Nalin Chandrakant Raval (17 March 1933 – 5 April 2021) was a Gujarati poet and short story writer from India.

He briefly taught in Bharuch and Nadiad before joining B. D. Arts College at Ahmedabad as a professor of English.

He had three sons Kartik, Ashutosh, Biren and a daughter Rajul.

[2] Paschatya Kavita (1973) is a work of criticism on Western poetry.

Kavitanu Swarup (2001) is critical survey of other poets and their works.