Dr. Sanskritirani Desaiis a distinguished poet, academician, and management professional whose work bridges the worlds of art, literature, and technology. She has received over thirteen awards for her poetry collections, management research, and teaching excellence. Her celebrated poetry collections — Suryo Ja Suryo(1993), Shabda Na Aakashma Kudko (2010), and Shabdadaabadio(2020) — have earned recognition from Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Gujarati Sahitya Akademi, and Maharashtra Rajya Gujarati Sahitya Akademi. More than forty anthologies, including several of the Delhi Sahitya Akademi, feature her poems.
She has translated eminent Russian poets such as Anna Akhmatova, Pushkin, Alexander Blok, and Marina Tsvetaeva into Gujarati and English, and has represented Gujarati poetry at major literary events across India.
A Ph.D. in Management Studies (Mumbai University), she also holds a Master’s in Statistics and an MBA (Finance). Professionally, she has served as General Manager (IT) in leading public sector companies and teaches MBA and Executive MBA programmes in India and abroad. She has also taught Defence personnel at INS Hamla including Army Major, Squadron leader and defence personnel of friendly nations.
A versatile personality, Dr. Desai is trained in Bharatanatyam under Smt. Vyjayanthimala, holds a brown belt in Karate, and haslearnt languages including Russian, Sanskrit, Hindi (Rashtrabhasha Ratna) , and Bengali.
Her father Dr Sudhir Desai well known poet, essayist and thinker and motherSmt Tarinibahen Desai a reputed modern short story writer have between them more than forty books and many awards.