Maryland House of Delegates member Barve was the first Indian American elected to serve in a state legislature in United States history. Kumar has represented Montgomery County in the Maryland House of Delegates since 1990. He is the Chairman of the House Environment and Transportation Committee. Recently he was named “Environmental Legislator of the Year” for his leadership in banning Fracking. He has been in legislative leadership for much of his career, serving as House Majority Leader from 2003-2014 and now as Chairman of the House Environment and Transportation Committee. As Majority Leader, he was the floor leader for the Democratic Party and a senior member of the fiscal leadership in the House. He helped guide policies that resulted in balanced budgets and the maintenance of the state’s Triple-A bond rating. He was a primary architect of Maryland’s 1993 landmark reform of health insurance and was the prime sponsor of a later law that allowed patients to use physicians outside of their HMO network. As Chairman of the Technology Subcommittee, Barve’s work led to the creation of Maryland’s highly successful Technology Development Corporation.

Kumar is also an accountant and serves as the Chief Financial Officer of an environmental management company in Rockville, Maryland.

Kumar attended Montgomery County Public Schools before graduating from Georgetown University. His wife serves as a Commissioner on the Maryland Workers Compensation Commission.