Neelam Saxena Chandra

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Neelam Saxena Chandra
Neelam Saxena
Neelam Saxena
Born (1969-06-27) 27 June 1969 (age 57)
OccupationWriter, author, bureaucrat
LanguageEnglish, Hindi
NationalityIndian
Alma materVisvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
Hislop College
GenrePoetry, fiction
Notable awards
Radio City Freedom Awards
SpousePrafulla Chandra
ChildrenSimran Chandra
Website
neelamsaxenachandra.com

Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 27 June 1969) is an Indian poet and author.[1][2] She has written novels, short stories, children's stories, and poetry in English and Hindi.

Biography

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Chandra has authored four novels, a novella, five collections of short stories, 25 collections of poetry, and 10 books for children. She has received several awards including the "Rabindranath Tagore International Award" in 2014.[3][4][5][6] given by Xpress Publications. She was awarded a prize in a poetry contest organized by the Consulate General of the United States, Mumbai, on the topic Poetry for Social Change.[7] The song Mere Sajan Sun Sun, for which she was the lyricist[8] won a 'Popular Choice Award' in the Folk Fusion category at the Radio City Freedom Awards.[9][10][1] She was shortlisted for the IPR Annual Award 2020.[11]

She is an IES Officer (1992 batch), and has also served as Joint Secretary of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).[12][13][14] She served as Executive Director of Pune Metro[15] and now serves as Assistant Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM) of Pune Division.

Awards and recognition

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See also

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