User:DR. VIRENDRA GUPTA

Dr. VIRENDRA KUMAR GUPTA is a Corporate Consultant, a Writer and an English Poet based in Gurgaon, NCR India. He is a bilingual poet and his works have been published in English and Hindi.

He excelled in Public Speaking during his college, winning K.K. Grover and A. C. Bali Memorial Declamation contests and was given the “ Best Speaker of Punjab University”  award at the annual convocation by the University Chancellor and then Vice President of India Dr. G. S. Pathak in 1973. His debut poem won him the Gold Medal for Best Composition from Management Club of Punjab University, Chandigarh.

He was awarded “Roll Of Honour” by Mr. M.M. Chaudhari, Governor of Punjab at his College Convocation for all round excellence in academics and extracurricular activities. He also dabbled in Theatre, Radio Broadcasts and creative writings. During his school, he was invited by All India Radio, Shimla to participate in many school broadcasts. His first anthology “ THE UNKNOWN” was published by Poets International in 2006 and released by Dr. M. S. Thimmappa, Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University, which received appreciation from readers and reviewers in India and abroad. He has been conferred honorary membership of International Writers & Artists Association of USA IWA, affiliated to UNESCO, Toledo, Oh, USA in 2012. His works have been published in South America, USA, Portugal, Spain and Greece.

His second anthology “BEYOND OBLIVION” was released in August 2015 at India International Centre, New Delhi by Hon’ble Dr. Karan Singh -Statesman, Author & Poet of International repute. This book is a critical appreciation of his poetry by Dr. Mohammed Fakhruddin, Editor, Poets International.

He studied the craft of writing English Poetry and had written in most known forms of English Poetry by following the discipline of each form – be it a Free Verse; English classical poetry forms such as – Sonnets, Villanelle, Ode, Quatrains, Couplets, Tercets etc. or Japanese forms like Haiku, Tanka, Sitigotyo, Zen etc. He learnt the art of writing poetry in these forms in Poetry Workshops of Poetry International during his stay in Bangalore from 1998 to 2006. His new poems reflect his evolving perspectives about life spread all around us.

Many of his poems captured the imagery and impressions formed during his many sojourns in Europe. One of his Poems “PAPER” was translated in Portuguese by Dr. Teresinka Pereira, President of International Writers & Artists Association of USA (IWA), a very prestigious organization affiliated to UNESCO. This translated version was then published in Brazil and also translated in Greek and Spanish languages. He recited his poetry in many educational institutes, Centre of Advance Technology and literary meets. He also participated in monthly Slam Poetry sessions of Caferati from 2007 to 2012 held at Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai.

Awards:

•	International Writers and Artists Association of USA, registered with State of Ohio, United Nations Association of USA; Library of Congress Washington DC; UNESCO Paris; and Cambridge International University conferred its prestigious “Honoris Causa Degree” on him on 25th June 2017 in a ceremony at its headquarters in Toledo, Ohio, US for his philanthropy and spirit of humanism through his poetry.

•	Poets Intentional Fraternity conferred “STAR OF ASIA POET” award to him at India Haiku Poetry festival held at Bangalore in December 2015.

•	Poets International conferred “Best Poet of the Year “award to Mr. Gupta in 2003 at World Poetry Festival, held at Bangalore.

•	In 2010, Virendra Gupta got selected as a finalist in Times Of India Kalaghoda Festival -Slam Poetry held in Mumbai.

Professionally, Virendra Gupta, born on April 1, 1955 at Shimla, is a Corporate Consultant in Automotive Industry, having founded Asource Consulting in 2013. He had a long career in Marketing with a Japanese MNC based in Mumbai. He graduated in Economics with a distinction from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1974. He is also associated with SAMKALP, a premier Civil Services academy as a faculty.