Kumarswamy has completed his Masters in Arts (Sociology) from KSOU Mysore, and has a Postgraduate Diploma in Desktop Publishing.
He had previously worked with CCL as the office coordinator for the Education Project extension office in Bidadi and as assistant project coordinator (field). He has also provided library assistance at the Centre for study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy. He has actively coordinated many state level capacity building workshops for School Development and Monitoring Committees (SDMCs), and is also a resource person for state level SDMC training, community participation training and many other trainings conducted by the Education department of Government of Karnataka. He is currently working as project coordinator and community animator (Ramanagaram district) under the Right to Food programme.