Vinod Bala Arun
Vinod Bala (Vinoo) Arun is a Hindi, Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy scholar. She 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. She then became the first secretary-general of the  World Hindi Secretariat, an organisation set up by the governments of India and Mauritius to promote Hindi across the world. She is currently the vice-president of the Ramayana Centre, set up by an Act of the Parliament of Mauritius in 2001. Radio and TV work. Since 1994, Arun has been creating and delivering popular programmes on radio and TV in Mauritius. Radio: TV: