Vandana Parashar (born Vandana Mehta, January 2, 1975, Ambala Cantonment, Haryana, India), past part-time lecturer in microbiology, editor, and poet whose haiku, senryu, tanka, and tanka prose are published in national and international journals and have won top awards in international competitions; has had a haiku shortlisted for a Touchstone Award. Published two senryu chapbooks, I Am (2019) and Alone, I Am Not (2022). An associate editor of haikuKATHA, an editor of Poetry Pea and #FemkuMag, and formerly a featured columnist for Whiptail. Resides in Panchkula, Haryana, India.