Gyan Chaturvedi is an Indian writer and satirist in Hindi language,[1][2] known for his satirical novels,[3] Baramasi[4] and Narak Yathra.
[5] He was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.
[7] He graduated in medicine from SS Medical College Rewa, did advanced training in cardiology and joined the hospital at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) where he served for over thirty years till his retirement.
[7] This was followed by several books such as Ham Na Marab, Khamosh Nange Hamam Mein Hain, Marichika, Alag and Pratyansha.
Chaturvedi is married to Shashi Chaturvedi, a gynecologist at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and the couple has a daughter, Neha, a medical doctor, currently an ophthalmologist at AIIMS, New Delhi, and a son, Dushyant, an engineer presently pursuing management studies at the Indian School of Business, the leading school in the country for management and business education.