Professor Pravindra Kumar is an Indian biophysicist, bioinformatician, biochemist and Professor & Head Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute Of Technology–Roorkee (IIT–Roorkee) India. He is known for his work on protein-protein interactions, protein engineering and structure-based drug design. Pravindra Kumar, after completing his master's studies at Chaudhary Charan Singh University in 1995, did his doctoral studies in biophysics at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi while working as a senior demonstrator there. He earned his PhD in 2001 and moved to the US where he did his post-doctoral studies at Purdue University. Returning to India in 2005, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee as an assistant professor and has held position of professor since 2018. At IIT Roorkee, he has held several positions such as those of associate dean (corporate interaction), chief advisor (sports), deputy chief advisor (students club) and warden.
Professor Pravindra Kumar is known for his work on protein-protein interactions, protein engineering and structure-based drug design. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development in 2015, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to the biosciences. More than 150 research papers have been published by his group in reputed journals. There are more than 2,400 citations with an H-index of 27 and an i10-index of 72, according to Google Scholar.