Nishtha Mishra has a PhD in English Literature, from the University of Allahabad, India. She has received the UGC PG Rank Holder Fellowship for University Rank Holders (2011-13), and has received gold medals for academic excellence at graduate and post-graduate levels. She has formerly worked as Guest Faculty at the University of Allahabad, India from July 2016 to April 2020. She is a published author of two anthologies of poems, a collection of biographies, and several international research papers, while two of her books are currently under publication. Apart from this, her articles and poems have also been published in leading Indian dailies like Hindustan Times and JagMarg.