Yogendra Pathak Viyogi is a retired scientist from the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India and a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and the National Academy of Sciences (India). He specializes in writing popular science articles in Maithili (an old Indian language spoken in Northern Bihar and the Nepal Terai regions). These articles have regularly appeared over the past decade in Maithili magazines. He has to his credit two novels, a collection of short stories, a travelogue (account of his visits abroad over a period of four decades), three dramas (of which two have already been staged in Kolkata), a translation of Karel Chapek's famous drama R.U.R. in Maithili, and two compilations in book form of his science essays under the title 'Vigyanak Batkahi'. Several of his satirical writings, travelogues and translation of English short stories in Maithili are also published in various magazines.He has translated the Maithili novel 'Bhartik Biladi' of Dr. Braj Kishore Varma 'Manipadma' in English. Several other translation work from Maithili to English are unpublished.He lives partly at Kolkata and partly in his native village in Bihar (India) where he gives instructions to school students in science practical and also mentors them for career in science. Read more about this authorRead less about this author