Neelam Saxena Chandra completed her Engineering in Electronics & Power Engineering from V.N.I.T., Nagpur and went on to finish PG Dip in I.M & HRD and PG Dip in Finance Mgmt. At present, she is working for the Indian Railways. She shares from an incurable passion of writing poetry and fiction. Around six hundred of her stories/poems have been published in various leading Indian as well as international magazines, anthologies and journals.

Books published:

1. Can I have this chance - A novel by Authors Press 
2. Soul Seekers- A novel by LiFi Publications 
3. Layers of flickering lights – A poetry collection by Authorspress India.
4. Silhouette of Reflections – A poetry collection by YS Books International.
5. Hues of Love – A poetry collection by Writers Empire.
6. Rishtey Mohabbat ke – A short story collection in Hindi by Omji Publishers.
7. Treacherous Lady – A novella by Pageturn Publishers.
8. Tales from Sundervan – A short story collection for children by Sahni Publications.
9. Chanda – A picture book for children by Room to Read.
10. Pankhudiyan – A short story collection for children by Sadhna Publications.
11.Five tales – A short story collection for children by Naman Publications.

Awards:

· Awarded by Children Book Trust, India in 2009.
· Awarded by eminent poet/lyricist Gulzarji in a Poetry Contest organized by American Society on the topic ‘Poetry for Social Change’.
· Awarded Premchand Puraskar by Ministry of Railways (II prize).

Neelam also debuted as a lyricist in Shankar Tucker's composition 'Mere Sajan sun sun' at the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auRmXTmVwrY and the song has won the 'Popular Choice' award in Folk Fusion category in Radio City Freedom Awards.