Arunabh Kumar

Arunabh Kumar (born 26 November 1982) is an Indian web series director and the founder of The Viral Fever, an online entertainment source that works upon presenting social issues in an entertaining way. He was the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of The Viral Fever but later stepped down after being accused of sexual harassment by a former employee and several other women.

Early life
Arunabh Kumar was brought up in Muzaffarpur in Bihar. After completing his B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, he joined Shah Rukh Khan's production house Red Chillies Entertainment as an assistant’s position under Farah Khan. He was the assistant director for the movie Om Shanti Om.

MTV rejected his creation Engineer's Diary which led to the launching of The Viral Fever.

Controversies
Arunabh Kumar found himself amidst a controversy in March 2017. Over 50 women stepped up to accuse him of sexual harassment after an anonymous Medium post titled The Indian Uber- That is TVF.

FIR filed against Kumar on 17 March 2017 on the basis of a 3rd party complaint made by a Mumbai-based lawyer. On March 29, 2017, he was booked for molestation after a woman filed a police complaint in Mumbai. Following this, a second FIR was filed against him while his whereabouts were unknown.

On 16 June 2017, Kumar, accused in multiple sexual harassment cases, has stepped down as TVF CEO and gave the charge to Dhawal Gusain.

Awards and achievements

 * The Economic Times 40 under Forty list for 2016
 * Fortune Top 40 under 40 list for 2015 and 2016
 * GQ's List of Most Influential Young Indians for 2015 & 2016
 * "Entrepreneur" List of 10 Geniuses Redefining Creativity, 2016
 * Man's World - Men of the Year, 2014
 * AFAQs - "Newsmaker of the Year" in 2014.