Dr. Rasheed Ashraf Khan is a young scholar of Urdu literature, a prose writer, poet, and a professor in the Department of Urdu at the University of Mumbai. He has conducted significant research on the aesthetics of modern Urdu poetry, literary criticism, and both classical and contemporary Urdu literature.

As a faculty member in the Urdu Department at Mumbai University, he has not only conducted literary surveys and critical analyses but also published several scholarly articles, such as “Kai Chand The Sar-e-Aasmaan: A Critical Study.” His literary discourse introduced fresh perspectives on classical poetry and prose, which have been widely appreciated by scholars and critics alike