Ved Kumari Ghai is a sanskrit scholar from India. She was a head of Sanskrit department in the Jammu University. She was born on 16 December 1931, in Pratap Mohallah, Jammu. She completed her school education in Jammu. She completed MA in Sanskrit from Punjab University in 1953 and MA in Ancient Indian History and Culture in 1958 and PhD in Sanskrit in 1960 from Banaras Hindu University. She started her career as a professor of Sanskrit at Government College for Women, Parade, Jammu. She was a head of post graduate level Sanskrit Department, Jammu University until her retirement on 31 December 1991. She taught Panini’s Sanskrit grammar and literature at the Institute of Indian Studies, Copenhagen University, Denmark in 1966-67 and 1978-80. She is also scholar in Dogri language and knows Hindi also. She is also involved in social work. She is a member of Amarnath shrine board.