Jaya Mehta

Jaya Mehta
Born(1932-08-16)16 August 1932
Koliyak village, British India (now Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India)
Died26 August 2025(2025-08-26) (aged 93)
Occupation
  • Poet
  • critic
  • translator
LanguageGujarati
EducationM.A., Ph. D.
Alma materSNDT Women's University
Academic background
ThesisHumour in Gujarati Poetry and Drama upto 19th-century with Special Reference to Akho, Premanand, Shamal, Dalpatram and Navalram (1973)
Doctoral advisorAnsuya Trivedi

Jaya Vallabhdas Mehta (16 August 1932 – 26 August 2025) was a Gujarati poet, critic and translator from Gujarat, India. She was educated and later worked at SNDT Women's University.