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Folkloristic
Dr Rajendra Ranjan Chaturvedi Professor, Author and Thinker

Rajendra Ranjan Chaturvedi (Born 1944) is an Indian scholar of Folkloristic & Indology He is a noted Brajbhasha littérateur. He has authored and  edited over twenty five books & journals and more than hundred of his  research papers has been published in leading magazines of India. He was awarded scholarship by First Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru. Beside several other honors & awards, He has received Shreedhar Pathak Puraskar  for his contribution to Braj Literature  in 1986 and  Shri Hajari Prasad Dwivedi Puraskar for his book “Dharti aur Beej” in 1997 from Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan. Dharti Aur Beej was the first project in Hindi in Lok Parampara published by IGNCA. His notable book includes  Shree Vidya Kalplata, Shree Vidya Upasak, Shaikshik Karnti , Nishtha aur Nirman , Lokshastra , Sasni Sarvekshan , Braj Lok , Lokokti aur Lokvigyan and Braj Lok Geet. He has just completed  the project Rasdesh on Kelimal of Swami Haridas jee under the auspices of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi. He is born at Mathura (UP) and conferred Ph D  degree (1973) for his work on Rangey  Raghav  and D Litt (1987)  for work on Folkloristic by Agra University. He accompanied and assisted  Shri Shiv Dutt Upadhyay ( MP and PS to Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru) during his young age. Later, He involved himself in Janpad Andolan under the direction of the legendary Journalist & MP  Pt. Banarsi Das Chaturvedi. Over the years he has served as Professor with SD College, Panipat affiliated to Kurukshetra  University and  Program Advisor for  All India Radio, Rohtak. He is  guiding spirit of many  literary & social organizations and was closely associated with grate  scholars Pt .Vidya Niwas Mishra and Shri Agyey Jee. His literary work has been appreciated by Dr Karan Singh, Shri ShreeNarayan Chaturvedi, Smt. Kapila Vatsyayan, Dr Nagendra , Shri Jainendra ,  Shri Indra Nath Chaudhury, Shri Ashok Vajpeyi , Dr Kireet Joshi and Dr Prabhakar Machve among others.