Dr. Vinod Kumar has more than 4 decades of research and teaching experience in different institutions of the country, and about 7 years staying abroad in different countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, USA and Japan. He superannuated as Senior Professor in the Department of Zoology, University of Delhi in January 2021 and continues on an Emeritus position as UGC-BSR faculty fellow in the same department. He received several international fellowships and recognitions. He is honored with Fellowships from the Indian National Science Academy, Royal Society of Biology, International Ornithology Union, Indian Society of Chronomedicine, Society for Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology and Zoological Society of India. He is recipient of the Aschoff Ruler Prize (2022), one of the highest distinctions in his field of specialization, Chronobiology. He has also received the Indian Science Congress Association Platinum Jubilee Lecture Award in 2012; Vijay-Usha Sodha Scientific Research Prize, University of Lucknow in 2008; P. Govindarajulu Gold medal from SRBCE in 2006; Young Investigator Award from Gordon Research Conference in Pineal Cell Biology, Oxford, UK in 2000. He has published >200 research publications and presented findings in about 80 international and national conferences. He established a state-of-the-art research facility and has trained a generation of scientists. Currently, he is the President of the Indian Society for Chronobiology.