Famous People with Name Kumar

Satish Kumar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Satish Kumar: an Indian, currently living in England, who has been a Jain monk and a nuclear disarmament advocate, and is the current editor of Resurgence, founder and Director of Programmes of the Schumacher College international centre for ecological studies and of The Small School. His most notable accomplishment is a "peace walk" with a companion to the capitals of four of the nuclear-armed countries - Washington, London, Paris and Moscow, a trip of over 8,000 miles. [1] He insists that reverence for nature should be at the heart of every political and social debate. Defending criticism that his goals are unrealistic, he has said,

Brijesh Kumar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Brijesh Kumar: an Indian model who appears in Commercial films, as well as a fashion model.

Vijay Kumar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vijay Kumar: a sport shooter from India. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, he won the individual 25 metre rapid fire pistol competition as well as the pairs competition in the same event together with Pemba Tamang. The same year, he won a bronze medal in the Asian Games despite actually finishing fourth because of a rule that prevented China from winning all three medals. [1] The next year, he finished second at the Asian Championship in 25 metre center-fire pistol.

Jainendra Kumar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Jainendra Kumar: was an influential Hindi writer of 20th century. He explored the human psyche in novels such as Sunita and Tyagapatra.He was awarded one of India's highest civil honours Padma Bhushan in 1971 [1]. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1966, for his work Muktibodh (Novelette), and its highest award, the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 1979 [2].

Deepak Kumar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Deepak Kumar: an Indian historian and philosopher of science who is Professor of History of Science and Education, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has sought to demonstrate in several of his books that British colonialism in India played a major role in how European scientific fields developed.