Education
While working in a telegraph office in Palitana, he completed his Master of Arts
While working in a telegraph office in Palitana, he completed his Master of Arts
He had composed over 2200 poems in Sanskrit as of 1992. in Sanskrit from Saurashtra University with first rank, and subsequently became a lecturer at H. K. Arts College, Ahmedabad. He did his B.Ed and Doctor of Philosophy from Gujarat University. He lives in Gandhinagar.
In 2010 he was awarded a Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar in Gujarat.
He participated in the Kavisammelana at the 13th World Sanskrit Conference, Edinburgh and the 14th World Sanskrit Conference, Kyoto. He is credited with introducing Japanese Haiku and Tanka, and Korean Sijo, into.
Samir Kumar Datta puts in him the category of modernist or revolutionary Sanskrit poets, and says: Harshadev Madhav is a modern poet in true sense of the term. He thinks that poetry should appeal first to intellect and thereafter to emotion.
In the eternal controversy between intellectuality and emotionalism Harshadeva takes side of intellectuality Harshadev happens to be one of the most profound modern Sanskrit poets.
He betrays the great influence exerted on him by modern vernacular poetry and some of the images carved out by modern vernacular poets.