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Sh. Mukul Kumar
Civil Servant, Novelist & Poet, Indian Railway Traffic Service
Shri Mukul Kumar is a civil servant, novelist, and poet of the 1997 batch of the Indian Railway Traffic Service. He currently serves in the Railway Board under the Ministry of Railways, contributing to public administration alongside his literary work.
He has established himself as a noted contemporary writer with several well-received works of fiction, including As Boys Become Men, Seduction by Truth, and Lost in the Love Maze, whose themes often turn on identity, human relationships, and social transformation. He has also ventured into historical non-fiction with Women in the Womb of Time: Unveiling Ancient Feminism (2026). As a poet he has published The Irrepressible Echoes and Catharsis, and his recent collection Rhythm of the Ruins was recommended for the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2024. He has translated his debut English novel As Boys Become Men into Hindi as Aarohi.
He is an active participant in major literary platforms across India, including Unmesha (Bhopal), Sahitya Aaj Tak (Delhi), and the Jaipur Literature Festival, and is a Life Member of The Poetry Society (India). His honours include the National Award for outstanding service in Indian Railways, the Bharat Nirman Award for literary excellence, the Srijan Shikhar Puraskar for Aarohi, and the Poorvanchal Gaurav Samman for his combined impact as a bureaucrat and writer.