Rupa Publications

Book publisher in India

"Rupa & Co." redirects here. For the clothing company, see Rupa Company.

Rupa Publications

Parent company| Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
Status| Active
Founded| 1936
Founder| D. Mehra
Country of origin| India
Headquarters location| Delhi
Distribution| Kolkata, Allahabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kathmandu and overseas
Key people| D. Mehra, R. K. Mehra and Kapish Mehra
Imprints| Red Turtle
Official website| www.rupapublications.co.in

Rupa Publications is an Indian publishing company based in New Delhi, with sales centres in Kolkata, Allahabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Kathmandu.

## Genesis

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Rupa Publications was founded in 1936 by D. Mehra and R. K. Mehra at College Street in Calcutta.[1][2] Also a book distributor and importer,[3] The logo of the company was designed by the film maker Satyajit Ray and he asked for some books as fees for his job.[3]

## Business profile

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Rupa Publications has published all of Chetan Bhagat's books, My Country My Life (the autobiography of L. K. Advani), some of Ramendra Kumar's and Ruskin Bond's books, and has also published Kaun Banega Crorepati – The Official Book,[4] Life is Perfect by Himani Dalmia,[5] and Pranab Mukherjee's autobiographical title the Presidential Years.[6] According to the publishing house, their annual production stands at approximately 150-200 titles currently.

In 2012, Kapish Mehra, current managing director of the company[7] launched Aleph Book Company, along with David Davidar, former CEO of Penguin-International; shortly after it was launched, the company hired Ravi Singh, former Publisher of Penguin-India, to join the publishing team.[8][9]

## References

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1. ^ "Rupa's chairman R.K. Mehra on the big changes and challenges in the publishing industry". outlookindia.com. Outlook. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
2. ^ "The turnover has risen; the number of books per year has come down: Kapish Mehra". livemint.com. livemint.com. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
3. ^ a b "Rupa & Co". Retrieved 10 October 2011.
4. ^ "Rupa & Co". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2007.
5. ^ Khan, Nabeel A. (22 January 2009). "Indus Valley History, 'White Tiger' Top Bestseller Charts". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
6. ^ "Pranab Mukherjee to publish book on his years as a president". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
7. ^ "Rupa Publications: Not just Kapish Mehra's great-grandfather's company". forbesindia.com. forbesindia.com. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
8. ^ "Three publishing veterans push English fiction in India". Zee News. 12 April 2012.
9. ^ "We are aiming to make Aleph the premium publishing brand: David Davidar". CNN-IBN. 11 April 2012. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012.

## External links

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* Official website

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