Ravinder Singh

Ravinder Singh

Singh was born into a Sikh family in Kolkata. He spent his childhood in the small town of Burla in Orissa.He completed his schooling from Guru Nanak Public School, Sambalpur. He received a Bachelor of Engineering degree inComputer Science from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College in Karnataka. Then he moved to Chandigarh to work at Infosys Technologies for five years. He is now pursuing his MBA at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.

He met his girlfriend on a matrimonial website and she died in 2007 before they could become formally engaged. He adapted his own story into a novel. The book I Too Had a Love Story was reviewed by N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus of Infosys Technologies, who called it "Simple, honest and touching".

Singh's first book is based on a real-life incident of his meeting a girl and his love life. After a six month search, an editing team sent the manuscript to the publisher Shristi, who published the book. The book was unveiled at a press conference in Chandigarh by Anupam Mittal. He also launched the audio version of I Too Had a Love Story in mid-2011. I Too Had a Love Story is also published in Kannada language, entitled Nanda du Ondu prem kathe.