Basant Kumar holds a degree in Science from the University of Allahabad.

He graduated in Civil Engineering with Honors from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee).

He was awarded the University Silver Medal.

He retired as the Additional Secretary, Government of India.

Very active post-retirement, as an independent freelance consultant in the field of Civil Engineering, he is also an Arbitrator and an Arbitration Consultant.

He experienced various facets of life in several fields of activities and multifarious pursuits, as an engineer, administrator, and manager in the corporate world and also on the sports field.

This vast exposure left a deep and indelible imprint of the human conduct in different situations on him.

He intimately observed the compulsions, fears, and ambitions that navigated people on the path that they traversed in life.

The stories in this collection bring out the subtleties of choices that protagonists make driven by their inner fragilities and fortitude.

Basant Kumar enjoys playing golf and celebrating the unearned gifts of Holes-in-One, twice.

He was part of the winning pair at the DLF Republic Day Cup, also twice. He also won the ‘closest to pin’ contest.

In the time left over after golf and professional work, in that order, he writes. ‘Of Human Frailties’ is his second book.