Archives: Authors

Satish Y. Deodhar teaches economics at the IIMA. He has not only worked on imperfectly competitive market structures, agricultural trade, WTO, and food quality issues, but also conducted consulting projects for Indian Bank; Ministry of Food Processing Industry, Government of India; and the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Currently, he chairs the one-year Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX).

Emraan Hashmi is a popular Bollywood actor. He shot to fame with his first runaway hit, Murder, and there was no looking back after that.

In 2014, Emraan and his wife Parveen were tested like never before. Their four-year-old son Ayaan was diagnosed with cancer. Through this book, Emraan recounts his rise to stardom, his son’s ailment, his transformation as a human being and everything in between.

Bilal Siddiqi’s first book The Bard of Blood is a fictional thriller set in Balochistan. He is mainly interested in writing novels and screenplays, but the topic of this book struck a chord with him and made him want to write it. Bilal currently works at Red Chillies Entertainment. He is twenty-one years of age and stays in Mumbai.

Novoneel Chakraborty is the writer of two national bestselling novels, A Thing beyond Forever and That Kiss in the Rain, which have been devoured by thousands all over the country. They have also appeared in numerous bestsellers’ lists at different points in time since their releases. One of his articles, ‘My Mother’, has appeared in a book compilation titled Woman: Many Hues, Many Shades, alongside other veteran Indian authors. A full-time writer, he has written a story and a screenplay, scheduled to go on the floor soon, for a two-time National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker. He is currently working as a scriptwriter on two Hindi film projects. He also pens ‘NovoSphere’, a popular blog on life and inspiration, featuring one-paragraph stories. Posts of NovoSphere have featured in various national and international websites. He lives in Mumbai.

Pandit Anand Kumar is a well-known icon in the film industry and Hindi literature. He was awarded the National Film Award by the president for screenwriting and script writing for the film, Anokhi Raat. He regularly writes in Hindi, Urdu and Marathi.

R. Gopalakrishnan has been a professional manager for forty-two years. He serves as an executive director of Tata Sons Ltd, and as a director on the board of Tata Power, Tata Technologies, AkzoNobel India, Castrol India and ABP Pvt. Ltd. He began his career in 1967 as a computer analyst with Hindustan Lever after studying physics in Kolkata and electronic engineering at IIT Kharagpur.

Ashok Soota is the founding chairman of Happiest Minds Technologies and was the founding chairman of Mind Tree. Prior to Mind Tree, he led Wipro’s IT business for fifteen years. He has been the president of leading industry associations and a member of the prime minister’s task force for information technology and was on the advisory council of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He has a deep interest in entrepreneurship and philanthropy, for which he has founded the Ashirvadam Trust. His hobbies include the outdoors, travel, yoga, T’ai Chi and swimming.

S. R. Gopalan was the founder of Dawn Consulting and Bizworth India, which provide advisory services covering finance, regulation, taxation and strategic aspects of business and the valuation of enterprises and intangibles. Start-ups and early stage companies constituted a large proportion of his 350 clients. Gopalan was president of Tie Bangalore and served on the boards of several companies. He had a successful corporate career with Union Carbide and Wipro.

S.R. Gopalan is the founder of Dawn Consulting and Bizworth India, which provide advisory services covering finance, regulation, taxation and strategic aspects of business and the valuation of enterprises and intangibles. Start-ups and early stage companies constitute a large proportion of his 350 clients. Gopalan was president of TiE Bangalore and serves on the boards of several companies. He has had a successful corporate career with Union Carbide and Wipro.

Aditi Singhal is an international memory trainer, author, motivational speaker, counsellor and Vedic Math expert par excellence. She, along with co-author Sudhir Singhal, has to her credit the Guinness World Record for conducting the largest maths class. She has also been awarded three national records by the Limca Book of Records and been given The Best Memory Trainer award by the India Book of Records. Along with Sudhir Singhal, she has authored four bestselling books–How to Memorize Anything, How to Become a Human Calculator, How to be a Math Magician (a flip book) and The Ultimate Memory Handbook for Students.

Sudhir Singhal is a dynamic trainer, author, motivational speaker and counsellor. Along with co-author Aditi Singhal, he has to his credit the Guinness World Record for conducting the largest maths class and a world record in the Limca Book of Records. He has over fifteen years’ experience in different fields like technology, programming, management and education. Aditi Singhal and Sudhir Singhal have authored four bestselling books together–How to Memorize Anything, How to Become a Human Calculator, How to Be a Math Magician (a flip book) and The Ultimate Memory Handbook for Students.

Rajeev Agarwal (Author)
As the founder and the Chief Executive Officer of MAQ Software, Rajeev Agarwal focuses on adopting the latest software engineering techniques to utilize emerging technology platforms. Prior to founding MAQ Software in 2000, Mr. Agarwal worked at Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, for nearly seven years in Visual C++, Windows, and Exchange product management groups. He started his career as a Design Analysis Engineer at Frigidaire, Webster City, Iowa, to analyse washing machine designs for the North American market. As an entrepreneur, Mr. Agarwal was a finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2010) award and has grown the company to over 400 engineers worldwide. Inc., a leading U.S. business magazine for mid-market companies, inducted MAQ Software to its ‘Hall of Fame.’ MAQ Software was listed as one of the fastest growing companies in America for six consecutive years (2007-12)-a rare achievement.

Agarwal also serves as a board member of the IIT-Kharagpur Alumni Foundation and is a TIE Seattle Charter member. He runs a non-profit organization, Foundation for Excellence, to provide science and mathematics education facilities for girls in rural India. When he is not in the software world, he enjoys listening to traditional Sufi music and playing badminton. A native of Shahjahanpur, UP, Rajeev and his wife Arpita live with their two children in Bellevue, Washington.

Dr. Sudhir Dixit (Introducer)
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