Vishwa Mohan Tiwari

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Vishwa Mohan Tiwari (born February 1935) is an Indian creative writer, advisor, poet and meditation [1] teacher. He is the author of 17 of his own books and 9 translated books. In 1998 he received the Atmaram Award. [2]

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Personal life

Tiwari was born in Jabalpur, a city in Madhya Pradesh, India. His mother was Vimla Devi and father Har Narayan who was the principal of Hitakarni Higher Secondary School in a place called Devtaal in Garha a district in Jabalpur. His father was awarded by National teacher's award in 1972 from India's president V.V. Giri.

He got married in 1962 at age 27. His brother was the retired diplomat Yogesh Mohan Tiwari.

Education

He has done Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Aviation Electronic from Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK in 1966 and BE in Electronics and Telecommunication from Jabalpur Engineering College in 1956.

Government service

Tiwari is a retired Air Vice Marshal [3] a 2 Star Air Officer rank. He retired on 28 February 1991 and started as a writer, poet and medication teacher with that he also contributed in social servicing for 14 years from 2007 to 2014 by being a teacher and also taking the responsibility as Secretary General at Baal Vikaas Bhaaraatee (BVB).

Awards

Work

He can speak French, English and Hindi. He was editor of Authors Guild Of India's magazine for 10 years, and editor of hindi.kalkion.com from 2010 to 2014

Books

Translation of books

(English to Hindi = EH, Hindi to English = HE)

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References

  1. "Concentration and Meditation by Vishwa Mohan Tiwari, AVM (Retd)". www.boloji.com. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Atmaram Award". khsindia.org. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. "Service Record for Air Vice Marshal Vishwa Mohan Tiwari 5417 AE(L) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2020.