Neha Bansal is a career civil servant with a heart of a poet. Her first book “herstory”, an anthology of poetry featuring 39 verse-stories of women whose voices have been hitherto silenced. The book was published under the Navodaya scheme of Sahitya Akademi. Her second book “Six of cups” was published in June 2024 by Hawakal. This anthology is a museum of memories both collective and individual. Her poetry also features in many other anthologies. She is currently posted as ADG in National Archives of India and lives in Delhi with her family