He belonged to Bhumihar Brahmin community of Sonwani village in Ghazipur.

[2] He has been awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Samman by the Uttar Pradesh government.

[6] Viveki Rai was born in Bharauli village of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh, India.

However, after a couple of years he moved to Sri Sarvodaya Inter College, Khardiha and started teaching Hindi.

After a few years at Khardiha he was employed at post graduate college Ghazipur as lecturer.