Prof Rajeev Kumar is the Director of Projects and Sustainable Development at the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya, India. Formerly, he was the Registrar, Head of the Department of Political Science and Dean, Faculty of  Social Sciences in Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar, India.

His specialisation is international politics particularly US Foreign Policy. He is also following identity politics by studying tribal politics, especially the Gondwana movement.

Prof  Rajeev Kumar is also founder of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, a think tank and an autonomous Social Science Institute established by SATVA, an NGO. The institute publishes a journal, "The Uttar Pradesh Journal of Social Science Research" ISSN:0975-8852 since 2006. 

Prof  Kumar obtained M.Phil and Ph. D. degrees from Aligarh Muslim University. He also has a PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication. He is an ex-commissioned officer of the N.C.C. and has awarded as best N.C.C. Officer. He has credit to get published more than ten books and fifty plus papers, supervised numbers of research dissertations; and completed/working research projects funded by the UGC and ICSSR. He is social worker too, held different portfolios in Lions International and is consultant of few NGOs.