Jitendra Vasava
Jitendra Vasava is a poet who writes in Dehwali Bhili language. He is the founder and president of Adivasi Sahitya Akademi, based in Mahupada village, Narmada district, Gujarat. He has published six books on tribal oral literature and a chapbook of poetry, Asabhya Ghoshit Mahuva (2023). He edited Geet Kavita (2019), Adivasi Sahitya Movement of Gujarat. His doctoral research focused on the cultural and mythological aspects of the oral folk tales of the Bhils of Narmada district. He is currently doing post-doctoral research at IIT, Gandhinagar on the cultural and linguistic study of the environmental knowledge systems of the Bhil.
