Dr. Awdhesh K. Singh is a best-selling author, educator and a former IRS officer. He took voluntary retirement in 2016 after serving the Government for over twenty-five years. He was awarded ‘Certificate of Merit’ by the World Customs Organization (WCO) in 2011 and ‘Presidential Award’ by the Government of India in 2015. He is the Founder of Awdhesh Academy, an online learning platform and among the best educators of Civil Services courses of ‘Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude’ and ‘Essay and Answer Writing’ on Unacademy. He has done his B. Tech. from IIT (BHU) Varanasi, M. Tech. from IIT Delhi and Ph.D. from ABV - Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management (IIITM) Gwalior. He is a prolific writer who has authored five books on the topics of Spiritual Intelligence, Leadership, Myths, GST and Happiness. He has written over 500 articles and over 5,000 answers on Quora.com. He has been a ‘Top Quora Writer’ and presently the ‘Fifth Most Followed Writers in the World’ on Quora with over 3 lakh followers and over 150 Million views on his answers.