▁took ▁the ▁I A ▁ex ams ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁from ▁Bi har ▁University ▁with ▁Comp uls ory ▁English , ▁Comp uls ory ▁H indi , ▁Psych ology , ▁Log ic , ▁and ▁special ▁H indi ▁as ▁his ▁subjects . ▁He ▁completed ▁his ▁B A ▁( H ons .) ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁from ▁Jam sh ed pur ▁Co - oper ative ▁College ▁( R an chi ▁University ) ▁in ▁H indi . ▁He ▁completed ▁his ▁MA ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁at ▁Ram jas ▁College ▁( Univers ity ▁of ▁Del hi ), ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁received ▁his ▁Ph D ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Del hi . ▁ ▁Early ▁writ ings ▁ ▁His ▁first ▁story ▁was ▁in ▁sixth ▁grade ▁for ▁the ▁hand written ▁class ▁magazine . ▁In ▁e ighth ▁grade , ▁his ▁Ur du ▁story ▁H ind ost an : ▁J ann at ▁N ish an ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁school ' s ▁printed ▁magazine . ▁As ▁a ▁child ▁author , ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁H indi ▁stories ▁were ▁published ▁by ▁K ish ore ▁( Pat na ) ▁and ▁A va az ▁( D han bad ). ▁During ▁his ▁I A ▁years , ▁Sar ita ▁( Del hi ) ▁published ▁his ▁story ▁Pa ani ▁ka ▁Jug , ▁Gil as ▁aur ▁K et li ▁in ▁its ▁N ae ▁An kur ▁(" New ▁Spr outs ") ▁column . ▁ ▁After ▁February ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁his ▁works ▁started ▁getting ▁published ▁regularly . ▁He ▁cons