Jitendra Kumar Soni is an Indian civil servant, a Rajasthani and Hindi writer and translator. Soni obtained an M.A. in Political Science, Philosophy & Public Policy and obtained his Ph.D. in Political Science from Rajasthan University, Jaipur.[citation needed] Soni was district collector for Jalore district in Rajasthan in 2014, and initiated a programme to sanitation, education and health in the district through community involvement. By 2016, Soni had moved to Jhalawar district, where he served as collector and district magistrate until December 2018. Soni initiated a campaign to improve access for disabled people in Jhalawar district; ramps and railings were made mandatory in new government buildings; in December 2016, he said that the district planned to start kiosks for disabled people in old government buildings where there was insufficient space for improving disabled access. In December 2018, Soni was appointed project director for the Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project (RUIDP) of the Government of Rajasthan. It was announced on 4 July 2020 that he had been appointed the next collector of Nagaur district in Rajasthan. He writes in multiple languages including Hindi, Punjabi, and Rajasthani. He has published more than 10 novels, short stories, and collections. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Yuva Puruskar in 2016 for his work Rankhaar. He received the civilian lifesaving award Jeevan Raksha Padak for saving 8 lives. He has been selected in top 10 IAS officers by The Better India.