Sunil Jogi is an Indian author poet of comic verses and the chairman of Hindustani Academy, a post holding the rank of a Minister of State in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Born on 1 January 1971 to Ram Prakash Trivedi and Arundati Devi in Kanpur, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Jogi secured his masters (MA) and doctoral (PhD) degrees in Hindi literature. He is the author of over 75 books and is the president of MAA Foundation, New Delhi, a non profit organization promoting sustainable education in the rural areas. Jogi was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.