Shashwat Kumar has a PhD in Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations by the the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF).

His PhD was conducted within the framework of Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Training Network on explaining Global India. He holds a Master’s degree in Regulatory Governance from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, University of Pune. Shashwat also holds another Master’s degree in Public Administration from Indira Gandhi National Open University. The objective of his PhD thesis was to analyse the shift in regulatory governance of the economy in India under the influence of international policy diffusion and the impacts of those changes.