Jayamant Mishra

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Dr. Jaymant Mishra is a renowned Sanskrit scholar in India. He is also a well-known Maithili poet. He has been awarded several prestigeous honors including "Mahamahopadhyaya", President Award, "Kalidas Samman" and Vanabhatta award. He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award in 1995. His major literary contributions were Mahamanavachampu in Sanskrit and Kavita Kusumanjali - a compilation of Maithili poems, Mahakavi Vidyapati - a commentary of the legendary Maithili poet . He has also been one of the prominent academicians of the Bihar province of India. He served as the Vice Chancellor of K S D Sanskrit University (1985-1990). His closeness to the former chief minister of Bihar Prof. Jagannath Mishra allowed him to wield a wide ranging influence on the education system in the state of Bihar in late 80s and early 90s. The end of his era also marked the collapse of the state education system. Despite his undisputed brilliance as a poet and literary figure, his record as an educator and academician has been a target of many critics.

Most of his literary works have a satirical literary tone which he uses to ridicule human vice and weakness - both on an individual and social level. His works surprise the readers with his progressive views despite the fact that his era was one of the darkest ages of parochialism and denominationalism.