User:MUKUL KUMAR

Mukul Kumar Born: 17.3.69 Sitamarhi, Bihar, India

Occupation: Bureaucrat, and Author Nationality: Indian Alma Mater: Kirorimal College, Delhi University, India

Language: English Genre: Fiction, Poetry Notable Works: Fiction- As Boys Become Men Poetry- The Irrepressible Echoes

Spouse: Rakhi Singh Children: Avantika Singh

Mukul Kumar (born 17 March, 1969) is a civil servant, belonging to the 1997 batch of Indian Railway Traffic Service. He is currently serving in the Ministry of Railways, Government of India, New Delhi. His debut novel is ‘As Boys Become Men’ and second novel,’ Seduction By Truth’ is slated to come soon from Bloomsbury Publishers, India. Early life: His early education was in Sitamarhi and graduation and post graduation from Delhi University. His father was a professor of English Literature in Bihar University.

Career and Major works: Mukul Kumar has been serving in the Indian Railways for the last 20 years and is currently holding a senior position in Northern Railways, New Delhi.

Anthology of English Poetry, The Irrepressible Echoes was published in 2012. It has varied themes including life, nature, compassion ,love, crisis of morality, social issues. His debut novel As Boys Become Men, a coming of age novel, was published by RUPA Publications in March 2016. Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi called the novel 'easily readable and succinctly crafted', while The Times of India bracketed it with civil servant Upamanyu Chatterjee’s ‘The English August’. Forthcoming novel, Seduction By Truth is a story on marriage, desire, infidelity in marriage and relationships.

Mukul Kumar has recently completed his M-Phil in social sciences and has been honoured with Master’s Diploma in Public Administration from the prestigious Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi.

Awards: National Award for Outstanding Performance in Indian Railways ‘The Beggar’( from The Irrepressible Echoes) included in International Library of Poetry in United States of America. Life membership of the Poetry Society (India).