| Parichay Das परिचय दास | |
| Birth Name: | Ravindra Nath Srivastava |
| Birth Place: | Devlaas in Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | writer, editor |
Parichay Das (born Ravindra Nath Srivastava), is an Indian writer, essayist, poet and editor of contemporary Bhojpuri poetry.[1] He is Professor and Head, Department of Hindi, Nava Nalanda Mahavihara Deemed University. He writes in Bhojpuri and Hindi. He earned his Ph.D. from Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. He is former Secretary, Maithili-Bhojpuri Academy and ex-Secretary, Hindi Academy under Delhi Government. He has written/ edited/ text edited more than 30 books. He received Dwi-Vaageesh Samman award for "Srijan Evam Anuvaad" [Creative Writing and Translation] by the Bhartiya Anuvad Parishad [Translator's Association of India] in 2012.[1] He received Bhojpuri Keerti Sammaan, Bharteey Dalit Sahitya Sammaan, Shyam Narayan Pandey Sammaan, Editor's Choice Award and Damodar Das Chaturvedi Bhasha-Sahitya Sammaan. He delivered a lecture on Bhojpuri in Kathmandu as representative of Kendriy Sahitya Akademi in 2012. He recited his poems in 'SAARC Literary Summit ' in Delhi in 2011. He is considered a unique personal essay writer in Indian Languages and path breaker poet in Bhojpuri.
He was born in the village Rampur Devlaas in Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] He was secretary, Hindi Academy, Delhi Government and Secretary, Maithili - Bhojpuri Academy of the Government of Delhi.His wife Vandana Srivastava is a welknown and trend setter artist in 'Bhojpuri Painting'. She developed Bhojpuri Painting from tradition to contemporary dimensions .
Das has served as a secretary to Maithili–Bhojpuri Academy[1] and Hindi Academy[2] of the Delhi Government*He has also worked as an editor to the academies' magazines, Parichhan and Indra Prasth Bhaarti.
Edited an important creative literary critical book in Bhojpuri language on Bhikhari Thakur, a well-known actor and playwright in Bhojpuri.
Edited more than 25 cultural packages, including:
Edited/Text Edited Magazines
Some Discourses and Lectures/ Poetry Recitation -
Lecture on Bhojpuri Literature and Language in kathmandu [Sahitya Akademy Representative][2012 ]
Organising Events and Activities: Cultural Programmes