Archives: Authors

Gezim Gashi is a storyteller, producer, mentor, speaker, educationalist, branding guru and a partner in the OCS Institute for the Arts & Innovation in Los Angeles, California. He has worked with companies such as Walt Disney Company and Quincy Jones Productions. TThis is his first book. Originally from Akllap, Kosovo, he grew up in Alvesta, Sweden and now lives in New York City and California.

Aisha Sarwari is a public speaker, writer and women’s rights advocate. She is the co-founder of Women’s Advancement Hub. She has provided opinions for The Guardian, Dawn, BBC World, NPR, TRT World and The Express Tribune. Between San Jose and Islamabad, she has been working in the field of public affairs and communications for over 20 years across several industries. Twitter: @AishaFsarwari

Nawaz Modi Singhania is a leading fitness expert. She founded the fitness centre Body Art in 1992. Over the years, classes and members have been able to engage in holistic mind-body-spiritual-emotional-psychological fitness programmes. The fitness centres attract industrialists, actors, models, politicians and stage personalities, including Amruta Fadnavis, Harsha Bhogle, Lisa Ray, Dr Swati Piramal, Poonam Soni, Atul and Gayatri Ruia and Sanjay Narang.
Nawaz is also a columnist and has appeared on fitness shows as a judge and trainer.

Adam Ashton and Adam Jones are two Aussie blokes who love reading great books. Each week they share the best bits from the best books and interview the world’s top minds across genres, such as business, self-help, personal success, money, finance, etc. The idea is to help people improve every area of their lives, from health to wealth, from relationships to mindset. The authors inspire people to develop healthier habits and drop the ones that are holding them back.

C. Raju is a full professor in the domain of quantitative methods and operations management at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India.

Prof. Raju steered the MBA programme under the executive education of IIMK to a global level. He served as dean-administration and development, dean of extension programmes, and dean-executive education at IIMK from 2017 to 2021. He played a key role as nodal professor, the Indian Institute of Management Amritsar from October 2017 to November 2019.

He received his bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD degrees in statistics from the University of Madras. He was a Council of Scientific & Industrial Research research fellow. His doctoral work revolves around acceptance sampling. He has several publications in international peer-reviewed journals. Prof. Raju’s research interests include acceptance sampling, multivariate data analysis and PLS Regression.

Gauranga Darshan Das, a disciple of His Holiness Radhanath Swami, is a distinguished educator and spiritual author of over thirty-five books. He holds a master’s degree in systems science and automation from the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. During his brief corporate career, spanning two years, he conducted research at organizations such as TCS Innovation Labs, resulting in the publication of over ten technical papers and the filing of a provisional patent. His unique journey also led him to embrace the path of monkhood in 2009.

In his current role as dean of Bhaktivedanta Vidyapitha at ISKCON Govardhan Ecovillage outside Mumbai, Gauranga Darshan Das conducts spiritual education programmes on both residential and online platforms. He is a prolific speaker and teacher, renowned for presenting timeless wisdom in a lucid and contemporary form to diverse audiences, including children, teens, professionals and educators. He travels to places in India, Australia, the United States, etc., to share wisdom in various forums, including temples, ashrams, schools, colleges and the corporate sector. He has
lectured over 7500 hours and conducted over fifty online courses (www.vidyapitha.in).

As an accomplished author, he has penned several study guides (the Subodhini series), storybooks, self-enrichment works (Dhruva, Disapproved but not Disowned, Answers to Life’s Questions, among others) and children’s literature (Mindful Me, Bhagavatam Tales and Gita Wisdom Tales series). He runs a monthly ezine called Bhagavata Pradipika and pens thought-inspiring articles for international
and Indian Back to Godhead magazines. His dedication to the dissemination of spiritual wisdom has made him a respected figure in spiritual, educational and corporate circles.

Know more about him on www.gaurangadarshan.com.

Payal Anand is an associate professor of organizational behaviour at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode, India. She has been affiliated with IIM Kozhikode since 2019. She has also taught at IIM Raipur and FLAME University, Pune, at various levels. She has been awarded her PhD from IIM Indore. Her research interest mainly includes workplace loneliness, personality traits and emotions. Her work has been appreciated by the international journal of repute such as the International Journal of Human Resource Management and Journal of Knowledge Management. She is a recipient of the prestigious ‘The Michael Poole Highly Commended Award for the year 2019’.

Upinder Singh is Professor of History at Ashoka University. Her interests range over ancient Indian history and archaeology, the history of ideas, and India’s connections with the wider world. She is the author of Kings, Brahmanas, and Temples in Orissa: An Epigraphic Study (ad 300-1147); Ancient Delhi; The Discovery of Ancient India: Early Archaeologists and the Beginnings of Archaeology; A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the Twelfth Century; The Idea of Ancient India: Essays on Religion, Politics, and Archaeology; and Political Violence in Ancient India. She has edited Delhi: Ancient History; Rethinking Early Medieval India; and The World of India’s First Archaeologist: Letters from Alexander Cunningham to J .D. M. Beglar; and co-edited Ancient India: New Research; Asian Encounters: Exploring Connected Histories; and Buddhism in Asia: Revival and Reinvention.