Education: M.Eng (Windsor), M.B.A. Waterloo)

Profession: Senior Engineer at Westinghouse Canada, B.C. Hydro, presently professor of Electronics/Automation at Kwantlen University College, Surrey, Canada

Literary Activities: Hindustani (mix of Hindi & Urdu) ghazals & poems in Hindi script, some poetry in Punjabi. Even though I dabbled in poetry during college days, serious writing started in 1980 after moving to Vancouver, Canada. Have published in 1998 a Hindi book of ghazals and poems "Safar Ki Pugdundiyaan". My work has appeared in Hindi and Punjabi magazines of Vancouver, Prince George and India. Am active in local mushaairas and radio shows.

Inspiration: my better half "Versha," poets and friends Acharya S.P. Dwivedi of Surrey, Narinder Bhagi "Barham", Vancouver, Canada. Favourite Poets and Singers: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Jagjit Singh, Bachan, Shiv Bataalvi, Chandan Das, Sufi poets<<