Gouri Dharmapal (1931–2014)[2] was an Indian poet,[3] Sanskrit scholar, and the former head of the department of Sanskrit at Lady Brabourne College at the University of Calcutta.
In 2010 she was awarded a Certificate of Honour by the President of India.
[4] She graduated from Kolkata's renowned Scottish Church College in 1951.
[5] Post Graduated from Calcutta University in 1954 and was subsequently awarded an Ishan Scholarship by the University of Calcutta for postgraduate studies.
She has been a novelist, essayist, Indologist, as well as a storyteller for children's books.