Dr. Richa Saxena was born and raised in New Delhi, India. After successfully completing her graduation in medicine from the prestigious Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, she pursued her masters in Gynecology from Delhi University, and did a clinical research project at the renowned alma mater All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

To further enhance her knowledge in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, she went to the UK to pursue MRCOG (Member of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists).

Her interests are multifarious and she is an artistic and creative person. In contrary to her shy personality from outside, from within she is an articulate, vivacious, multifaceted and light-hearted person. Her great passion for writing has brought nearly 14 medical books and few works of fiction in her kitty.

She is strongly passionate about promoting woman’s health. She is the council member of WICCI (women’s Indian chamber of commerce and industry: lifestyle and fitness, Maharashtra chapter) and is a social contributor towards woman’s health. She feels that not only in India, but world-wide, women need to be educated to take care of their own health. She visualises a world where all women are healthy and are empowered with enough knowledge to help keep themselves and their families disease free.

She has written several articles pertaining to the health care for general public as well as health care professionals. One of her significant contribution to social welfare is “Nine Things for Nine Months of Pregnancy”, a publication in collaboration with Glaxo Smith Kline Pharmaceuticals Limited, published by M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, issued in public interest and social awareness.

This book has been translated and printed in seven different regional languages (Marathi, Bengali, Gujrati, Tamil, Telegu, Kannada and Malayalam) besides Hindi and English. It was distributed free of cost to pregnant women all over the country.

She is also the co-author of the book “Jeffcoate’s principles of gynecology” (9 th edition), a bible of gynecology. This is a textbook of gynaecology which is read by millions of students world-wide and was first written by Sir Norman Jeffcoate (UK) in the year 1958. Membership of Royal college of Obstetrics and gynecology (MRCOG) degree is an internationally respected and considered as a gold standard qualification for career progression in obstetrics and gynecology. Acquisition of this degree requires completion of a three-part examination. She has written books on all the 3 parts of the MRCOG exam. She is also the course director and mentor of an online interactive e-learning platform for MRCOG aspirants, www.crackingmrcog.com, to help the candidates crack all the three parts of the exam.

She is the recipient of the Rotary Vocational Excellence award (2017-2018) for exemplary service in the speciality of obstetrics and gynecology. Her priceless possessions are her two naughty and adorable nephews “Akshar” (meaning: letter) and “Shabd” (meaning: word); she rightly says “Akshar and Shabd give meaning to my writing”.