Gyan Chaturvedi

Born: 2 August 1952

He is an Indian writer and satirist in the Hindi language, known for his satirical novels, Baramasi and Narak Yathra.
He was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.
He has been writing regular columns in India Today and Naya Gyanodaya and frequent columns in Rajasthan Patrika.
He is a recipient of several awards such as Sharad Joshi Samman of the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Delhi Academy Award and Indu Sharma Literary Award.
The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2015.
He is married to Shashi Chaturvedi, a gynecologist at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and the couple has a daughter, Neha, a medical doctor, currently an ophthalmologist at AIIMS, New Delhi, and a son, Dushyant, an engineer presently pursuing management studies at the Indian School of Business, the leading school in the country for management and business education.