Viru Purohit

Viru Purohit, full name Virendrarai Vrijlal Purohit, is a Gujarati poet and playwright from Gujarat, India. Purohit was born on 20 April 1950 at Bhayavadar village in Saurashtra State (now Gujarat). He completed his Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C.) in 1966. He completed B. A. in 1972, M. A. in 1975. He received Ph. D. in 2002 for his thesis Kavyano Samajik Dharm (Social Responsibility of Poetry). He joined the Sales department of Mukund Iron and Steel Works, Mumbai in 1975. He worked as the visiting professor of Gujarati in several colleges of Gujarat from 1981 to 1990. He works as the professor of Gujarati in Dr. Subhas Mahila Arts College, Junagadh since 1990. He married in 1979 and later separated from his wife.