Parichay Das (born Ravindra Nath Srivastava), is an Indian writer, essayist, poet and editor of contemporary Bhojpuri poetry.[1] He is Professor and Head, Department of Hindi, Nava Nalanda Mahavihara Deemed University. He writes in Bhojpuri and Hindi. He earned his Ph.D. from Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. He is former Secretary, Maithili-Bhojpuri Academy and ex-Secretary, Hindi Academy under Delhi Government. He has written/ edited/ text edited more than 30 books. He received Dwi-Vaageesh Samman award for "Srijan Evam Anuvaad" [Creative Writing and Translation] by the Bhartiya Anuvad Parishad [Translator's Association of India] in 2012.[1] He received Bhojpuri Keerti Sammaan, Bharteey Dalit Sahitya Sammaan, Shyam Narayan Pandey Sammaan, Editor's Choice Award and Damodar Das Chaturvedi Bhasha-Sahitya Sammaan. He delivered a lecture on Bhojpuri in Kathmandu as representative of Kendriy Sahitya Akademi in 2012. He recited his poems in 'SAARC Literary Summit ' in Delhi in 2011. He is considered a unique personal essay writer in Indian Languages and path breaker poet in Bhojpuri.
He was born in the village Rampur Devlaas in Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
He was secretary, Hindi Academy, Delhi Government and Secretary, Maithili - Bhojpuri Academy of the Government of Delhi.
His wife Vandana Srivastava is a welknown and trend setter artist in 'Bhojpuri Painting'. She developed Bhojpuri Painting from tradition to contemporary dimensions .
Das has served as a secretary to Maithili–Bhojpuri Academy[1] and Hindi Academy[2] of the Delhi Government*He has also worked as an editor to the academies' magazines, Parichhan and Indra Prasth Bhaarti.
Edited an important creative literary critical book in Bhojpuri language on Bhikhari Thakur, a well-known actor and playwright in Bhojpuri.
Edited more than 25 cultural packages, including:
Manipuri Dance
Kuchipudi Dance
Musical Instrument of India (2 Volumes)
Architecture of India
Textile Designs (2 Volumes)
Traditional theatre in India
Edited/Text Edited Magazines
Indraprastha Bharti, a Hindi literary and cultural magazine published by Hindi Academy, Delhi
Srotasvini, a literary-cultural magazine published by CCRT, Govt of India
Saamskritiki, a literary-cultural magazine published by CCRT Govt of India
Pradnya, a socio-cultural, political magazine
Parichhan, a literary magazine published by Maithili-Bhojpuri Academy, Delhi
Some Discourses and Lectures/ Poetry Recitation -
Lecture on Globalisation and Literature/ Gorakhpur University [March 2014]
India
Literature
