, a distinguished Hindi poet, critic, editor, and cultural administrator, has been a senior civil servant in culture and the arts. He was the first Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, Government of India. He has won two prestigious national awards for poetry, namely the Sahitya Akademi Award and Dayavati Modi Kavi Shekhar Samman in 1994. He is the author of many books of poetry, including: Shahar Ab Bhi Sambhavna Hai, Ek Patang Anant Mein, Agar Itne Se, Tatpurush, Kahin Nahin Vahin, Ghaas Mein Dubaka Akash, Tinka Tinka, Bahuri Akela, Thodi Si Jagah,