Keki Daruwalla

Keki N. Daruwalla (1937–) has published  nine volumes of poetry, and three collections of Short fiction, including one novella. His works include, Under Orion and The Map Maker amongst others. Daruwalla wrote his Masters in literature from Punjab University. He went  as a Visiting Fellow under the Colombo Plan to Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford (1980-81). He joined Government service in 1958. He was a part of the Commonwealth Observer’s Group for the Zimbabwe elections in 1980. He served as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of India in 1979. He retired as a Secretary , Govt. of India (Chairman JIC). Keki Daruwalla has won the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Commonwealth Prize.