Vihang A. Naik born in Surat, India .He is India's contemporary poet. His poems have appeared in Indian P.E.N., Indian Literature : A Sahitya Akademi Bi-Monthly Journal , Kavya Bharati , POESIS : A Journal of Poetry Circle , Mumbai, The Journal of The Poetry Society (India ), The Journal of Indian Writing In English, The Brown Critique among others. He poetry has also appeared in poetry anthologies. His poetical works include City Times and Other Poems (1993), Making A Poem (2004) and Poetry Manifesto ( New & Selected Poems) (2010). His Gujarati collection of poems titled Jeevangeet (Gujarati poems) (2001) is dedicated to the cause of victims of Gujarat Earthquake 26th January, 2001. He also translates poetry written in Gujarati language into English including his own Gujarati Language poems into English.He lives in Gujarat. India.