Hiranmayee Mishra is an acclaimed creative writer and has received many awards for her literary excellence. She is a professor and toffers gender training and leads gender sensitization camps for both Government and Non-Government Sectors. Dr. Mishra was awarded a fellowship by the International Ford Foundation and was a Fellow from 2007–2010 at the University of York, UK. She is the author of a book Negotiating Privately for an Effective Role in Public Space.