Rijuta Gupta formally stepped into literary writing with her debut novel Love Alive. She is equally at ease with the poetry writing, both in English as well as in Hindi.
Born on 20th September 1976, Rijuta Gupta graduated in Civil Engineering from NIT, Jamshedpur and is a gold-medallist in Mtech (Environmental Engineering) from NIT, Jaipur. She also gained PG Diploma in Urban Environmental Management and Law from NLU-Delhi, CEL & WWF-India. Rijuta is working in Municipal Corporation of Delhi for the past twenty years and has a decade-long experience in solid waste management.
Her second novel, The Waste Deity entwines her expertise in solid waste management with her storytelling skills.