Akham Nilabirdhwaja Singh was born in 1953.He started writing poems since high school days.During college days he published articles in local newspapers and a weekly English journal.He was also in the editorial board of Dhanamanjuri College annual magazine in 1969 then the only government college in Manipur and famous in North East India.
In 1969 he acted in a play entitled Sanagi Saji meaning Golden Deer written by Padmashree G.C.Tongbra, Sahitya Academi Awardee (alongwith Loitongbam Dorendra Singh a renowned theater actor, Director and Bollywood actor.) The play was well recieved by the audience.
One of his poems was Dramatised by Public Arts And Dramatic Association and won second position in the State Creative Director's Short Play Competition in 2022 organised by Society Theater under the aegis of Sangeet Natak Academy, New Delhi.In all the play won seven awards of excellence.
Some of his poems were featured in the International Poetry Anthologies published by Arczis Web Technologis inc and PoetrySoup.Com.
His poems were published in Manipuri and English in local newspapers and Poetry websites.