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Ajaysinh Chauhan

Indian literary critic

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Source revisionMar 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ50359891
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Ajaysinh Chauhan is a Gujarati writer and critic from Gujarat, India. He was a registrar of the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi and an editor of its organ, Shabdasrishti.

Life

He was born on 25 September 1983. He completed Bachelor of Arts in 2003, Master of Arts in 2005, and MPhil in 2006 from the Sardar Patel University. He obtained PhD from the same university in 2013 under Manilal H. Patel; for his research work Adhunikottar Gujarati Kavita (Postmodern Gujarati poetry).

He served as the Senate Member of Faculty of Arts and as the Member of Gujarati Board of Studies at Sardar Patel University. He was a member of Governing Body of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 2013 to 2017. Since 2018, he serves as a registrar of Gujarat Sahitya Akadami.

Works

He published his Ph.D. thesis, Adhunikottar Gujarati Kavita, as a book in 2013. He edited Amritlal Vegadnu Pravas Sahitya, Sarvatraramya Narmada, Gaam Javani Hath Chhodi De (poems of Manilal H. Patel) and Kalavithi.

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