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Kalpana Purohit is Professor in the Department of English at Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur. Her earlier stint as the Head of the Department, Birla Institute Mumbai and the first Coordinator of Communicative English, mumbai University sponsored by UGC reflected her administrative acumen. A member of several academic forums, Editorial Boards and an active researcher, she has extensively published articles in journals of national and international repute. She has published books on D.H. Lawrence, Absurd theatre and Literature for Children. A widely travelled person, she has also presented several papers at seminars and conferences and actively engaged in supervising Ph. D Scholars. Her areas of interest are American Drama, British Short Stories, Post Colonial Literature, Comparative Literature, Women's Studies, Media and Communication, French Studies. She is a recipient of prestigious Hira Lal Shastri Award for Women Education.