Professor Kumar Suresh is Director (Planning and Development), Department of Educational Administration at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (A Deemed to be University under the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India). He has also served as Honorary Professor at the Central University of Kerala. With his disciplinary strength and initial training and grounding in theory and research in Sociology at JNU, he has worked in the broad area of policy and governance. His doctoral research relates to the areas of policy and governance. In pursuance of his research interest, he works on various aspects of multiculturalism, inclusive policies and diversity management; educational administration and management, educational federalism, decentralization and multi-level governance etc. A large number of publications in these areas in national and international journals, books, monographs, research reports, policy papers etc. are to his credit.

Spanning over 30 years of research, teaching and academic career, he has been associated with a number of national and international research collaborations and capacity development programmes including UNESCO, AAD (Hiroshima University), Forum of Federation, Canada, Bergoff Foundation, Germany; National Research Council of Thailand. As a part of academic collaboration and endeavour, he has visited many countries which include Switzerland, Canada, USA, Serbia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal etc. He has been leading multi-states large research projects and policy-oriented researches. He has also been a part of multi- countries research of UNESCO. Currently also leading a multi-institutional research group of African-Asian countries.

He is a recipient of Sauma cum Laud (High Distinction) on successful completion of the course on Decentralisation and Governance at the Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

He has served as a member of Editorial Boards of UGC Care listed national and international journals, besides International Journal International Cooperation in Education (Emerald& CISE, Hiroshima University). He has delivered more than 200 invited lectures and participated in a large number of national and international seminars, conferences and webinars. Over 40 doctoral and M. Phil thesis and dissertation, project reports of national and international diploma programmes have been successfully completed under his supervision. He has also served as an expert for evaluating more than 100 doctoral thesis and M.Phil. dissertations of different institutions which include JNU, DU, JMI, MSU, DHGU, IGNOU etc.

He has also served as a member of various expert committees of the UGC as Chairman and member of the Committee for assessing the status for recognizing as a university as per the norms of UGC as well as for granting status of Autonomous Colleges as well as member of committee to evaluate the major research projects of the UGC and ICSSR.; served as member of governing and academic bodies of universities and colleges which include M.S University, Baroda, AMU, Aligarh; DHSGU, Sagar; Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra; IGNOU, Jamia Millia Islamia etc.; Academic Council of UGC-CEC, New Delhi, Swayam-Academic Council, NIOS ; member of governing body of Maitreyi College and Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi; UGC nominee member of HRDC, PRSSU, Raipur, UGC nominee member of Governing Body of St. Xavier College of Education, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu and Tara Govt. College, Sangareddy, Telangana. He has also contributed in the institutional functioning of NIEPA while serving as Registrar(I/c), Coordinator of NAAC, member, IQAC, member, Research and Development Cell, member of different statutory bodies such as Planning and Monitoring Board, Academic Council, Board of Studies etc. and member of various committees at NIEPA.