L.C. Kumar has his M.A. degree in History from Delhi University and Ph.D. from the School of International Studies of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He started his career in the Indian Council of World Affairs in 1963. He also served in the former Institute of Russian Studies (now Centre of Russian Studies) for four years before joining the Centre of Russian & Central Asian Studies of the School of International Studies of the JNU. He has widely travelled to Russia and several former Central Asian Republics. He served as an expert in the field of Documentation and Information service in prestigious institutions in Iraq for over two years. He is the author of The Soviet Union and European Security and Indian view of Soviet Russia. He also has several articles and a regular feature entitled 'Documentation on USSR' to his credit.