Rakesh Kumar Prajapati

Rakesh Kumar Prajapati is a dual graduate in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering from BITS Pilani, with a stint at INSEAD, Fontainebleau. He joined the Indian Administrative Service on his first attempt and has served for over a decade, earning recognition from the President of India for his contributions to public service.  

Counted among India Today’s ‘New Action Heroes’ during the Covid-19 pandemic, he owes his values to his late grandfather, a farmer, and his discipline to his father, a retired soldier of the Indian Army. His writing is shaped by Eastern thought and Western existentialism. Lighter than Yesterday is his debut novel and is described as a meditation on awakening.