Suresh U KumarSuresh U. Kumar is a professor, serial entrepreneur, start-up mentor, non-profit leader, and author with a zeal for taking chances, learning, and exploring new frontiers. Born in Kochi, India, he grew up listening to stories of courage, sacrifice andlove related to the Indian independence struggle and World War 2 from his grandparents and his father, who was a young naval sailor with the British Indian Navy in North Africa in 1944. Suresh began his journey as a student political leader before embarking on a global career in the United States. Suresh co-founded his first venture in 1999, igniting his passion for leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Currently, he serves as a professor and Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, founder of AI startup, The New Frontier Firm and as the President/Board Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE)-New Jersey Chapter. An avid reader of all kinds of books, Suresh resides in New Jersey with his family.The Girl in Scarlet Hijab, Suresh's debut novel, was first traditionally published by Rupa Publications (2024). Shortlisted for the 2025 Delhi Literature Festival Jury Award for Fiction and hailed as a "brilliant novel that interrogates accepted history and offers an alternative view that is at once disturbing and illuminating" by Kendra Sahitya Akademi Awardee K. Jayakumar, "a tour de force" by Kerala film and TV star Mallika Sukumaran, and as "goose pimple worthy drama" by author Neetha Raman, the book soared to the top of multiple Amazon India charts in January 2025-including Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Indian Writing, Action & Adventure. The Malayalam version of the book will be released in November 2025. Read More Read Less