Jitendra Agarwalla

Born in 1952, in the coal mining town of Jharia, Jharkhand, Jitendra Agarwalla was active in all extra-curricular activities in school and college. He was one of the 14 scouts in a group, which was given the “President’s Scout Award”, first time ever in combined Bihar in 1967, with forty - two proficiency badges. He represented the school and the district of Dhanbad in cricket and tennis.

After nationalization of the family coal mines in 1973, he had to abandon his B.E. (Production) in the 3rd year. He moved on to complete B. A. (Hons) English and B.Com. (Hons)

He was awarded the best SSI entrepreneur trophy in 1988 by the then president of india. He was responsible for design, manufacture, erection and commissioning of three heavy engineering industries in 1985, 1990 and 1999, and two-turn key projects for bokaro steel in 1994 and 1996.

His guru maharaj’s arrival in 1996 completely changed his life. With his blessings, he completed books like who am I and many facets of hindu religion, close encounters with a living god and dolphin and the flamingo, and religion demystified. He plans to write a sequel to who am I.