Ajay Mankotia pursued BA in Economics (Honours) from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University followed by a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University. He also has a Diplôme D’études Superiéures Spécialisées in International Economic Relations from the University of Paris-XI, Paris, and Master’s Degree in Law (LLM) from Law Centre, Delhi University. Ajay, who joined the Indian Revenue Service in 1982, has worked at a wide variety of posts in the Indian Government, including Chief Vigilance Officer of some public sector fertiliser companies. He retired as Commissioner of Income Tax with Voluntary Retirement in 2008 after having spent twenty-six years as a taxman and joined a media company as President (Corporate Planning and Operations). He presently runs his own Tax and Legal Advisory. With his vast areas of interests, Ajay regularly writes articles on tax, vigilance, music, films, sports, defense and other topics of interest in newspapers and online news portals. He is married to Atima Mankotia and has a daughter and a son.