Born, brought-up and educated in Delhi, Divya Mathur worked as Medical Secretary for nearly 15 years at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, where she committed herself to help the blind. She is Executive Director of a charity in London, which helps the blind to be self-reliant. An MA in English, she has diplomas in Journalism from Delhi and Glasgow. She devised shorthand for Ophthalmology in 1972 to facilitate her work at the Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences.

Recently honoured with the NRI Literary Award (Aksharam), Divya has been the Arts Achiever of the Year Award-2003 (Decibel sponsored by the Arts Council of England) for outstanding contribution and innovation in the field of Arts. She was given the Experience Corps Certificate of Recognition & Merit to mark her contribution in the community. She was also invited to receive the Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart Award (Honouring individuals of Inspiration and Dedication) by The Peace Meditation Mission of the United Nations. She has also won an Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry by the International Library of Poetry.

A nominated Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Divya aims at addressing the cultural aspirations of the Indian community and promoting Indo-British dialogue at the level of thoughts and shared experience. In 1992, she joined hands with the team chosen by Minister (Culture) and Director, Mr Gopal Gandhi, to establish The Nehru Centre in London, where she continues to enjoy working as its Senior Programme Officer. She has helped organise thousands of programmes in the last thirteen years. The magnitude of her organisational skills can be seen from the number of programmes she has helped organise - over six hundred programmes in the last three years only.

Editor of Odyssey : Stories by Indian Women Settled Abroad, and Aasha (Hope/Trust/Faith) - stories of distinguished women writers (recently launched in London by Sarah Miles), her other publications include four poetry collections - Rait Ka Likha (Sandscript, with a Forewords by Kanhaiya Lal Nandan and Dr Kamal Kishore Goyenka), Antehsalila (A river that flows in my heart), Khyaal Tera (Perceptions, Foreword by Dr L M Singhvi) and 11 September : Dreams Debris, which was launched by Sushma Swaraj during Pravasi Kavi Sammelan in New Delhi (the Indian Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpeyi sent his endorsement), and a story collection, Akrosh (which won her the Padmanand Sahitya Samman, launched by Prof Stuart McGregor and with a Foreword by Kamleshwar). The three story collections - Odyssey, Asha and Akrosh - have all been recently published in paperback editions. She has also translated into Hindi the BBC's film on cancer.

A novelette, Ek shaam bhar batein and another poetry collection, Chandan Paani, are in Press. Her stories and poems in Hindi and English have been included in many anthologies including The Redbeck Anthology of British South Asian Poetry, Northern Durbar, The North Eastern Durbar, Poems of Cultural Diversity, Dream Catcher, Dhara se gagan tak, Door bagh mein sondhi mitti etc. Translated into many languages, her poems, stories and medical articles (blindness and nutrition) have been published in most of the leading newspapers, journals and magazines. She has been a panelist in several national and international seminars and symposia, including Tulsidas and his Relevance in the Modern Times. Member/Life Member of many associations/societies, she is also on the Editorial Board of many magazines including Pravasi Times, Vishwa Vivek and Purvyee.

Staged at Paul Robson Theatre by Navrang Theatre, Divya's first play Tete-e-tete was critically acclaimed. Her other stories have also been staged. A selection of her poems, choreographed by Dr Geetha Upadhyaya of Kala Sangam, was presented through four diverse forms of Indian classical dance forms at the Cartwright Museum in Bradford. Gitanjali Multilingual Literary Circle and Sampad invited her to speak on Poetry and Its Procreation by Women Poets of the Indian Sub-continent at Hexagon Theatre in Birmingham. She has been a panelist in varied seminars and symposia, including Tulsidas and his relevance in the modern times and Experiences as a writer in Britain. Interviewed by Zee TV for its East meets West series, Divya is regularly invited to read her stories and poems by varied organizations including the Sunrise Radio, Zee TV and BBC radio.

Founder President of Vatayan : Poetry on South Bank, Divya is on the Panel of AnSer House of Marlow, Nazia Hasan Foundation Awards and several other Competitions including the High Commission of India.

An Associate of the International PEN Foundation, Founder Member of The Asha Foundation, ex-Chairperson of Katha-UK, Vice President of Hindi Samiti-UK, Advisor to the Charnwood Arts (Loughborough) and Co-Chair in the Organising Committee for the World Hindi Conference, an executive of the Hindi Paramarsh Mandal, Divya has been convenor/chair of several academic sessions. Dr Archana Devi of Kanpur University has completed a postgraduate dissertation last year entitled Divya Mathur's Literary Accomplishment. She has been listed in the Great Women of the 21st Century and Asian Who's Who.