Dr. Chidan Kumar completed his Master's degree (MSc) in Chemistry from the University of Mysore in 2006. He obtained his MPhil in Chemistry from Periyar University, Tamil Nadu, in 2008 and was awarded a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Mysore in 2011.

He began his teaching career in 2006 at Bharathi PU College and G. Madegowda Institute of Technology, where he worked as a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department until 2011. From 2012 to 2013 and again during 2015 to 2016, he served as a Senior Assistant Professor at Alva's Institute of Engineering & Technology in Moodbidri.

Dr. Chidan worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PDF) at University of Science, Malaysia, from 2013 to 2015. In June 2016, he joined Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology (VVIET) in Mysore as an Associate Professor and currently serves as a Professor and Head of the Basic Science Department and holds the Registrar position at VVIET from October 2021.

Dr. Chidan has published over 250+ research articles in various National and International journals. He has travelled to Hong-Kong (China) and Mauritius to present his research work at international conferences. He is the recipient of Rising Star and Early Career Travel grant award from Asian Crystallographic Association and Award for Research excellence from Indus Foundation Bangalore. He has worked as an external examiner for evaluating the PhD thesis for reputed Universities.  

Apart from his academics, Dr. Chidan holds the National Cadet Corps (NCC) - B and C certificates and had attended Republic Day (RD) Camp held in New-Delhi in the year 2000.  He loves playing Cricket, Chess and Badminton.