| Vinod Bala Arun | |
| Birth Place: | Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Occupation: | Scholar |
| Nationality: | Mauritian |
Dr Vinod Bala (Vinoo) Arun is the President of the Ramayana Centre,[1] set up by an Act of the Parliament of Mauritius in 2001 for the promotion of the values of the Ramayana worldwide.
Prior to taking on her role at the Ramayana Centre, Dr Arun was the former and first secretary-general of the World Hindi Secretariat,[2] an organisation set up by the governments of India and Mauritius to promote Hindi across the world.
She is a Hindi, Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy scholar who was awarded a PhD degree from the University of Mauritius, sponsored by the Tertiary Education Commission on the topic, "A comparative study of the ethical values in Ramayana and Ramacharitmanasa and their impact on the Hindu Society of Mauritius". Arun was the first Sanskrit education officer and one of the first to teach Hindi literature in Mauritius. Subsequently, she was a senior lecturer in Indian philosophy at the University of Mauritius from 2002 to 2010.
Since 1994, Dr Arun has been creating and delivering popular programmes on radio and TV in Mauritius. She is currently presenting Manas Manthan and Manas Moti - respectively weekly and fortnightly radio programmes on the Ramacharitmanas on the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation.
Her past programmes include:
Radio:
TV: