He has an undergraduate degree in Humanities and Social Sciences from the Cluster Innovation Center of the University of Delhi in India. Besides, he has an MA and an MPhil degree in Development Studies from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Guwahati and the University of Cambridge, respectively. Kumar Adarsh also have a postgraduate degree in Labour Studies from the Center of Informal Sector and Labour Studies of the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi.
He worked with national and local governmental and non-governmental organizations in India, including the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation at the Government of India, NITI Aayog, Kudumshree- Kerala CSDS-New Delhi, International Association of Volunteer Efforts (IAVE), Oxford Microfinance Initiative-Oxford and a few others.
Kumar Adarsh has a research interest in Future of work and the Political Economy of the Internet and Digitalization. At present, he intends to explore how artificially intelligent decision-making impacts workers' wellbeing and transforms organizations.
He has presented his papers at several national and international conferences in India and abroad, including the Annual Banking Conference of Bangladesh Central Bank, Annual Public policy Conference at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and Young Researcher's conference Jawaharlal Nehru University Delhi. Besides, he has been a presenter on inequality and the digital divide at Cambridge Society for Social and Economic Development (CAMSED), at the Center of Development Studies, Cambridge.