Kumar Vishwas

Dr. Kumar Vishwas
Dr. Kumar Vishwas
Born	10 February 1970 Pilkhuwa, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Occupation	Poet, Politician
Nationality	Indian

Kumar Vishwas (born 10 February 1970) is a Hindi-language performance poet and an Indian politician and National Executive of Aam Aadmi Party.^[1] As a celebrated Hindi poet, he is the most sought-after poet throughout the Hindi speaking people across the world. As a social communicator, Dr Kumar Vishvas has engaged himself in several youth-connect programs via different platforms including his poetic events. As an Author he has engaged himself in writing articles, poems, stories etc.

Career

Vishwas has participated in poetry recitations and functions abroad including the USA, Dubai, Singapore, and Japan.^[2][3][4][5]

Vishwas supported the anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazare. He is a member of the national executive of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).^[6] He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election, as an AAP candidate from Amethi, but lost to Rahul Gandhi.^[7]

Recognition

• The California State Assembly has awarded Dr Kumar Vishvas for his efforts of bringing Hindi to a stronger recognition globally: First time ever a Hindi Poet has been invited for this.^[8]
• Google HQ, California has invited DrKV for a Guest Lecture on Youth issues : First time ever a Hindi Poet has been invited for this^[9]
• The La Trobe University of Australia has invited Dr Kumar Vishvas for Guest Lecture: First time ever a Hindi Poet has been invited for this.^[10]
• The Stanford University and has invited Dr Kumar Vishvas for Guest Lecture: First time ever a Hindi Poet has been invited for this.^[11]
• The Victoria University, New Zealand has invited Dr Kumar Vishvas for Guest Lecture: First time ever a Hindi Poet has been invited for this.^[12]
• The Melbourne University of Australia has invited Dr Kumar Vishvas for Guest Lecture: First time ever a Hindi Poet has been invited for this.

Recent Endeavors

• Wrote lyrics for upcoming Bollywood movie BHAIRAVI, recorded by legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle.^[13]
• Wrote lyrics for upcoming movies PALKI and BLACKMAIL, both being produced by Canadian producers.
• Came up with a new format of his show in Musical format called 'Kissa: Mann Me Hai Vishvas'.
• Invited to participate in one of the most rated Indian Television series Bigg Boss 8. Had to decide to drop it for Martyr’s widows relief fund.^[14]
• Invited to participate on Indian mega reality show ‘Sach Ka Saamna’. Had to decide to drop it for personal reasons.^[15]
• Debut video song of Dr Kumar Vishwas ‘Ek Nasha’, which is an anti-drugs song, became an instant hit and saw a record breaking mark of video views on different video sharing and messaging platforms.^[16]
• The first Facebook Q&A session of Dr Kumar Vishwas ended up as the second most massive Q&A session of Facebook with an average of 108.66 question hits per minute.^[17]
• Tops the chart of poets and features in all time top 50 in the world section and all time top 3 in the Indian section of most popular poets. [Source www.poemhunter.com]
• Regular participant in TV talk shows, festive shows and debates

References

1. "Kumar Vishwas may get Lok Sabha ticket from Amethi". Times of India. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
2. "Indian Mushaira in DSF — Dubai Travel News".
3. "India Abroad — June 4, 2010".
4. "Hindi poet on a peace mission — International News – News – MSN India".
5. Welcome to the ISKCON
6. "Arvind Kejriwal formally launches Aam Aadmi Party". The Times of India. IANS. 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
7. "Election Results 2014: Rahul Gandhi wins Amethi seat by 1.07 lakh votes". Economic Times. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
8. "Awarded Kumar Vishwas Poet California Assembly America — bhaskar.com". www.bhaskar.com.
9. "Look who turned up at Google? Kumar Vishwas!". Rediff. 30 July 2014.
10. "The Life of Poetry in Modern India: Culture, Poetry, and Song". La Trobe University.
11. "Kumar Vishwas here to entertain NY-NJ". The South Asian Times.
12. "Peace and Brotherhood Lecture". RoundTown.
13. "Kumar Vishwas set for his Bollywood debut". Times of India.
14. "Bigg Boss 8: Kumar Vishwas ready to bite the bait for Rs 21 crore". IndiaToday.
15. "'सच का सामना' करने से मना किया कुमार विश्वास ने". Bhadas4media.
16. "AAP leader Kumar Vishwas's 'Ek Nasha' song irks Punjab's Badals". IndiaToday.
17. "FB Q&A". Facebook India.

External links

• Official Website