Vijay Nair was a writer based in Bangalore.
He was the author of Let Her Rest Now (fiction), published by Hachette India, 2012, The Boss is not your Friend (non-fiction) published by Hachette India in 2011, Master of Life Skills (fiction) published by HarperCollins in 2006, and a collection of plays in 2003.
He was also a theatre director, critic and columnist, and organisation coach and consultant.
A recipient of the Fulbright Senior Research Grant and the British Council Charles Wallace Award, he was also awarded a US State Department Grant to attend the International Writers Program at the University of Iowa.
He died of cardiac arrest on 5 September 2013 in Bangalore.