Atul Kumar [???? ??????] (Born, April 28, 1963, Lucknow, India) is a scientist in the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) of Lucknow, India. His areas of research are organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry and drug design. He has made significant contributions to research on osteoporosis, cancer, Tuberculosis, diabetes and Stem cell. He also has considerable contributions in the area of organic chemistry particularly in the development of organocatalysed synthesis, Biomimetic synthesis, multicomponent reaction, Green chemistry, sonochemistry, enzymatic synthesis, and diversity oriented synthesis, Functional Ionic Liquid Mediated Synthesis (FILMS).