Vijender Kumar


Vijender Kumar is a Professor of Law and currently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur, a National Law University in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. He was the former Vice-Chancellor of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam. He has also served as Registrar at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Dr Kumar has been honoured with Telangana State Teacher award to Meritorious Teacher for his service as a professor of law by the Government of Telangana in 2019. With his experience as a legal professional at Bar Council of India, and also as an Academic administrator in Indian legal realm, Kumar is regarded as one of the authorities on the subject of Family law in India.

Education and career

Vijender Kumar received his primary school education in Chhutmalpur, a small village in the Saharanpur District of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. After completing his graduation and post graduation in law in 1993, Kumar went on to receive a doctoral degree in law with specialization in 'Hindu Law of Adoption'. Kumar started his teaching career as assistant professor at the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University of Law, Hyderabad, India, where he taught family law, legal research methodology and Hindu law of adoption to undergraduate and postgraduate scholars. In the year 2009-10, Kumar received the prestigious Commonwealth Fellowship and visiting professorship at Kings College London, England. In the February 2013, he was appointed as registrar of the Nalsar University of Law, where he served for more than a year. On 20 October 2014, Kumar assumed charge as Vice Chancellor of the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam in Guwahati, Assam, India. He was instrumental in successfully holding recruitments for permanent faculty in 2015 thereby satisfying one of the major requirements of the University. Now he is appointed as vice-chancellor of Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur.

Personal life

Kumar is married and has two children, a daughter and a son. His daughter is also pursuing law.

Contributions

Kumar has worked on several projects including projects commissioned by the National Commission for Women, on “Coparcenary Rights of Women in Andhra Pradesh” and "Study of Law and Nanotechnology: Exploring the Dimensions for Tackling the Nanotechnology Revolution with Special Relevance to Human Rights and Environment”. He had published more than 30 research articles on Hindu Law, and written several books including — Hindu Law of Adoption: Principles and Precedents released in 2004, Law Relating to Domestic Violence. Other than this, Kumar has edited and revised more than 8 books on various subjects on Hindu Law and Consumer Law. He has written several articles in the area of family law on topics, such as matrimonial property, coparcenary, Karta etc.