Sudhansu Mohanty has written extensively in the national media and authored several books. His last book, Anatomy of a Tumour: A Patient’s Intimate Dialogue with the Scourge, was published in 2013. A former bureaucrat, who relentlessly pleaded for transparency and ethical governance, he is now working on his memoir of environment & forests ministry, where he served first as a Director and later as an additional secretary, before moving over to the ministry of defence. He lives in Bangalore with his wife Shukla.