Khwaja Javed Akhtar was born on September 2, 1964 at Kankinara, 24 Parganas (North) West Bengal. He obtained M.A. in Urdu from Aligarh Muslim University, in 1989. He is working in the office of the Principal Accountant General, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad. His first book of Ghazals collection, named “neend shart nahin” was published in 2010. Also he compiled the Ghazals collection of 25 renowned young Urdu poets of India as a guest editor of Hindi quarterly “Unnayan”, Allahabad. He wrote the editorial of Urdu monthly “Kitab Numa”, Delhi, February 2002. His Ghazals are regularly published in various literary Urdu magazines in India and abroad. Address; D/129, GTB Nagar, Kareli, Allahabad-211016(U.P.). Mobile No:-09415365384.