Dr. Ajeet Arya is currently serving as an Assistant Professor of Hindi in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Mata Tripura Sundari Open University. He holds an M.A. in Hindi from Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) and qualified for the UGC-NET in Hindi (2018). He completed his PhD at the School of Humanities, Hyderabad Central University, with the thesis titled ‘Bhakti Kavita and Western criticism.’ His academic interests include Creative Writing, Literary Theory and Criticism, and Ecocriticism. His research focuses on Hindi Bhakti poetry and Navajagran, the history of Hindi literature, and Western criticism. He has presented 10 research papers at national and international seminars, conferences, and published 8 research articles in UGC CARE-listed journals.