Dr. Mahendra Madhukar
(Dr. Mahendra Prasad Mishra Madhukar)
Poetry, Poetics(Kavyashastra-India and Western), Indian Culture and Philosophy and Aesthetics.
Date Of Birth : 02 / 01/ 1940
Education : M.A.(Hindi), M.A.(Sanskrit), Ph.D, D.Litt.

Post Held :
- Ex. Emeritus Professor(U.G.C),
- Ex. University Professor & Head of Hindi Deptt., B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur (Bihar), India.

Current Principal Engagements:
- Chief Editor of "Naya Aalochak", A quarterly Magazine published since March 1983 from New Delhi.

Other Information :
- Member of Cultural Resources Training Centre(CCRT), Bahawalpur House, Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi(Appointed by Govt. of India, Department of Human Resources Development).
- Visited U.S.A. for five months, 1998.

Professional and Administrative Experience :
1. Post Graduate Teaching Experience under Bihar University Service - 38 yrsr
2. Controller of Examination, Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, Darbhanga -1973-74
3. Senior Member of Bihar University Research Board from 1980 to 2000
4. Ex - Member of Press Board of Bihar University
5. Head of University Department of Hindi, B.R. Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, India.
6. Visiting Professor, Guru Nanak Deo University, Amritsar, 1989
7. Lectures delivered in Lucknow University, 1996
8. Lectures delivered in Nagri Lipi Parishad Conference New Delhi - 1984 & 1985
9.. Lectures delivered on Aesthetics in U.G.C.Seminar of Guwahati University, 1987
10. Attended 13th and 14th meeting of C.C.R.T.
11. Visiting Professor, Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, Vardha, 2003
12. Member of Cultural Resources Training Centre.
13. More than 25 Research Scholars awarded Ph.D & D.Litt. Degree under Guidance.

Publications & Important Writings :
1. Aashadh ke Badal -1958
2. Mahadevi ki Kavya Chetna -1967
3. Aswikrit Indradhanush -1968
4. Upama Alankar -1982
5. Published in Naya Aalochak, New Delhi
6. Published in India Today, New Delhi
7. Seeta Parinayam(Sanskrit Epic) - 1985
8. Acharya Shukala

Awards :
1. SMT. Priyambada Devi Gold Medal in B.A. Honours (Hindi) Examination.
2. University Gold Medal in M.A. (Hindi) Examination.

Field Of Specialisation :
- Poetry, Poetics (Kavyashastra - Indian and Western), Indian Culture and Philosophy and Aesthetics.