Sanjay Dixit

Sanjay Dixit is a retired IAS officer of the 1986 batch in Rajasthan Cadre. Prior to joining IAS, he was in the Merchant Navy as an engineer. He sailed the High Seas for four years before jumping ashore, landing in the sea of desert. He has done his graduation in Marine Engineering from DMET, Calcutta (as it then was). After joining the IAS, he added three Masters qualifications to his repertoire—in Indian classical music, Economics, and software Systems; the last one from BITS, Pilani. He also took a professional degree in Law, and has now obtained a licence from the bar to practice as an advocate. He has travelled India and the world extensively, first as a merchant mariner, and then as an administrator. He was also an active sportsman. He went on to don many hats in sports administration, including that of being Secretary and President of Rajasthan Cricket Association, Secretary of Rajasthan Tennis Association, and member of BCCI Finance Committee. As a person of varied interests, he has authored dozens of articles, covering such diverse fields as cricket, general sports, agriculture, Islamism, Spirituality, Strategic Affairs, and current issues. His articles have appeared in DNA, Yahoo India, Mumbai Mirror, Swarajya, Print India, India Facts and Medium. Sanjay Dixit also launched the Jaipur Dialogues Forum in 2016 to inform the national discourse on topics of Indic flavor. The Jaipur Dialogues has become an important milestone in the Literary Festival Circuit of India. He is the Chairman of the Forum. He has authored three bestsellers till now—Krishna Gopeshvara, Krishna Yogeshvara (these two as part of an ongoing Krishna Trilogy), and Unbreaking India. The Jaipur Dialogues YouTube channel of his is extremely popular, with over 1.2 million subscribers and an average of 20 million views per month. This is his fourth book.