Ashutosh Potdar is an award-winning Indian writer known for his one-act plays, full-length plays, poems, translations and short fiction. He writes in both Marathi and English and has seven published books to his credit. He is currently an Associate Professor of Literature and Drama at the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies (School of Design, Art, and Performance) at FLAME University, Pune. He is the publisher and editor of हाकारा | hākārā.