Meera Johri heads the 108 year old publishing house, Rajpal & Sons. She has an experience of over 25 years in the publishing industry. While she keeps alive the legacy of publishing classic literary works at Rajpal & Sons, she is discovering and launching new authors across different genres in Hindi and English. She is…
Yatish Kumar has made a special creative presence in the literary world in the last few years. His poetic reviews on popular novels, stories and travelogues have particularly attracted the attention of readers. His poems and memoir have been published in most of the reputed magazines namely ‘Naya Gyanodaya’, ‘Hans’, ‘Aha! Zindagi’, ‘Sanmarg’, ‘Prabhat Khabar’…
An award-winning senior publishing professional, Lipika Bhushan heads MarketMyBook, a leading publicity and digital marketing agency for writers and publishers. She founded MarketMyBook in 2013 after heading Marketing at HarperCollins India for about 7 years. MarketMyBook has serviced some of the leading publishers and writers in the world since its inception. Lipika contributes as an…
Swati Chopra has worked for two decades in journalism, media and publishing. She is at present Executive Editor at HarperCollins India, prior to which she was Senior Commissioning Editor at Penguin Random House India. She commissions and publishes non-fiction, encompassing politics, history, investigative journalism, foreign policy and current affairs. Prior to publishing, she worked as…
Mahua Banerjee has worked in the arts and social sector for over a decade and is currently working at British Council as the Arts Manager. She has a deep and abiding interest in arts and literature. Mahua is an avid reader, a strong believer in freedom of expression and democracy, loves traveling, and is ever willing…
Renu Kaul Verma is a publisher with a decade of experience as a former journalist with leading newspapers like The Indian Express and Hindustan Times. She has co-authored a biography on one of the most enigmatic leaders of our time, Selvi Jayalalitha besides running a successful publishing business and a trade newspaper. Today, Vitasta stands…
Born in Kannauj, the city of perfumes, Padmashree Malini Awasthi, much like her name has spread the essence of Indian soil through her passion for Folk Music and traditions. Malini Awasthi currently serves as the Chair Professor for Folklore at Banaras Hindu University and is India’s Representative to UNSECO for its cultural commission. Professor Awasthi,…
Vaishali has done her Master diploma in Journalism from Symbiosis and Masters in English Literature from the University of Rajasthan. She has recently also secured a Certificate in Contemporary British Fiction through an online course run by the Oxford University. She started her career as a journalist with the Indian Express and The Times of…
Trisha De Niyogi is the Chief Operating Officer and Director at Niyogi Books, an homegrown independent publishing house based out of New Delhi, India. In her current role, one of the things she focuses on is business development. While on one hand she has started new lists of fiction, non-fiction and translated books taking literature,…
Minakshi Thakur worked for five years at Westland/Amazon as publisher of its Indian literature imprint. She set up EKA, which is a 360-degree programme for publishing original writing and translations in ten Indian languages including English. Under the imprint she published leading writers like Manoranjan Byapari, Vivek Shanbagh, Volga, Vishwas Patil, Amitav Ghosh, Perumal Murugan, Unni…