Ajay to Yogi Adityanath – A Graphic Novel

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About the book :

This graphic novel, ‘Ajay to Yogi Adityanath’, is a journey of a young boy Ajay Singh Bisht born in the hinterlands of Uttarakhand with six other siblings. His father Anand Singh Bisht was a junior forest officer and his mother Savitri Devi was a homemaker. Since childhood Ajay was fond of taking care of the family cows, listening to stories of freedom fighters and participating in school debates. They all lived in a small house in a remote village named Panchur. From here Ajay rose to become Mahant of Gorakhnath Mutt, youngest member of the parliament of India and the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. ‘Ajay to Yogi Adityanath’ is a story of grit, determination and hard work for every student to follow and take inspiration from.

The book also has many puzzles and games on Yogi Adityanath at the end. The QR code in the book will take you to a website, where young readers can play 100+ games and puzzles to know more about Yogi Adityanath and Uttar Pradesh.

About the Author :

Shantanu Gupta, is the founder of The Ramayana School, an Indian Author, TEDx Speaker and TV Panelist. He is a published Indian author with renowned publications like Sage, Bloomsbury, Garuda, Prabhat and Rupa Publications. He is the biographer of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, with his book titled ‘The Monk Who Became Chief Minister’, and it’s listed as the ‘Most memorable Non-Fiction Books of 2017’ by Amazon India. Shantanu wrote a sequel to this book with title – The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh. His another book – BJP – Past, Present and Future is now available in five Indian languages.

Shantanu has an engineering degree from GB Pant University (India), Management education from XLRI, Jamshedpur (India) and did his masters in policy and politics from Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex (United Kingdom). Shantanu has worked for a decade as a process and management consultant in many cities in India, Switzerland, Cyprus, Hungary and Israel. He has represented India in many international conferences on economy and policy, in Germany, Malaysia & Sri Lanka. He has worked with think tanks like Center for Civil Society (CCS) and non-profits like UNICEF, Naandi Foundation and National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA).