Bhupender K Bhardwaj 30, is a poet and essayist from Mumbai, India. After clearing the UPSC civil services examination 2013, he has worked in the capacity of an IRTS officer with the Ministry of Railways, Government of India. He is a graduate in Sociology from St.Xavier's College, Mumbai. His poems have been published by Squawk Back, Mad Swirl, Indian Review, The Galway Review, Kingston Creative Writers Blog among others. He was longlisted for The Toto Funds the Arts Awards for Creative Writing 2016 in the Poetry category and shortlisted for the Poetry Society Of India's All India Poetry Competition