Dr Rati Saxena is an eminent Hindi poet, translator and Sanskrit scholar. She has authored three collections of poems in Hindi (Maya mahathagini, ajanmi kavita ki kokh se, sapane dekhata samudra) and one each in English and Malayalam (in translation). Besides, she has written several research articles on Vedic literature and Indology and published critical studies. thus establishing a sound reputation as an academic critic. Her poems are translated into different languages like Malayalam, Punjabi, Konkani, Tamil etc. Rati Saxena’s poetry has been presented in various journals of other parts of the world, like Verasal (Amsterdam, Netherlands and printed in Prague), Edgar literary Magazine (Texas) and gumball poetry etc. Rati Saxena has translated 9 books from Malayalam into Hindi. Translations of some of the most well known Malayalam poems (by Balamani Amma, Ayyappa Paniker, Satchidanandan, etc.) and novels and stories (by Thakazhi and Karoor)have earned her nation-wide respect and recognition. Among the several awards she has received, the most coveted is the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation in 2000. She is also a recipient of the prestigious Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Fellowship, which helped her complete this path-breaking work A seed of mind-=a fresh approach to Atharvavedic study. At present she is editor of kritya.