Rupa Publications Explained

Parent:Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
Status:Active
Founded:1936
Founder:D. Mehra
Country:India
Headquarters:Delhi
Distribution:Kolkata, Allahabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kathmandu and overseas
Keypeople:D. Mehra, R. K. Mehra and Kapish Mehra
Imprints:Red Turtle

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

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.

Business profile

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rupa's chairman R.K. Mehra on the big changes and challenges in the publishing industry . outlookindia.com . Outlook . 13 October 2018.
  2. Web site: The turnover has risen; the number of books per year has come down: Kapish Mehra . livemint.com . livemint.com . 13 October 2018.
  3. Web site: Rupa & Co.. 2011-10-10.
  4. Web site: Rupa & Co.. 2007-02-24. dead. https://archive.today/20120911031044/http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/home.aspx. 2012-09-11.
  5. News: Khan . Nabeel A. . 22 January 2009 . Indus Valley History, 'White Tiger' Top Bestseller Charts . Hindustan Times . 5 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160220221449/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1631187641.html . 20 February 2016.
  6. Web site: Pranab Mukherjee to publish book on his years as a president . timesofindia.indiatimes.com . timesofindia . 10 October 2018.
  7. Web site: Rupa Publications: Not just Kapish Mehra's great-grandfather's company . forbesindia.com . forbesindia.com . 13 October 2018.
  8. News: Three publishing veterans push English fiction in India . . 12 April 2012 .
  9. News: We are aiming to make Aleph the premium publishing brand: David Davidar . https://web.archive.org/web/20120413030403/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/aleph-will-be-indias-premium-publishing-brand-davidar/247531-40-100.html . dead . 13 April 2012 . . 11 April 2012 .