A trilingual author of more than fifty books in English and Hindi, P C K Prem (p c katoch, Malkher GarhPalampur, a former academician, civil servant and member, HP Public Service Commsion, Shimla) postgraduated in English literature from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1970. Katoch Prem (a winner of several awards) is a poet, novelist, short story writer and critic in English and Hindi from Himachal Pradesh.