Anirudh Kanisetti Explained

Anirudh Kanisetti is an Indian writer and public historian. Sahitya Akademi awarded him Yuva Puraskar for his book Lords of the Deccan: Southern India From Chalukyas To Cholas in 2023.^[1] The book won the Tata Literature Live's Book of the Year Award in the non-fiction category in 2022.^[2] It is due to be adapted by Rana Daggubati into a web series titled Lord of the Deccan for SonyLIV.^[3]

Anirudh Kanisetti
Nationality:	Indian
Education:	Bachelor of Engineering
Alma Mater:	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Goa Campus
Occupation:	Writer, public historian
Awards:	Yuva Puraskar, Tata Literature Live's Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award

Education and early career

Kanisetti graduated from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Goa Campus with a Bachelor of Engineering degree with first class honors. He minored in philosophy, economics, and politics.^{[4] [5]}

Kanisetti worked as a geostrategy researcher for the Takshashila Institution after graduation. While at Takshashila, he ran a popular podcast called "Echoes of India."^[6]

Books

• India's Marathon: Reshaping the Post-Pandemic World. By Aparna Pande, Constantino Xavier, Manoj Kewalramani, Kunal Singh, Shruti Rajagopalan, James Dorsey, Anirudh Kanisetti, Nitin Pai, Pranay Kotasthane. Publisher: Takshashila Institution. 2020.^[7]
• 11 Stops to the Present: Stories of Bengaluru. 2021. By Aditi De, Anirudh Kanisetti, Anitha Murthy, Edgar Demello, Meera Iyer, Menaka Raman, Nagaraj Vastarey, Shruti Rao Sandhya Rao, Shweta Taneja Zac O'Yeah, Sarada Natarajan. Publisher: INTACH Bengaluru Chapter.^[8]
• Lords of the Deccan: Southern India From Chalukyas To Cholas. By Anirudh Kanisetti. Publisher: Juggernaut Books. 2022.^{[9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-06-23 . Sahitya Akademi announces winners of Bal Sahitya Puraskar, Yuva Puraskar . 2023-09-24 . The Indian Express . en.
2. Web site: Scroll Staff . 2022-11-14 . Tata Literature Live announces winners in all categories for its 2022 awards . 2023-09-24 . Scroll.in . en-US.
3. Web site: 2023-07-19 . Rana Daggubati to produce historical action drama web series Lord of the Deccan for SonyLIV . 2023-09-24 . The Indian Express . en.
4. Web site: Chandra . Vikram . 2022-02-06 . ‘A king could have commanded the worst atrocities on enemies and yet built awe-inspiring temples’ . 2023-09-24 . Scroll.in . en-US.
5. Web site: 2022-12-05 . A Kanisetti, Lords of the Deccan author: I feel gleeful when I demolish binaries . 2023-09-24 . Hindustan Times . en.
6. News: Viswanathan . VishnuPriya . 2019-09-26 . ‘Echoes of India’: the history podcast that is attracting young Indian millennials . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-09-24 . 0971-751X.
7. Web site: 2020-12-14 . The world is changing. India needs to get its priorities right . 2023-09-24 . Hindustan Times . en.
8. Web site: Looking back and beyond . 2023-09-24 . The New Indian Express.
9. Web site: Sarkar . Chiki . My best reads of 2022: Publishers choose their list of essential reading . The Tribune.
10. Web site: 2022-07-28 . Los Angeles Review of Books . 2023-09-24 . Los Angeles Review of Books . en.