Sh. Sanjeev Chopra is a Senior Fellow of the Centre for Contemporary Studies, Prime Ministers Memorial and Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi and the Festival Director of Valley of Words, a Dehradun based pan- India festival of literature and arts. He superannuated as the Director of LBS National Academy of Administration after 36 years in the IAS. His recent books include The Great Conciliator: Lal Bahadur Shastri and the Transformation of India (Bloomsbury, 2025) and We The People of the States of Bharat: The Making and Remaking of India’s Internal Boundaries (Harper Collins, 2022 HB, 2023 PB)