Nandini Sahu
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.
Nandini Sahu
- Name
- Nandini Sahu
- Born
- 23 July 1973
- Birthplace
- G.
- Occupation
- Professor
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- Hindi · English · Odia
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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.
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Biography
Biography
Her areas of research interest cover Indian Literature, New Literatures, Folklore and Culture Studies, American Literature, Children’s Literature and Critical Theory. 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.
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Key facts
• Name — Nandini Sahu • Born — 23 July 1973 • Birthplace — G. Udayagiri, Orissa, India • Occupation — Professor • Alma Mater — Visva-Bharati University • Occupation — Writer, poet, critic • Office — Vice-Chancellor at Hindi University, Howrah • Term Start1 — 22 December 2024 • Predecessor1 — Vijay Kumar Bharti • Office2 — Professor at Indira Gandhi National Open University • Term Start2 — 2006
Early life
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
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, her representative poems 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.
Selected works
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)
Identity
Identity
Nandini Sahu is recorded as writer, poet and literary scholar.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1973
Nandini Sahu born at G. Udayagiri.
Publications
Publications
Sahu’s works include;
Critical books
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, 2008 • Folklore and the Alternative Modernities(Vol I & II), 2012
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.
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- 1.Home page, "Brief Biography of the Vice Chancellor". Hindi University.
- 2.The Atlantic Literary Review, Volume 7. 2006.
- 3.The Peregrine Muse.com-Poets International. Nandini Sahu.
- 4.Isahitya.com. Book Review : Folklore and the Alternative Modernities. 25 March 2012.
- 5.Poets Printery.com. Nandini Sahu.
- 6.The Other Voice by Nandini Sahu Authors Press. The Tribune. 25 September 2005.
- 7.All About Book Publishing.Com. Poetic tongue is the idiom that comes from the spirit.
- 8.In conversation with Dr Nandini Sahu. Muritius Times.com. 25 October 2013.
- 9.Laudable Folklore Workshop of the MGI's Department of Bhojpuri, Folklore and Oral Traditions. Mauritius Times. 18 October 2013.
- 10.Ignou The People's University. Nandini Sahu Associate Professor.
- 11.The Political Business Daily. Budding writers should take praise and criticism on equal terms. 29 September 2013.
- 12.Higher Education in India.com. IGNOU Likely To Launch MA Programme in Folklore & Culture Studies. 13 October 2010.
- 13.National seminar held at GNDEC. The Indian Express. 9 February 2009.
- 14.https://professornandinisahusita.blogspot.com
- 15.https://professornandinisahupoems.blogspot.com
- 16.Nandini Sahu. Good Reads.
- 17.List of Nandini Sahu books.
- 18.Authorspress. Silver Poems on My Lips. January 2009. 9788172734718.
- 19.Galaxyimrj.com. Sukamaa and other Poems.
- 20.Boloji.com. Nandini Sahu's Magic Cadence of Poetic Thoughts Reigns. 22 September 2013.
- 21.Global Fraternityof Poets.com. Suvarnarekha.
- 22.Black Eagle Books. Medusa. Good Reads. 27 May 2025. 978-1-64560-693-2.
- 23.A.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.."
- 24.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 ... "
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