Ashok Chakradhar (born February 8, 1951, is an Indian author, poet and former head of the department of Hindi at Jamia Millia Islamia. After serving for 29 years, he took voluntary retirement to focus on working towards the propagation and development of the Hindi language. In 2007 he became the Hindi coordinator at the Institute of Life Long Learning at the University of Delhi and in 2009 was appointed as the vice-chairman of Hindi Academy, Government of Delhi and as the vice-chairman of the Kendriya Hindi Shikshan Mandal, Ministry of HRD, Government of India. He is the son-in-law of Kaka Hathrasi.
Ashok Chakradhar in 11th WHC, Mauritius 2018
Ashok Chakradhar working for Gulabri
President of India facilitating Ashok Chakradhar with Padma Shri
Rahat Indori, born as Rahat Qureshi, was an Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet. He was also a former professor of Urdu language and a painter. Prior to this he was a pedagogist of Urdu literature at DAVV.
Indori at Rajvadu, Ahmedabad on 22 February 2020