Born in West Bengal (Bankura). Chartered Accountant by education and training. A writer by choice.
Yashodharma is my childhood name; Maanoj Rakhit is my current official name;
For several generations, our family had the tradition of Spirituality and Higher Education. Father was a gold medallist engineer;
High School with two Distinctions and State Merit Scholarship; University Graduate with Sixth Rank; Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary, Computer Systems Analysis Diploma;
Worked in Senior Management positions in different Organizations handling a variety of functions, viz., Cost & Management Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Materials Management, Sales Administration, Project Management, Information Technology Quality Assurance;
Exposure to diverse types of industries, to name a few, Manufacturing industry (Pharmaceutical, Consumer Products, Agricultural Pesticides); Computer Software industry (CAD/CAM Engineering Applications and Environmental Management Information System); other industries (Forestry, Industrial Agriculture, Horticulture, Dairy Husbandry Operations);
Exposure to diverse types of organizations, namely, multinational company, overseas Government business undertaking, family-owned business, and a few start-up ventures;
Worked with various nationalities from different continents (a) Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Omani, Bahraini, Israeli, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, Indonesian, Filipino (b) Tanzanian, Nigerian, Kenyan, Sudanese (c) French, Dutch, British, German (d) New Zealander (e) Canadian, American;
The keyword has been ‘variety’ and, in retrospect, it appears as if there had been a tremendous hurry to gather as much experience as possible, and within as little time as possible;
At age 34, subject of biographical record in Who’s Who in the World, Ed 1987/1988, published by The Marquis Who’s Who Publication Board (since 1898), Chicago, USA;
At age 46, had very deep Spiritual experiences; at 47 gave up work for the living; at 48, began writing as an offering to Ma BhavTaarini and Shri Naaraayan'…
कायेन वाचा मनसेन्द्रियैर्वा बुद्ध्यात्मना वा प्रकृतेः स्वभावात्।
करोमि यद्यत्सकलं परस्मै नारायणायेति समर्पयामि।।