Affiliation: Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences

Vikas Kumar is an Associate Professor of Pharmacognosy in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences. His research focuses on traditional medicines and natural product–based drug discovery, with an emphasis on identifying therapeutic leads for psoriasis, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. He has published more than 145 papers in high-impact journals, authored two books and twenty book chapters, and has earned over forty-five national and international awards. With an h-index of 42 and an i10-index of 130, Dr. Kumar has established himself as a significant contributor to the fields of pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, and nanomedicine in the context of disease prevention and therapy.