Muni Mahendra Kumar is a versatile scholar of diverse disciplines like Physics, Mathematics, Bioscience, Philosophy (Indian as well as Western), Psychology, Parapsychology, Ancient History and Meditation besides being conversant with modern languages including English, German, Hindi, Gujarati, Rajasthani, and ancient languages like Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pali. He is a prolific writer, a competent translator and critical editor of more than sixty books. He has been awarded the honor of epithets-"Agama Mamshi" and "Preksha Pradhyapka". He is the honorary professor at Jain Vishva Bharti University and under his guidance several students have completed their research thesis for Ph.D. He is a "Shatavadham" – his demonstration of Avadhan Vidya (ancient science of memory and mathematics) at various universities and International Conferences has earned him an epithet of "Human Computer."

Born in 1937, at Bombay as a son of Shri J.S.Zaveri, he graduated from the University of Bombay in 1957, was initiated as a Jain Monk by Acharya Shri Tulsi in 1957; he has traveled over 10,000 miles on foot in several states of India and has remained a close associate of Acharya Shri Tulsi and Acharya Shri Mahaprajna, making a significant contribution to researches in Jain Canonical Literature.