Kumar Vishwas
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Kumar Vishwas' (also spelt as Vishvas or Vishwas) (born 10 February 1970) is a renowned Hindi Poet and a professor of Hindi Literature from Pilkhuwahttp://wikimapia.org/#lat=28.7102744&lon=77.6535559&z=15&l=0&m=b&show=/1810917/Pilkhuwa, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
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Early life and education

Kumar Vishwas was born on 10 February 1970, in Pilkhuwa, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh in a Gaur Brahmin
Gaur Brahmin
The Gaur Brahmin or Adh Brahmin are a Brahmin sub-caste found in North India. Gurjar gaur Brahmins were priests of the Gurjars during the reign of the Gurjars....

 family. He is the youngest among four brothers and a sister. He started his schooling from Lala Ganga Sahay School, Pilkhuwa where he spent a part of his childhood. His father Dr. Chandra Pal Sharma was Lecturer in R.S.S. Degree College, Pilkhuwa affiliated to Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut and his mother Smt. Rama Sharma is a home maker. After completing his intermediate from Rajputana Regiment Inter College, Pilkhuwa, his father wanted him to be an Engineer, but he had a passion for Poetry right from the childhood. He took no interest in engineering and decided to make career in the field of Poetry. He did Post Graduation in Hindi Literature.

Career

Vishvas started his career as a professor in the year 1994 from Rajasthan. He has been teaching Hindi Literature to higher class students of Lala Lajpat Rai College for the last sixteen years.

Works and achievements

Vishvas is a Poet of Hindi language. He is a poet of Shringara-Ras (Romantic Genre). He has participated in several Kavi sammelan
Kavi sammelan
Kavi Sammelan is a formal or informal gathering of poets in Hindi-speaking belts of northern India. The participants recite their poetry to each other and have a general discussion of literary issues. This may take place in private homes or before an audience. In the era before economic...

 and is a very renowned poet.

His fan communities on social networking websites like Orkut
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, and Facebook
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 have largest number of fans as compared to other Hindi poets. Also, his videos on YouTube have in excess of 40 million views. His website is a frequently visited website among youths.

Dr Kumar Vishvas has written the 'Kul-Geet' or the University Anthem of Chaudhary Charan Singh University.

Besides being a known face among Hindi-knowing people across the world as a Poet, Dr Kumar Vishvas has been involving himself in several Social works. He is an active and renowned member of the Civil Society. He has been an integral part of Veteran Social Leader Anna Hazare's 'India against corruption' mission along with Mr Arvind Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal
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 and Mr Manish Sisodia
Manish Sisodia
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 for which he was arrested on 16 August 2011.

Performances

Vishvas has been performing regularly in Kavi sammelan
Kavi sammelan
Kavi Sammelan is a formal or informal gathering of poets in Hindi-speaking belts of northern India. The participants recite their poetry to each other and have a general discussion of literary issues. This may take place in private homes or before an audience. In the era before economic...

 all over India and abroad.
The list includes INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES, DHANBAD, Jamia Hamdard University
Jamia Hamdard
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, IIIT Hyderabad
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
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, NIFT Gandhinagar, IIT Guwahati
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
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, NIT ROURKELA, IIT Kanpur
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
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, IIT Roorkee
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
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, IIT Kharagpur
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
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, IIT Bubaneshwar, Jamia Millia Islamia
Jamia Millia Islamia
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 New Delhi, DA-IICT Gandhinagar
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
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, B.J. Medical College
B.J. Medical College
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 Ahmadabad , Sri Ram Murti Smarak College of Engineering and Technology Bareilly, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College Moradabad, MNIT Jaipur
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
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, Management Development Institute
Management Development Institute
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 Gurgaon, Fore School of Management
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 New Delhi, NIT Surat
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, B.S.Anangpuria Institute of Technology and Management Faridabad, KIIT University Bhubaneswar, NSIT Delhi
Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
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, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra IIITM Gwalior, CDGI INDORE, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Jawaharlal Nehru University
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 Delhi, MNNIT Allahabad
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
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, NIT Patna
National Institute of Technology, Patna
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, IIM Lucknow
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
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, NIT Jalandhar, NIT Trichy, NIT Durgapur, BITS, Pilani, LNCT Bhopal, MERI Kolkata
Marine Engineering and Research Institute
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, [(Maharaja Sayaji Rao University ,Baroda|http://www.msubaroda.ac.in/)] B.I.T. Sindri, IET Lucknow
Institute of Engineering and Technology
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, SSGPURC hoshiarpur, JIIT, Noida, KNIT Sultanpur and MITS, Gwalior, Institute of Technology- BHU and several other institutions across India.

He has also been a part of corporate celebration across India.

Besides performing in almost all parts of India, Dr Kumar Vishvas has also performed in countries like USA, Dubai, Singapore, Japan Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Nepal etc.

Awards

  • Kavya – Kumar in 1994 by Dr. Kunwar Baichain Kavya samman avam puruskaar samiti
  • Dr. Suman Alankarna in 2004 by Sahitya Bharti, Unnao.
  • Sahitya Shree - 2006 by Hindi-Punjabi Award Academy.
  • Dr Urmilesh "Geet Shree" Samman, 2010 by Dr Urmilesh Jan Chetna Samiti, Badaun.

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