Nandini Sahu (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian poet and creative writer.
In 2025, she is the Vice Chancellor, Hindi University, West Bengal. She is also Ex-Director, School of Foreign Languages and professor of English at Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU], New Delhi. Her areas of research interest cover Indian Literature, New Literatures, Folklore and Culture Studies, American Literature, Children’s Literature and Critical Theory. She is the Chief Editor/Founder Editor of Interdisciplinary Journal of Literature and Language(IJLL), and Panorama Literaria, both bi-annual peer-reviewed journals in English. She is also professor of English at the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India. She has written several books including poetry in English. Her poetry has been published in India, US, UK, Africa and Pakistan. She has won three gold medals in English literature and also the award of All India Poetry Contest in 1993 at Saint Xavier College, Ranchi and Shiksha Ratna Purashkar. She is also editor in chief of Interdisciplinary Journal of Literature and Language
Early life Sahu was born on 23 July 1973 in G. Udayagiri in Orissa, India. Her parents were teachers in Indian local schools. She and her five sisters grew up in an obedience life. She accomplished her doctorate in English literature under the guidance of Niranjan Mohanty, Professor of English, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan. She is also obtaining D.Litt, on Native American Literature. She is serving as Professor of English language at the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. She has also attended national seminars.
Literary career Sahu has written several books including poetry collections. Her writings are based on the subjects of Indian-English Literature, American Literature, English Language Teaching (ELT), Folklore and Culture Studies and also Children's literature. The Hindi Translator Dinesh Kumar Mali had translated her poetry Sita in Hindi,https://professornandinisahusita.blogspot.com her representative poems https://professornandinisahupoems.blogspot.com as well as her stories. She has designed and developed programmes on Folklore and Culture studies for IGNOU. She is also the editor-in-chief of Interdisciplinary Journal of Literature And Language, New Delhi. Moreover, Sahu has delivered lectures on various subjects in India and abroad.
Awards Award of All India Poetry Contest Award of Shiksha Ratna Purashkar Three Gold Medals in English literature Poiesis Award of Honor-2015 Buddha Creative Writers’ Award The Gold Medal from the Vice-President of India for her contribution to English Studies in India.
Publications Sahu’s works include;
Selected works The Other Voice, a collection of poems, 2004 The Silence, 2005 Silver Poems on My Lips, 2009 Sukamaa and Other Poems Published by The Poetry Society of India, Gurgaon Suvarnarekha : An anthology of Indian women poets Sita (A Poem) Dynamics of Children’s Literature Zero Point Re-reading Jayanta Mahapatra: Selected Poems_ सीता महाकाव्य: हिन्दी अनुवाद_ A Song Half & Half_ Shedding-Metaphors_ Medusa (2025)
Critical books Recollection as Redemption, 2004 Post Modernist Delegations in English Language Teaching: The Quixotic Deluge, 2005 The Post Colonial Space: Writing the Self and The Nation, 2008A.C. Bradley Oxford Lectures On Poetry – Page 400 1999 "Also of Interest The Post-Colonial Space : Writing the Self and the Nation, Ed.Nandini Sahu.."Mohit Kumar Ray Studies In Elt, Linguistics And Applied Linguistics Page vii 2004 "Dr Nandini Sahu makes out a case for Indian poetics as a significant body of critical criteria and pleads for their ... " Folklore and the Alternative Modernities(Vol I & II), 2012
See also List of Indian poets List of Indian writers List of women writers
References
External links Poems By Dr Nandini Sahu (Confluence - South Asian Perspectives) Nandini Sahu's Silver Poems on My Lips - A Search for Love in Vacuum Dr. Nandini Sahu's The Other Voice: An enduring poetic legacy Bilingual blog of poems of Dr Nandini Sahu Bilingual blog of Sita of Dr Nandini Sahu Dr. Nandini Sahu