Dr. Kar is presently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, India, since 2018. He has over 15 years of teaching, research and industrial experience. He received his doctoral degree from NIT Rourkela in 2015 under the guidance of Prof. S. K. Panda in the field of Computational Solid Mechanics. His research interests are Nonlinear Finite Element Method, Advanced Composite Structures, Computational Mechanics and Shape Optimization. So far, he authored (and co-authored) over 120 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, books and conferences in the field of modeling and analysis of composite structures. He is also the Editorial of Scientific Reports (Springer Nature), The Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials (De Gruyter) and the Archives of Advanced Engineering Science. He has completed and still continuing various research projects as Principal Investigator (and Co-PI) funded by government and private agencies. So far he has guided 06 PhD thesis dissertations and presently there are 08 research scholars working under him. He is the recipient of Research Award 2016 from VIT University, Vellore, India; Early Career Research Award 2017 from Department of Science & Technology, Government of India; and also received Young Scientist and Researcher Awards from various National and International agencies. He has been recognized as one of the Top 2% Scientists in the World, published in  Elsevier by Stanford University, US for years 2021, 2022 and 2023.  He has been portrayed in Who’s Who in Engineering Higher Education and Shell Buckling People. He is a recognized reviewer of many reputed international journals in the field of composite structures. He is the lifetime member of Indian Society for Applied Mechanics, Institute of Engineers (India), and few other national and international engineering societies. 

Apart from teaching and research activities, he has undertaken various administrative activities, viz.,  Professor-in-Charge of Student Technical Activities during 2019-2020; Associate Dean (Research & Consultancy) during 2020-2022, and Associate Dean (Academic: Recognition & Accreditation) during 2022-2025.