Sejal Kumar

Sejal Kumar
Kumar in 2019
Personal information
Born
Sejal Kumar

(1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 30)
NationalityIndian
EducationSRCC (BA, Economics)
Occupations
Parents
  • Anil Kumar (father)
  • Anjali Kumar (mother)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2014–present
Subscribers1.45 million[1]
Total views332 million +[1]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: 19 October 2024

Sejal Kumar (born 1 January 1995), is an Indian YouTuber and video blogger.[2][3] She started her YouTube channel in February 2014, and as of May 2023, she has 1.45 million subscribers and over 332 million views. She recently released her first original song Aisi Hun in the project Creators for Change.[4][5]

Early life and education

On 1 January 1995, Sejal Kumar was born to Anjali Kumar, a gynecologist and Anil Kumar, a retired army major. She has an elder brother named Rohan Kumar who is pursuing his studies abroad in New York, USA. She has participated in Miss India, mentioned once in a YouTube video with Komal Pandey

Sejal Kumar did her schooling from The Mother's International school, New Delhi. After which she pursued a bachelor's degree in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University.[6][7]

Career

While on her first internship trip to Turkey, Kumar uploaded her first video called "summer style turkey".[6] Since then she has created more than 500 videos on her channel and gained 1M+ subscribers on her YouTube Channel.[8] She has 870K+ followers on her Instagram. Sometimes her family and friends appear along with her in some of her videos. Her videos are usually centered around fashion, skits, singing and vlogs.[9] In 2017 she vlogged her Europe tour in her "Indian girl backpacking in Europe" series.[10] She gave a TEDx talk on "How to make YouTube a career ?" at Manipal University, Jaipur.[11] She has also collaborated with Fashion influencer Komal Pandey in her YouTube videos. Kumar also starred in The Timeliners web series Engineering Girls in 2018.[12] In November 2018, she finally fulfilled her dream of having her own clothing line and launched her own clothing collection in collaboration with StalkBuyLove.[13] Her first album 'Shy' came out on 13 May 2022, consisting of 7 English tracks, with 'influence', 'runaway', and 'destiny' serving as pre-release tracks. She also has released few hindi singles since then, parchhayi(with Hanita Bhambri), masooomiyan, yakeen and there are many more.

Awards and recognition

  • Kumar won the Best Vlog Award 2018 in the Cosmopolitan India Blogger Awards 2018
  • Kumar won the Best Lifestyle Blogger in Cosmopolitan India Blogger Awards 2019.[14]
  • Kumar was presented with the Best Youth Influencer Award by Women of Steel Summit and Awards
  • Kumar won the Fashion Account of the year 2018 Award by Instagram.
  • Kumar won the Exhibit Magazine Award of Top 5000 Influencers 2019
  • Kumar won the Instagrammer of the Year for Fashion, 2019[15]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Sejal Kumar". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Sejal Kumar : The Story Behind the Upcoming Millennial YouTuber". tomatoheart.
  3. ^ "HT Brunch Social Media Star of The Week: Sejal Kumar". Hindustan Times. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. ^ "I Was Not An Overnight Success: YouTube Creator For Change Sejal Kumar". femina.in. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. ^ Tewari, Saumya (2 November 2018). "How brands are tapping YouTube influencers to push sales". livemint.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b Sejal Kumar (18 December 2015), 50 Facts About Me! |Sejal Kumar, retrieved 4 December 2018
  7. ^ "Gurugram girl skips placements to turn full-time YouTuber". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Sejal Youtube channel" – via YouTube.
  9. ^ "Capturing hearts, one vlog at a time". Deccan Chronicle. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  10. ^ Sejal Kumar (6 October 2017), Indian Girl Backpacking in Europe: Amsterdam | Sejal Kumar, retrieved 4 December 2018
  11. ^ "TEDxYouth@HaileyRoad | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Sejal Kumar". IMDb. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Owler Reports – StalkBuyLove Blog Sejal Kumar". Owler. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  14. ^ Satote, Monika (27 March 2019). "Cosmopolitan Awards Winners 2019: See The Full Report". Headlines of Today. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  15. ^ Manjari Saxena (15 May 2019). "Empowering digitally". India Today. Retrieved 25 July 2019.