Vijay Singal

Vijay Singal, a former bureaucrat, is an eminent author in the field of spirituality, philosophy, psychology and religion. He writes both in Hindi and in English. His first book 'Behind Psychology : Searching for the Roots' was published in the year 2002. Since then, he has authored many books on various subjects.

He has also authored, in association with Mr. Atul Bhardwaj, two coffee table books namely 'A divinity in flow - Ganga' and 'Sparkling Punjab'. Foreword for the former has been written by Amitabh Bachchan and for the later by Dharmendra.

His latest book on Hinduism was released by Lord Swaraj Paul in the House of Commons, Parliament of U.K., London, in 2013. Born at Maler Kotla, Distt. Sangrur, Punjab in 1951, Vijay Singal did his engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology in the year 1973. He joined Indian Revenue Service in 1976. He is also an alumnus of the National Defence College.

He retired as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax from Mumbai in 2010.

His books are available in various bookstores and also online. Presently, he is translating the shlokas of Bhagavad Gita and also the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, both in Hindi and in English.