Pankaj Kumar is an Assistant Professor at Mizoram University (A Central University), Mizoram, India. He is an academician, researcher and consultant in the area of travel, tourism and hospitality management with over 7 years (Post Ph.D.) of teaching and research experience. Dr. Kumar has formerly also worked with Amity University Noida, India, Himgiri ZEE University Dehradun, India and Arba Minch University, Ethiopia, Africa. Dr. Pankaj kumar completed his 'Master of Arts in Tourism Management' from prestigious Indian university 'Banaras Hindu University' Varanasi, India. He pursued his Ph.D from 'Centre for Mountain Tourism & Hospitality Studies', HNB Garhwal University (A Central University), Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India. He has published over a dozen research papers in Journals, 8 book chapters and edited two books. His research expertise encompasses diverse areas of tourism and hospitality such as Sustainable Tourism, Ecotourism, Community-based Tourism, Heritage Tourism, Rural Tourism and Tourism Business