He is NSe Certified for capital markets dealers’, derivatives, mutual funds and commodity markets. He is merit scholarship holder and gold medallist from Delhi School of economics, Delhi University for his post-graduation. He is an alumnus of Shri Ram College of Commerce. He has the teaching experience of 40 years, teaching graduate and postgraduate students of Delhi University and many of the management institutes of repute. He was dean and director of international college of financial planning for a period of 2 years. He presented research papers at various national and international universities on financial markets, derivative markets, commodity markets and financial planning etc. He got an award for best paper in chartered accountant on reported earnings. He has been conducting workshops for FpSB, NSe, BSe, SBI, pNB, Reliance Industries SAIL, BNp paribas and Bajaj Capital on various subjects of financial markets. He is the founder editor of the investors’ India magazine of Bajaj Capital. He is also an associate of IIAS, Shimla. He was the coordinator for e-path shala for financial markets and institutions. He was awarded a major project of UGC for commodity and currency markets inter relationships which was submitted in 2013. Dr Vinod Kumar is the associate professor at SGND Khalsa College, Delhi University. He teaches as guest faculty for M CoM at Delhi School of economics, teaching financial markets and institutions. He teaches at faculty of management studies, Delhi University teaching managerial finance and strategic financial management as guest faculty.He had been the guest faculty member for India can teaching CFA students, ICFp teaching CFp and CFA students, JIMS teaching pGDBM students, National Stock exchange (NSe) teaching Global Financial Markets (GFM) program.