programme for developing MEMS and Microsystems at Kurukshetra University. Recently, he has also been awarded a Nanomission project by DST worth Rs. 2.96 Crore to support M. Tech (Nanoscience and Technology) programme at Electronic Science Department.

Prof. Dinesh Kumar is working as Director at UIET since August 2010.