Vijai Sharma

RITA AND VIJAI SHARMA were in the Indian Administrative Service. Rita studied Physics at Miranda House, Delhi, and Agricultural Economics at Cornell University where she obtained a PhD. Vijai has law degrees from Lucknow, University College London and Harvard Law School. They worked as secretaries to the government of India and in various departments and districts of Uttar Pradesh. Rita was secretary to the National Advisory Council. Vijai was a Member of the National Green Tribunal and Chief Information Commissioner of India. A museum launch sparked an interest in history when they wrote the text for The Forts of India (1986). Their book The Forts of Bundelkhand (2006) is followed by this present work on Rajasthan. Rita and Vijai continue to pursue their interests in agriculture, rural development, environment, forests and climate change. They live in Lucknow.