Madan Gopal Gandhi

Gandhi was born to Srimati Savitri Devi and Kewal Krishan on August 31, 1940 in Lahore and was named Madan Gopal. The family moved to India after the partition and Madan did his FSc from S.A. Jain College in 1958 and B.A. with Honours in English Literature from D.A.V. College, Ambala City in 1960.[3][4]

Gandhi did his F.Sc. from S.A. Jain College in 1958 and B.A. with Honours in English Literature from D.A.V. College, Ambala City in 1960. He did his M.A. in English in 1964 from Panjab University, Chandigarh. His second master's degree was in Political Science from Punjabi University, Patiala in 1966 and subsequently, Ph.D. in Political Science from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1974.[5]

As an editor, he worked on Collected Works of Lala Lajpat Rai and edited 6 volumes of it. Brought out inaugural issue of the journal Earth Vision on the theme of Dialogue of Civilizations, as editor of South Asia News Letter brought 7 issues. 24 volumes listed as follows:[1][6]

Poetry of Yayati Madan G Gandhi was translated into several languages including Persian by Khadijeh Khavari, Najmeh Khavari title The Best Works of Madan G Gandhi[7] Published by Global Fraternity of Poets, Gurgaon, Italian by Maria Miraglia Greatest Works of Poet Laureate Yayati Madan G Gandhi[8] published by The Poetry Society of India, Gurugram, Tamil by Padmaja Narayanan Petals of Flame[9] by Earth Vision Publications, Hindi by Jai Krishan Shukla Swar Se Saadh Anant[10] published by Global Fraternity of Poets.

Gandhi was awarded with International Man of the Year (1991–92) and (1992–93), Most Admired Man of the Decade, World Intellectual (1993) Five hundred Great Personalities of the World, One-in-Million Honour, included in International Who's Who of Poets & Who's Who of Intellectuals, Member of the Board of Advisors of International Centre of Democracy, Maryland, USA, National Excellence Award for contribution in the field of Education and Literature by the United Citizens Council, New Delhi, nominated for Rajiv Gandhi Award for outstanding contribution to education and literature by All India Feroze Gandhi Memorial Society. Conferred with the accolade of Poet’s Poet and Poet Laureate, Dr. Gandhi is the author of Twenty five volumes of poetry. His poetry is widely researched for M. Phil and Ph.D. in several Universities and has been translated in several languages and included in anthologies of world poetry. Honoured with Aryabhat and Varamihira Awards, D. Litt from World Academy of Art and Culture and World Congress of poets, USA in 1993 and the GLOBAL Harmony ward 2013, Professor Madan was a votary of dialogue among civilizations and convergence of sublime arts, science and spirituality. A winner of Tagore Award in poetry in 1961, William Shakespeare Award (International Award) was conferred on him in India by World Poetree Festival, Ramoji City, Hyderabad in 2017 by The Esteemed, Jury members of Writer’s Corner, Warangal, Telangana, India. Recipient of Bharat Award of Honor (International) conferred by Gopakumar Radhakrishnan, Founder Managing Editor, www.poiesisonline.com, was given Neruda Award – 2017, Taranto, Italy, Writers Corner International. Telugu Srijana Lokam Humbly confers Dr. Yayati Madan G Gandhi with the title of Indian English and Global Literature, 31 August 2018. The Significant League, USA gave him Lifetime Achievement Ruel International prize to Madan Gopal Gandhi in 2017.[11]