RAJESH JAIN: A TECNCHNOCRAT & WRITER by Viren Gohil

• Background :
• Rajesh Jain (born in July 1949 ) has been writing in Hindi/English since 1965, when he was a science/Engg. student in the school/Engineering College( at Jabalpur,Mungavali,Umaria,&Indore of Madhya Pradesh) Subsequently while persuing his college education for degree in electrical engineering from Indore University in Madhya Pradesh India/ Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IGNOU Delhi & professional assignments at responsible positions in M.P. Electricity Board (Asstt. Engineer/Divisional Engineer)and National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd,(Presently employed there as the Dy. General Manager) , he not only maintained but also continued to enrich his creative hobby of writing literature in his liesure time inspite of several constraints.
• He is the second son of Late Shree R.C.Jain who served as registrar in M P High court ,secretary law commission & District’s session judge in the various districts of Madhya Pradesh. ( Mungavali,Umaria,Indore,Bhoapl & Jabalpur etc. )

• Books :
• Consequent to this venture, as on today, he has to his credit 33 books (novel,. short story collections,. plays, satire’s collection,. Collection of poems, comics, .children literature, books of techno- literary essays and miscellaneous books.
• Concept of’ Techno- spiritual’ & ‘Techno-literary’ writings:
• Exclusively binding to any specific device of literature is no limit to Rajesh Jain., He equally commands prose, poetry, and plays for effective expressions,. Including spiritualism derived from Jain values. As such, a very new concept of ‘Techno –spiritual’ writing has been established by him through ‘WORD ENERGY MANAGEMENT’
• Widely travelled (both within & outside country) Rajesh Jain is the unique combination of two conflicting personalities, an engineer by profession and a literary writer by hobby. Normally both are considered not to co- exist simultaneously but Rajesh Jain is a name, who has exceptionally shattered the conventional concept, as he feels creativity is essentially involved both in engineering and literary writing. This is also evident from the’ techno-literary ‘images surfacing frequently in his creative writings like ‘SPARE PARTS’, ‘ANDHI ROSHIN’, ‘CRASH’ ‘BOOSTER CHALOO AAHE’ ‘REMOTE CONTROL’ ‘PROGRAMMING’ (All short Stories), ‘CHIMNI CHOGA’,
• ‘KOYLA CHALA HANS KI CHAAL’ & ‘VIRUS ‘( full length plays), ‘ROSHNI KE KHETON MEIN’ (Poems), ‘ROBOCAT’, ‘IMARTON KI CHORI’, ‘KATHA VRAKSH’ ‘NAQLI CHAND’ ( Children Literature) & the poetry collection of 7 such poets who are engineers by profession titled ‘YANTRA SAPTAK’‘.

• Screening :
• He wrote story and script for one episode of famous “RAJNI’ serial and his play ‘Chanda Khor’(1985) was telecast on Doordarshan.Presently working on many scripts.

• Staging:/Plays :
  
• His full length political play “CHINDI MASTER’ (1980) was awarded by
• M.P. Sahitya Parishad.Bhopal. Other plays written by him such as “CHIMNI CHOGA’(1991),‘KOYLA HANS KI CHAAL’ (1998) , both on environment (reflecting basic values of Jainism),’VISH VANSH’ and ‘DHAKKA PUMP’ (Satire-1977) have been directed by reputed directors like Davendra Raj Ankur ,Arjun Bhalla and M.K. Rana.
• More than a dozen of his plays have been broadcast from All India Radio.One play titled ‘REZGARI’(1974) was selected under National Programme, for broadcasting in all the regional languages of the country.

• Reflection of Jain Philosphy :
• List of his books includes an unique work titled ‘VAISHALIK KI CHHAYA MEIN’-(UNDER THE SHADOW OF MAHAVIR) This is collection of introductory writeup on 31 outstanding Jain(both Digamber & Swetamber) literators of Hindi ,who have acquired significant status through their contributions in the last century along with their comments on the hidden aspect of impact/influences of Jain values on their creative writings.The list includes renowned authors like Jainendra kumar,Ayodhyaprasad Goyliya,Yeshpal jain,Virendra kumar jain ,Nemichandra jain,Anandprakash jain,Mannu bhandari,Mridula garg,Suneeta jain,Indu jain,Priyamvad,Prem kasliwal,Manjul Bhagat,Aruna Seetesh, Jyotsna Milan,Viren Gohil,Kuntal kumar jain,Akshya jain,Kailash Narad ,Saroj kumar,Kuntha jain,Kamla singhvi,Nirmal kumar jain ,Mishrilal jain,Virendra jain,Arvind jain& Pratibha jain. Etc

• Awards :
• He has been awarded by Hindi Academy, Delhi for his book on Children Literature ‘BADE SE BADA’ (1992) . Children Book Trust Delhi, Mininstry of Energy Govt. of India & Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Parishad, Bhopal are the other organisations which have given honours to Rajesh Jain for his versatile contributions.In 1999 ,he was selected for ARYA SMRITI SAMMAN based on his play VISH VANSH’& Balkrishan sharma Naveen Sharma Pradeshik Puraskar -2001-2002 on his novel Bandh-Vadh by M.P.Sahitya Akademi is the latest feather in his crown.

• Translations :
• Many of his wrtings have been translated in to Oria ,Punjabi French &English.
• Journalism & organisation:
• Apart from writing, he has actively involved himself in reporting,interviewing , editing and organising literary events. He has edited journals like ‘Vidyut Sewa’, ‘Sarjana’ and a collection of poems ‘Ankur’.
• He is also the convenor of ‘Veethika’- a forum of creative art, literature and culture which meets every months at Chandramani Memorial Trust, Indra Prastha Extn., Delhi. & actively involves in religious ventures concerning Jainism.

• Contact parameters :
• Address- 40, Karishma apartments,27 Indra prasth Extension,Delhi-110092
• Telephone- 011-22728305®
• 0120-2410719(O)
• O9868390954(M)
• E-mail: rajesh492003@yahoo.com