Dr. Kumar is a licensed clinical psychologist and is in a private practice He has 25 years experience in the mental health. Currently, he owns and operates Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Home facilities in the Bay Area, Sacramento and Fresno areas. He is a founder of Therapeutic Residential Services, an agency providing independent, assisted living and skilled nursing home facilities to seniors, developmentally and mentally disabled populations in the Bay Area, Sacramento and Central Valley. He is also the founder and president of a non-profit mental health agency in California called South Asian Behavioral Health and Training Foundation (SABH CENTER) Inc. The SABH Center provides mental health and residential services to South Asian communities. He was a co-founder of another mental health (The Hume Center) agency in June 1993. The Hume Center did become one of the largest (accredited by CAPIC & APPIC) training centers in the Bay Area and created more than 20 permanent jobs and 30- 40 trainee positions annually for clinical psychology students from major graduate schools. It is providing well needed services to the community in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Kumar served as President of the Hume Center until August 31, 2004.
Dr. Kumar began his professional career in 1983 as a social scientist (psychologist) with the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Collaborative Center for Mental Health and Research, Department of Psychiatry, and College of Nursing, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. He taught general psychology to Masters and Bachelors level nursing students. Dr. Kumar also served from 1984 to 1986 as Assistant Editor of the Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology, an official journal of Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists which has been published for the past more than two decades. Dr. Kumar migrated to the United States in 1990. He taught in the U.S. at Rosebridge Graduate School of Integrative Psychology to graduate students. Dr. Kumar is devoted to research in the neurobehavioral and neuropsychological areas and received a grant of $100,000 from National Institute of Health.
Dr. Kumar served as president of Federation of Indo-American Associations of Northern California (2006-5-2006). He is also currently serving on the Executive Committee of Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County. Since January 3, 2006, he has been serving as a commissioner for the City of Concord on the Human Relations Commission to serve local community. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Monument Community Partnership (MCP) from 2003-2005. He was a trustee of the Board of Trustees of Ik Onkar Peace Foundation. It was Cooperation Circle of United Religions Initiative. As Trustee, he attended World Parliament of Religions in July 2004, in Barcelona, Spain to spread the message of universal love. He also serves on the Advisory Council of India Community Center (www.ICC.org).
Dr. Kumar started the Annual Spring Diversity Festival (Baisakhi) in Todos Santos Park Plaza in downtown Concord in April 2004 to build bridges in different ethnic communities. He participated in the free community health fairs organized by various local charitable organizations such as the Federation of Indo-American Associations (FIA) and the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPIO). He also served as the Chairperson of the Allied Health Professionals’ chapter from 1994 to 1995. Dr. Kumar also chaired a committee on cross-cultural issues in neuropsychology of Northern California Neuropsychological Forum from 1995 to 1997.
Dr. Kumar was honored in August 15, 2002, with Certificate of Recognition by the Senate of State of California for his services to the welfare of the citizens of California. He was also honored with HIND RATTAN (Jewel of India) AWARD in 1996 by The Non-Resident-Indians Welfare Society of India for his achievements and contributions to the well being of the Indo-American community as well as to the mainstream society in the United States.
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