Kovid was raised in Houston and comes from an immigrant family. As a person of queer identity, he grew up loving Bollywood musical films. He earned a BBA, BS and BA from the University of Texas at Austin, followed by an MBA from Cornell University. Kovid began his career by screenwriting mainstream Hindi television soap operas. He went on to work for Ekta Kapoor, where he authored Kingdom of The Soap Queen: The Story of Balaji Telefilms. Additionally, he published another book in 2014, Redrawing India: The Teach for India Story. He later joined Rajshri Productions to assist Sooraj Barjatya on on the hit film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. He then worked as head of business development at Vinod Chopra Films and Film Companion.