Media studies
Kumar graduated with a Masters of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies from College of Staten Island (CUNY) in 2006, where he received the George Custen Memorial Award for Academic Excellence. He has also been awarded by the National Scholarship of India for Academic Excellence, and a First Prize in Faculty Screenwriting Award at University Film and Video Association (UFVA) 2009. Having finished his PhD coursework and taking PHD ABD in Cinema and Media studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) he began work on his first feature-length film "Unfreedom".