Upendra Dharmadhikari is born and brought up in Varanasi. He studied Commerce at Banaras Hindu University and followed that up with a MBA from ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad. After working for 17 years in various roles of corporate mechanics, he tried to pursue his interest in story writing. He loves to watch Cinema, enjoys reading comics and fiction novels since childhood. His debut novel "The Princess In Black! An Unheard Story of Mughals" as Co-author was published in August 2014. Currently He lives in Pune and working with Indian IT MNC. He can be contacted at [email protected].