Ashok Kumar is a Professor of the Department of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering (BSBE), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India. He received his Master's degree at the University of Kashmir in 1984, and completed his Ph.D. studies in Biotechnology at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) in 1993. His research interests include Biomaterials, Tissue engineering, Regenerative medicine, Stem cell research, Bioprocess engineering, and Environmental biotechnology.