Dr. Kumar S Sheelwant completed M.A in Economics from Gulbarga University Gulbarga, Karnataka.  He earned his Ph.D. at Gulbarga University Gulbarga, Karnataka. He has also published 03 peer-reviewed research articles in reputed journals and presented papers National and International Conferences.
He has a core interest in the Urban economy, various government policies and programmes for urban development and GDP growth from urban areas.  His doctoral studies were focused on the “Socio-economic conditions of Slum Dwellers: With reference to Gulbarga   ( Karnataka ) and Solapur ( Maharashtra ) cities in India ”. During Ph.D. (2015 – 2017), he received a Doctoral Fellowship from, Indian Council for Social Science Research in New Delhi. Later, he joined as an Assistant Professor in Economics at Sri Sathya Sai Centre for Human Excellence and KLE’S Societies Jagadaguru Ganagdar College of Commerce Hubballi.