About the Author

Born on 11 January, 1964 in Siwan, Bihar (India), he received school education in the government schools. In 1987, Graduating from IIT Kanpur in Civil Engineering, he joined IIT Delhi for post graduation degree in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering in 1989. After getting in Indian Railway Service of Engineers in 1989 and serving Railways for almost one year, he moved to Indian Administrative Service in 1990. He has worked in various capacities as Collector and District Magistrates, Managing Directors of more than 5 Corporations and Authorities, Director of Training Research Institutes, Environmental Planning and Coordination and Disaster Management Institutes, Commissioner of Archaeology, Archives and Museum, Commissioner of Land Records and Secretary to the Government of Madhya Pradesh. He is presently working as Secretary to the Government of Madhya Pradesh in the department of Sports and Youth Welfares. Apart from having authored five books of Hindi poetry, he has made remarkable contribution in the field of Archaeology and Archives while serving as Commissioner of Archaeology, Archives and Museums of Madhya Pradesh. He has written four books on Archaeology namely Ashapuri me Mandir Samuh ki Khoj evam Unka Punarnirman: Naveen Uplabdhi, Mandir Samuh Vyas Bhadora ka Anurakshan Karya, Puratan-15 (edited) and Vintage Bhopal. Because of interest in archaeology, he explored many forgotten archaeological sites during his tenure as District Magistrates and Commissioner Archaeology including 1. Discovery of the remains of Parmaras Temples of Nilgarha, Raisen 2. Discovery of the pre historic rock Shelters of Bhartipur, Raisen 3. Discovery of archaeological remains of more than 25 temples of Ashapuri, Raisen 4. Discovery of 1000 years old palatial and residential remains of satellite town established by Raja Bhoja at Keerat Nagar village; Raisen and 5. Exploration of the remains of temples of Parmar Period at Samasgarh, in Bhopal district