Table of Biography
Kumar Vishwas is a talented Indian personality who is a Hindi poet, a lecturer, and also a politician. Kumar Vishwas was previously a part of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and also a part of its National Executive.
Early Life
Kumar Vishwas was born as Vishwas Kumar Sharma on 10th February 1970 in Pikhuwa, Uttar Pradesh, India. As of 2022, Kumar Vishwas’s age must be fifty-four years old. Kumar is an Indian citizen and is following the Hindu religion. Likewise, Vishwas’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, and is of Asian ethnicity. He was born in a middle-class Brahmin family. Kumar’s father’s name is Chandra Pal Sharma he was a lecturer at the R.S.S. Degree College, located in Pilkhuwa.
On the other side, Kumar’s mother’s name is Rama Sharma who was a housewife. Kumar also has other 4 brothers and a sister among which he is the youngest one. As for Kumar Vishwas’s educational background, he first joined the Lala Ganga Sahay School, located in the town of Pilkhuwa in Uttar Pradesh. After that, the poet went to the Rajputana Regiment Inter College. Kumar also went to Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College as his father to turn him into an engineer.
However, it wasn’t engineering that Vishwas wanted to do so, he left and went to study Hindi literature. Then, Kumar eventually achieved a Ph.D. It was at the same time that he changed his name to Kumar Vishwas from Viswas Kumar Sharma so that he could keep a personality distinct from his caste. In the year 1994, Kumar went on to be a lecturer at Indra Gandhi PG College ‘Pilibanga’ Rajasthan after which he taught Hindi literature at Lala Lajpat Rai College.
Caption: Kumar Vishwas with his mother and his sister (Source: Instagram)
Career and Professional Life
Kumar is a famous poet, popular for his shayari and Kavita. In the year 2012, Kumar went on to join the freshly established AAP as a volunteer employee. He also was the host of a comedy show, “KV Sammelan”, which premiered on the Aaj Tak TV channel. However, first, the show was out on 29th September 2018. Kumar regularly performs in which he exhibits his poetry and affection for Hindi, Urdu, and Sanskrit literature. Vishwas also incorporates his remarks on up-to-date matters linked to India. The poet then took part in poetry narrations and tasks overseas containing the US, Dubai, Oman, Singapore, and Japan.
Kumar identified Arvind Kejriwal in the year 2005 and got into the India Against Corruption movement whose leader was Anna Hazare. Afterward, as the movement distressed and switched into what is today known as the AAP, headed by Kejriwal, he was enquired to be a fellow of its national executive. The poet opposed the 2014 Lok Sabha election as an AAP applicant from Amethi, but vanished to then-incumbent Rahul Gandhi, obtaining only 25 thousand votes. He was the guest judge on the TV show, “Indian Idol”. Kumar again went as a guest on the talent hunt show, “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs”.
Then, he went on to write the songs “De De Jagah” for the 2018 Hindi movie, “Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran” and “Veer Bhagat Singh”. On 1st July 2017, the Indian poet went to be present in an episode of “The Kapil Sharma Show” as a guest together with Rahat Indori and Shabinaji. Kumar Vishwas again was present on the 21st September 2019 episode of the same show as a guest together with Manoj Bajpai and Pankaj Tripathi. Additionally, he showed a musical poetry series, “Tarpan”, where he would narrate poems of popular historical poets with background music.
Caption: Kumar giving a speech (Source: Instagram)
Net Worth 2024
Kumar has been earning an impressive amount of fortune from his career as a Hindu poet, lecturer, and politician. The estimated net worth of Kumar is around INR 4.20 Crore or $0.6 million as of 2021. Earlier, the net worth of the Indian poet was around 3 Crore INR as of 2014. According to some sources, it is out that Kumar earns about Rs. 26 lacs per annum.
Vishwas has a total property of about Rs. 3.80 crores which also includes the two flats he owns. The poet has a flat in Ghaziabad worth Rs. 90 lacs and others in Rishikesh which is worth Rs. 12 lacs. Moreover, Kumar is the owner of two cars, one is a Toyota Innova, and the other is a Tata Aria which is worth Rs. 16.50 lacs. Regarding his brand endorsements, the celebrity is currently not endorsing or promoting any brands or products. We hope to see him as the brand ambassador in the future.
Relationship Status
Talking about the relationship status of the poet, Kumar Vishwas is happily in a marital relationship. The name of Kumar Vishwas’s wife is Manju Sharma. Together the couple is the parents of two beautiful daughters and their names are Kuhu and Agrata. Just like Kumar Vishwas, his wife, Manju is a Hindi literature lecturer too. The couple got to meet each other for the first time when they were still in college. There are no more details about their relationships but it is for sure that their wedding happened soon after Kumar Vishwas achieved his master’s degree.
Caption: Kumar with his wife (Source: Free Press Journal)
Controversy
A sting operation was approved by a tabloid media porta named “Media Sarkar” onward of the Delhi Assembly elections of the year 2013. It appealed that several AAP fellows, adding Kumar Vishwas and Shazia Ilmi, had upraised unlawful cash offerings. The AAP blamed the entrance for insulting the heads of the party. Mediasarkar.com and AAP then recorded a case of cross criticism for each other. The police assured act after a detailed inquiry.
As elections come close, a treated video clip from a Kavi sammelan went viral in which he was exposed creating supposed derogatory comments about Imam Hussain and Hindu goddesses and nurses from Kerala. In the end, numerous circumstances were recorded beside him. Kumar replied that the clips were treated and after some time made an apology for his comments, stating it wasn’t his purpose to upset anybody’s opinions or feelings.
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In the year 2016, Kumar was blamed by a campaign helper for molestation and creating “sexually colored” comments. The courts organized an FIR to be listed due to the criticism but an examination by Delhi Police originated no noteworthy proof to validate it. In July 2017, the poet was suspected of copyright contravention by Amitabh Bachchan in relative to uploading on YouTube a poem by his dad, Harivansh Rai Bachchan. He had to delete the video and compensate ₹32.
At the same time, Kumar was there in an argument inside the AAP that he was about to leave. On 23rd March 2019, he was serving with a lawful announcement from Amritsar advocate, NPS Hira, for supposedly telling jokes on the Sikh community in a depreciating way in a program prepared at NIT ground Faridabad on 15th March 2019. Hira even cautioned the poet for illegal criticism if he did not visit Sri Akal Takht Sahib and say sorry.
Kumar Vishwas – Body Measurement
Regarding the body measurement of the Indian poet, he has a good height of 5 feet 8 inches or 173 cm or 1.73 m. Kumar also has a suitable body weight of around 65 kg or 143 lbs. Similarly, the body measurements of the Indian poet are 34 inches, 30 inches, and 12 inches. Vishwas has a brown complexion with a pair of black eyes and black short hair. Moreover, Kumar has a very slim body type with a good personality.
Kumar Vishwas – Social Media
Coming to the social media part, Kumar has been quite active there for a long time now. Kumar shares his works and his poetry through his social media accounts. The Indian poet has an Instagram account, a Twitter account, and also a Facebook page. On Instagram, Kumar Vishwas has gained 1.5 million followers whereas, on Twitter, he has 8.6 million followers. Likewise, Kumar has 6.5 million followers on his Facebook page. The Indian poet also has a YouTube channel where he has collected 2.68 million subscribers.