Often called India’s ‘Brain Enhancer’, Kumaar is the lead on policy on aging & neurodegenerative diseases at the B20 G20 task force on technology, innovation and R&D. He is a member of the committee iie at AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences, an institute of national importance under the Government of India. Founder of NeuroLeap, India’s leading applied Neuroscience company leveraging Brain Computer Interface technology for better mental health & brain Enhancement. Founder, Arkni PhotoBioLife India’s #1 therapeutic wearable device. Kumaar was invited by the Hon’ble President of India Pranab Mukherjee to the official residence of the President in 2017. He was again invited in 2018 by Hon’ble President of India Ramnath Kovind to speak on Innovation.
He is on the advisory board of IIT Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi ihub. A mentor to IIM Udaipur’s incubation centre. He is on the national startup council and on the healthcare council of CII. He is on the health & wellness committee and the startup & innovation committee of IMC. He is on the Apex Council of the India Innovation Initiative by the Government of India.
He has been featured in various media in India and abroad including CNBC TV18, Knowledge@Wharton, Wall Street Journal, India Today, The Economic Times, Hindustan Times, Bloomberg TV, Times NOW, CNN News18, ET NOW, Tata Sky, Fortune & BBC . He co-authored an article in Harvard HBR. He is a speaker at leading podiums including the Bombay Stock Exchange, IIT – Indian Institute of Technology, BITS _ Birla Institute of Technology & Science, EO, YPO, Mint Digital Innovation Summit, The Economic Times, has chaired international leader sessions in Israel, China, Singapore and has spoken at fora under the banner of Australian Government, United Nations Environment Program. He was a speaker at G20 Summit yea in China 2016 and in the G20 Summit yea in Germany 2017. He was a speaker at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London in 2018 and was also an invitee to the palace by His Royal Highness Prince of Wales. Was a keynote speaker at the World Neuron Congress in Finland and at the World Brain Congress in UAE. He delivered a workshop along with Henry Mintzberg & Philip Kotler at the Global Peter Drucker Forum in Vienna. Led discussions at London School of Economics, was invited to the House of Lords, UK, was a speaker at the UK India Leaders’ Summit. Was invited by Government of India to speak at Global VC Summit and at the Startup Mahakumbh. He is an alumni leader for the Oxford Business Alumni in India.
