Manoj Khanderia (6 July 1943 – 27 October 2003) was an Indian poet and a Ghazal writer of Gujarati language.

He studied at various schools in various towns of Gujarat including Dhoraji, Veraval, Junagadh, Morbi, Rajkot and Jamnagar because his father was a revenue officer who was transferred several times.

In December 1965, his ghazal Divaalo (The wall) was published first time in Kumar, a Gujarati literary magazine.

[4][5][6] His poetry collections and anthologies include Achaanak (1970), Atkal (1979), Anjani (1991), Hastprat (1991), and Kyany Pan Gayo Nathi (posthumous, 2003).

[2] In his lifelong career as a poet, he also organized and was a part of countless mushairas, poetic symposia and recitals.