<p>58-year-old Kumar, who joins a growing list of lawyer-turned ministers in the UPA-II Cabinet, returns to the Union government after a gap having had a stint in the Congress-led alliance's first term.<br /><br />Kumar, who is a practicing senior lawyer in the Supreme Court, comes from a family with a political background.<br /><br />A former Congress national spokesperson, Kumar is son of Prabodh Chandra -- a former speaker of Punjab Assembly.<br /><br />Born in Delhi, he has written several articles on law, economic reforms, elections, democracy and international affairs.<br /><br />He is a former Additional Solicitor General of India and was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2002.<br /><br />Re-elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2002, Kumar was the Minister of State of Industries in the UPA-I.<br /><br />An active Parliamentarian, he was member in the Committee on External Affairs and Committee on Public Accounts.</p>
<p>58-year-old Kumar, who joins a growing list of lawyer-turned ministers in the UPA-II Cabinet, returns to the Union government after a gap having had a stint in the Congress-led alliance's first term.<br /><br />Kumar, who is a practicing senior lawyer in the Supreme Court, comes from a family with a political background.<br /><br />A former Congress national spokesperson, Kumar is son of Prabodh Chandra -- a former speaker of Punjab Assembly.<br /><br />Born in Delhi, he has written several articles on law, economic reforms, elections, democracy and international affairs.<br /><br />He is a former Additional Solicitor General of India and was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2002.<br /><br />Re-elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2002, Kumar was the Minister of State of Industries in the UPA-I.<br /><br />An active Parliamentarian, he was member in the Committee on External Affairs and Committee on Public Accounts.</p>