Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947) is a noted Indian poet, anthologist, literary critic and translator. He is the author of four books of poems and one of translation. His Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets (1992) has been a significant and influential work in Indian poetry. He has edited several books of translation and critical writing, including An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English (2003).  He was nominated for the chair of Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford in 2009.