Dr. Manish Kumar is the Director (Research & Development) at the Centre for Environment and Energy Development (CEED-India), Ranchi, India and leads the interdisciplinary research on ambient air quality, energy transition, and climate change issues in India and South Asia. He has been deeply instrumental in investigating the sources of air pollution over the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) and understanding the contributions from the underlying value chain. He has more than 10 years of experience in environmental research over a wider set-up, including government, industry and academia. Dr. Kumar has completed his post-doctoral research on air pollution in India and the potential for air quality improvement using science and sustainability applications jointly with the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) and the Stockholm University, Sweden. Dr. Kumar has also served as a visiting scientist at the Max Plank Institute for Chemistry, Germany. He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles in various national and international journals. Dr. Kumar serves as the editor and reviewer in several international peer-reviewed journals.