Born in 1932 in Punjab, India, Kamal Verma obtained his Bachelor of Arts from Punjab University in 1951, Bachelor of Teaching from Agra University in 1953 and Master of Arts in English from Punjab University in 1958. In India, he was principal of a Teachers College until 1963, the year he left India to study for Specialist of Education (Ed. S.) at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls. He did his MA and PhD from the University of Alberta and joined the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown (UPJ) in 1971 as an assistant professor of English. He retired from UPJ as Professor of English in 2011 but served for another two years as Advisor to Pitt Johnstown President Spectar and as editor of South Asian Review.

He had been greatly involved in the affairs of Modern Language Association, South Asian Literary Association and Philological Association of the Pacific Coast. He was one of the founding members of South Asian Literary Association. He took over as editor of the South Asian Review in 2000 and introduced his students to the art of scholarly reading, writing and editing.

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