N Kumar is the Chairman, Group Corporate Board, The Sanmar Group. He is the Honorary Consul General of Greece in Chennai.

As a spokesman of Industry and Trade, he is a former President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and has participated in other apex bodies. He is also the Chairman of the Indo-Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

N Kumar is on the Board of various public companies and carries with him over four decades of experience in the spheres of Electronics, Telecommunications, Chemicals, Engineering, Technology, Education, Management and Finance.

N Kumar has a wide range of public interests going beyond the confines of corporate management in areas of health, social welfare, education and sports. He is the President of Bala Mandir Kamaraj Trust (BMKT). He set up the Madhuram Narayanan Centre for Exceptional Children, a centre for children with developmental delays, which is now part of BMKT. He is the Managing Trustee of The Indian Education Trust (www.srisankaraschools.org) that runs three schools in Chennai, a Trustee of WWF-India (World Wide Fund for Nature – India) and Chairman & Trustee of Vision Spring Foundation, India.

N Kumar is an Electronics Engineering Graduate from Anna University, Chennai and a fellow member of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He is also a fellow life member of The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers and The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., New York (IEEE).