Born in the year 1939 in a village in Ludhiana district of Punjab, India, Dr, Raghbir Singh is an eminent literary critic and scholar of Punjabi language.He has worked as a researcher and a teacher at Panjab University, Chandigarh, for 30 years and  was also  Professor and Head of the Department of Punjabi at Punjabi University, Patiala. Since 1965,he has edited and published a  literary quarterly entitled Sirjana, a journal that has contributed to shaping new trends and introducing new talent in Punjabi literature. He has penned, edited, translated and transcribed about a dozen books, Yathaarthi being the foremost book of literary criticism. He was General Secretary of the Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha, the representative organisation of the Punjabi writers. He has also been the main functionary of the Punjab Sahit Academy and Punjab Arts Council, set up by the Punjab Government. He has served as the Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Canada based International  Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature, for four years. Dr. Raghbir Singh has received several awards and honours which include a Fellowship with the Punjabi Sahit Sabha, New Delhi and Shiromani Sahitak Patarkar award of the Punjab Government,