Hemang Dixit

Who is Hemang Dixit?

Dr. Hemang Dixit is a prominent Nepalese educationalist and author. He is also a renowned consultant paediatrician. He writes novels under the pseudonym Mani Dixit. He is currently the Principal of Kathmandu Medical College. In the past, he had worked as the Dean and Professor of Child Health of Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine . He has written various medical textbooks, novels, children’s books and poems.

His recent novel published in October 2011 is entitled Shatru of Kathmandu. Though a work of fiction, the author used the experience of his attempted murder by extortionists as a starting point for the story.