Career
He has written twelve books and edited the English journal Furtherance and the Urdu montly Shahkaar. Some of his works have been translated into German, Persian and Uzbek Languages. Khalid Alvi received his early education in his home town Chandpur, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh and then he joined the University of Delhi as a Research Scholar.
During his stay at University of Delhi as a research scholar he was invited to deliver a series of lecture on Indian literature by Peshawar University, Oriental Institute Tashkent and some other Organisations in various parts of the world.
After Alvi finished his Master of Philosophy, he was offered an assistant professorship at the college of Delhi University.