Archives: Authors

Deborah Baker is the author of Making a Farm: The Life of Robert Bly, In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1994, A Blue Hand: The Beats in India and The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism, which was a finalist for the National Book Award in the nonfiction category in 2011. She lives in the USA and India.

SUJEEV SHAKYA is a thought leader who traverses many worlds. He earned the title of Nepal’s CEO, ‘chief eternal optimist’, for the optimism he projected in his book, Unleashing Nepal (2009) and subsequently in Unleashing the Vajra (2019) He writes and speaks extensively on business, development, economy and leadership. In 2008, after spending two decades in one of Nepal’s leading business groups, he founded beed, an international management consulting and advisory firm based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is also founder and chair of the Nepal Economic Forum.

NANDAN NILEKANI is the co-founder and chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited. He was founding chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), a Cabinet Minister rank, from 2009-2014. Most recently, Nandan has cofounded and is Chairman of EkStep, a not-for-profit effort to create a learner-centric, technology-based platform to improve basic literacy and numeracy for millions of children. Nilekani was born in Bengaluru. In 2005, he received the Joseph Schumpeter prize for innovative services in economy, economic sciences and politics. In 2006, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan and named Businessman of the year by Forbes Asia. TIME magazine listed him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 and 2009. He also received the 22nd Nikkei Asia Prize for Economic & Business Innovation 2017. He is the author of Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century and the co-author of Rebooting India: Realizing a Billion Aspirations with Viral Shah.

Anju Jain is a senior psychologist and business leader who has worked across multinational organizations in the US and Asia. She has a PhD in developmental psychology from Pennsylvania State University and a collective work experience of over twenty years in academia, business and entrepreneurship. She is the author of Step Up: How Women Can Perform Better for Success.

Dr Rekha Shetty, PhD, is the founder of the Mindspower brand and managing director of Farstar Distribution Network Ltd, a twenty-one-year-old consulting firm working exclusively on innovation initiatives and work-life balance. She consults for some of the region’s foremost blue chip companies. She is keenly involved in social action and is
among Rotary International’s first women governors in Asia, a recipient of the Service above Self Award and a Major Donor. Her other books include The Way to a Healthy Heart: The Zero Heart Attack Path; Portable Roots, Corporate Strategy: Mindspower Innovation and Innovate! 90 Days to Transform Your Business. Her thoughts come from a deep study of many disciplines: management, sociology, psychology, economics, history and spirituality. Her ideas are practiced in over thirty countries.
Get in touch with Dr Rekha Shetty at: rekhashetty123@gmail.com or rekhasmindspower@airtelmail.in
You can also visit her blogs: http://innovation90days.blogspot.com, http://thehappinessquotient123.blogspot.com
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Sudheer Sharma is a leading Nepali journalist and editor-in-chief of Kantipur Daily, Nepal’s highest-selling newspaper.

Khushwant Singh was India’s best-known writer and columnist. He was founder-editor of Yojana and editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India, the National Herald and Hindustan Times. He is the author of classics such as Train to Pakistan, I shall Not Hear the Nightingale (retitled as The Lost Victory) and Delhi. His non-fiction includes the classic two-volume A History of the Sikhs, a number of translations and works on Sikh religion and culture, Delhi, nature, current affairs and Urdu poetry. In 2007, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan. Among the other awards he has received are the Punjab Ratan, the Sulabh International award for the most honest Indian of the year, and honorary doctorates from several universities. He passed away in 2014 at the age of ninety-nine.

Khushwant Singh was India’s best-known writer and columnist. He was founder-editor of Yojana and editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, the National Herald and Hindustan Times. He was a member of Parliament from 1980 to 1986. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974 but returned the decoration in 19984 in protest against the storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar by the Indian Army. In 2007 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan. He passed away in 2014 at the age of ninety-nine.

As an inspired writer, speaker and thought leader, Gunjan Jain is keen to interpret leadership. A principled follower of the Bhagvad Gita and Jnana Yoga, and the values they uphold, Gunjan’s most compelling source of motivation is her keen interest in people – to learn from and connect with universally. She has studied in five countries across three continents. A graduate from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA, with a BSc in economics and finance, Gunjan earned her Master’s in investment management from Cass Business School, City University, UK. She holds a diploma in Image Management from the London Image Institute and the Academy of Image Mastery in Singapore, and a diploma on International Etiquette and Protocol from the finishing school, Institut Villa Pierrefeu in Switzerland. An explorer at heart, Gunjan travels where work takes her globally and currently has her roots in New Delhi, Mumbai and London.

Anam Zakaria is an oral historian and the author of Between the Great Divide: A Journey into Pakistan-Administered Kashmir and The Footprints of Partition: Narratives of Four Generations of Pakistanis and Indians, which won her the 2017 KLF German Peace Prize. She works as a development professional and cultural facilitator, and writes frequently on issues of conflict and peace in South Asia. Her work has appeared in Dawn, Wire, Scroll and Al Jazeera. Born and raised in Lahore, Anam currently lives in Toronto. 1971 is her third book.