Aju Mukhopadhyay is a poet, essayist, feature and fiction writer.  He has ten books in English and twelve books in Bangla. He has three books of poems published in English, titled The Witness Tree, Short Verse Vast Universe and In Celebration of Nature besides two books of poems in Bangla. He regularly writes in magazines, e-zines and sometimes in newspaper pages. Quite a few of his works have been included in anthologies. He has been awarded Certificate of Competence as a Published Writer by the Writers Bureau, Manchester, UK and awarded Best Poet of the Year-2003 by the Poets International, Bangalore, India. He is a member of the Research Board of Advisors of the American Biographical Institute.