Kiransinh Chauhan


Kiransinh Chauhan is a Gujarati poet and scriptwriter from Gujarat, India.
His works include Smaranotsav and Mijaj. He was awarded the Shayda Award in 2005.

Early life

Chauhan was born in Surat, Gujarat to Hirabhai and Revabahen. After completing his primary education from Variyav Primary School, he completed his secondary and higher secondary education from Lokmanya Vidyalaya, Rander. He completed B. A. in 1997 from J. Z. Shah Arts and H. P. Desai Commerce College, Amroli and M. A. from M. T. B. Arts College, Surat with Gujarati literature as one of his subjects. He earned B. P. Ed. in 2002 from Sharirik Prashikshan Mahavidyalay, Tumsar, Maharashtra. In 2005, he completed his B. Ed. from College of Education.

Career

Chauhan started writing poetry in 1988, venturing into metrical form in 1990. In the same year, his poem, "Hu Moto Thai Gayo" appeared in Navnirman periodical, published from Surat. His poetry was published in other Gujarati literary magazines including Shabdasrishti, Gazalvishwa, Dhabak, Kavita, Kumar, Kavilok and Navneet Samarpan. He worked as a journalist for five years and as a teacher for seven years. He joined Navgujarat Times in 1997 as a journalist. In 1999, he joined Pratinidhi Patra and then Channel Surat in 2001. From 2002 to 2006, he taught Gujarati and Sanskrit languages at Jivanbharati Vidyalaya, Surat. In 2006, he joined P. R. Khatiwala Vidyasankul, Surat and served as a lecturer at the Valmiki Adhyapan Mandir P. T. C. College, Surat for a year. He is working as a scriptwriter and an anchor. He is also running his own book publishing house Sanidhya Prakashan since 2010.

Works

His first ghazal anthology, Smaranotsav was published in 2004, followed by Mijaj published in 2008. Fanfa Na Maar is a collection of Shayari, a humorous styled ghazal, written by him. He has penned lyrics for Gujarati film Chaar and also wrote dialogues for Gujarati film Aapane To Dhirubhai. He has appeared in several television shows including Doordarshan and on Akashvani.

Compilations

He was awarded the Shayda Award by Indian National Theater, Mumbai. He is also a recipient of Shreshth Yuva Sahityakar Puraskar in 2007 by Rashtriya Kala Kendra, Surat.

Personal life

Kharod. Chauhan married Smita on 18 February 2003 and have two sons, Pallav and Namra.