Rehana Khatoon

[2][3] She was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her contributions to the propagation of Persian language and literature.

[1][5] Prof Rehana Khatoon is undoubtedly the world’s foremost expert on Arzu, and I hope to work primarily with her on Indo-Persian Philosophy and the politics of vernacular culture, wrote Dr. Arthur Dudney,[6] Columbia University, USA, an expert on Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan Arzu, the famous poet-scholar.

[1] In 1980, she joined University of Delhi as a faculty member[2] where she worked till her retirement as the Head of the Department of Persian Language.

She has also served as the member of organizations of forums such as Ghalib Institute, Amir Khusro Society, Encyclopedia of Persian of the Subcontinent and Anjuman Tarriqi Urdu.

[1][9] She has also received many other awards such as: Rehana Khatoon is credited with several books,[10] over 30 in number, on topics such as lexicography, comparative philology and Persian language and literature.