Pankaj Mishra is a native of Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh state of India and is working as a Director in the Board of Directors of Indian company at Deepja Marketing Private Limited and Shivashanti Educational and Welfare Foundation. Also, the author has been active in the Indian stock market as a professional investor for the last 10 years. The author is also a motivational speaker and personality development specialist. He has a deep attachment to nature and humanity, this attachment attracts him towards writing.

His key characteristics are big and visionary thinking and a modest lifestyle.