विवेक आत्रेय

**Vivek Atray** is an Indian author, Motivational Speaker and ex- Indian Administrative Service officer. He is the author of four books, titled "It's still a Wonderful Life", "Finding Success Within" "*Move on Bunny!*"  *and "Dubey Ji Bounces Back*". Having worked as an Indian civil servant for 25 years, he took voluntary retirement to pursue his passion for speaking and writing as a full-time profession.  He is an acclaimed speaker too and has eight TEDx talks,  namely "Read a Book, Write a Book", "Winning Through Emotional Intelligence",  "*Being Indian in a Global Era*", "*Life and its real goals*" "*The Ingredients to be an all rounder*," *Living a simple but superb life."* Atray is also a mentor at the Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences.

## <span lang="En" dir="ltr">Early Life</span>

Atray spent most of his early childhood in Delhi, London, and Chandigarh. His father, Jai Prakash Atray, worked as an officer in the Indian Police Service (IPS) and his mother, Rama Atray, was an educationist. He has two sisters, Suruchi and Surabhi, who are twins. His wife, Neena, runs a pre-school, JPA Toddlers' World School, in Panchkula.

He joined the Haryana Civil Service after graduating from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra as an electronics engineer. He was promoted to the Indian Administrative Service in 2010 and was allocated the 2004 batch of IAS. 

## <span lang="En" dir="ltr">Professional Career</span>

Atray started his career in the civil services directly after graduating from college. During his tenure as an IAS officer, Atray undertook a number of reforms in the areas of digital governance, investment promotion, education, tourism and sports management. He was directly involved with the development of the Chandigarh IT Park as Director IT.

Atray also initiated the e-SAMPARK e-Governance project of Chandigarh. When he was posted as Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula, he initiated projects such as Aadar Samman (respect for the elderly) and Village Mentoring. His first book "*Move on Bunny!*"  published in 2011, was about the humorous escapades of a fictional character "Bunny Kapoor" as he takes on every challenge that life throws at him. His second book "*Dubey Ji Bounces Back*"was a critical success. His third book "Finding Success Within" is a motivational book about 52 Life Skills for young people. He is also the author of a fortnightly column called *"Random Forays"*  which is published in the Hindustan Times. His fourth book "It's still a Wonderful Life" is a collection of these columns.

## <span lang="En" dir="ltr">Social Work and Motivational Speaker</span>

Atray is a motivational speaker and has been a speaker at TEDx talks in Vivek High School,  GLIM.  He is also mentor for Kaevalya. Atray is also involved with a number of societies and organisations. He has been organizing the annual JP Atray Cricket Tournament since 1992. Atray is one of the founding members of Chandigarh Literati Society. He encourages the younger generation to adopt a cheerful, positive, and multi-dimensional approach to their lives through his motivational talks all over India.

## Context

श्रेणी:भारतीय अंग्रेज़ी लेखक
श्रेणी:जीवित लोग
श्रेणी:भारतीय प्रशासनिक सेवा अधिकारी
श्रेणी:भारतीय प्रेरक वक्ता