Ashok Maheshwari is a renowned Hindi writer who did his MA in Hindi Literature from Rohilkhand University. In 1978 he took charge of Vani Prakashan, in 1988 also took charge of one of the major Hindi publications Radhakrishna Prakashan and in 1994, he became the Managing Director of the most prestigious publication institute of Hindi literature Rajkamal Prakashan. Taking forward Rajkamal and Radhakrishna Prakashan on the path of progress, he also took charge of Lokbharti Prakashan in 2005. At present, he is the chairman of ‘Rajkamal Prakashan Group’, a group of three major literary publications of Hindi.