Abhijat Joshi is an Indian academic and screenwriter particularly known for his work with Vinod Chopra Productions, as the screenwriter for Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006),3 Idiots (2009), and PK (2014).
He received his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Texas, Austin. Apart from English, he can fluently read, write and speak Gujarati language as he was born and brought up amidst Gujarati-speaking people.
He is a professor of English at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, since 2003. He lives in central Ohio, where he teaches at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. He is married, and has one daughter.