Shri Sumit Kumar is a graduate of BHU, Varanasi and holds a Diploma in Film Editing from FTII, Pune.
His documentary The Donkey Fair was selected for Indian Panorama at IFFI Goa (2013) and received a Special Mention at the 1st National Student Film Awards. His short film Innovative Dream won the Best Film Award at the Porsche Film Award (2015), Stuttgart.
His notable works as an editor include an EESL advertisement (PR Asia Awards 2016), the feature film 1982: A Love Marriage (Best Romcom Film, 10th Jaipur International Film Festival) and the campaign Make Love, Not Scars (Silver Lions, Cannes Lions 2017).
He joined FTII in 2017 as an Assistant Professor in the TV Editing Department and is currently serving as Head of the Editing Department, Film Wing.