Kalyan Mal Lodha is an educationist, Hindi writer, literary critic and social reformer^{[citation needed]} who served as vice-chancellor of Jodhpur University.^[1]

Lodha was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, and now lives in Kolkata. He has contributed significantly to the cause of Jain religion and Jain community.^{[citation needed]} He was Head of the Department of Hindi at Calcutta University.^{[citation needed]}

Lodha was presented with the Bihari Award by K. K. Birla Foundation at Kolkata for his book titled Vagdwar. It comprises a thorough study of the productions of eight prominent Hindi poets, Tulsi, Soordas, Kabir, Nirala, Maithili Sharan Gupta, Jai Shankar Prasad, Mahadevi Verma and Makhanlal Chaturvedi.^{[citation needed]}