Dr. Sudhir Kumar is currently working as a Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s from Panjab University, Chandigarh. He then joined Thapar University, Patiala as a CSIR Fellow and completed his doctorate in Biotechnology. During Ph.D. his work was focused on bioremediation and biofuel production. He joined Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA as a postdoctoral research associate. His research work is focused on biofuels production from food and agricultural waste, bioleaching of precious metals from e-waste and industrial enzymes. He is actively involved in training and educating the students and general public to promote technology extension in the area of biogas from municipal solid waste and agricultural residues. He has worked on various sponsored research projects and at present is working as a PI in three projects with one of the projects focused on Biohydrogen production from Pine needles.