Bhupender Bhardwaj
Bhupender K Bhardwaj cleared the Indian Civil services examination in 2013 and works in the capacity of an IRTS officer with the Ministry of Railways, Government of India. He is a graduate in Sociology from St.Xavier's College, Mumbai. He has been composing poetry since the last few years. His influences are Derek Walcott and Seamus Heaney. His poems have been published by Squawk Back, Mad Swirl, Indian Review, The Galway Review, The Legendary, Random Poem Tree and Kingston Creative Writers' Blog among others. Also, last year he was longlisted for The Toto Awards for Creative Writing 2016 in the Poetry category and shortlisted for the Poetry Society Of India's annual poetry prize organized in association with the British Council of India.