Ajaya Mahala, a known haiku poet and ace photographer, did his graduation and post –graduation from Ravenshaw and Utkal University, Odisha. Donned with many national and international accolades for writing haiku, Mahala played a major role in organizing Triveni, the World Haiku Utsav 2016 at Pune. Currently, he is working as Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax in Pune, Maharashtra, India.