Chiki Sarkar
Chiki Sarkar | |
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| Born | Calcutta, India , West Bengal)(now Kolkata |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Years active | 1999–present |
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| Website | juggernaut |
Chiki Sarkar is a book publisher from Kolkata born in 1979 . She is a co-founder of Juggernaut Books.[1]
Background
Chiki Sarkar was born into a
Bengali family, the daughter of Aveek Sarkar, a journalist and newspaper proprietor, and his wife Rakhi Sarkar. Aveek Sarkar belongs to the family which runs the Kolkata-based Ananda Bazaar Patrika
Media Group, which was first founded in 1876.
Career
She started her career in publishing with the London-based company
Penguin Books India.[2][3][4][5][6][7] In 2013, publishers Penguin Books and Random House merged and Sarkar was made the India publishing head. Two years later, in 2015, she set up her own publishing company, Juggernaut Books
.
A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader,[8] Sarkar is also a Fortune India's Most Powerful Women,[9] Forbes 2018 W-power trailblazers[10] and Economic Times's Rising Women Leaders of 2015.[11]
Career timeline
- Bloomsbury Publishing 1999–2006
- Random House 2006–2011 founding publisher
- Penguin Random House 2013–2015[14]
- Juggernaut Books founder-publisher 2015–present[15][16][17]
Juggernaut Books
In 2015, Sarkar set up her own publication house, Juggernaut Books, a publishing company with its own app.[18][19][20][21] Juggernaut's investors include Nandan Nilekani,[22] Neeraj Aggarwal and Bharti Airtel.[23]
The Juggernaut app has its own writing platform for amateur writers to upload their stories directly.[24]
Juggernaut has published books written by the following authors:
- Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo
- William Dalrymple[25]
- Arundhati Roy[26]
- Aditya Tiwari[27]
- Nandini Sundar[28]
- Perumal Murugan[29]
- Shyam Saran[30]
- Manu S. Pillai
- Rajdeep Sardesai[31]
- Sourav Ganguly[32]
- Twinkle Khanna[33]
- Sunny Leone[34]
- Yasser Usman[35]
- Rajat Gupta[36]
- Abdullah Khan Abdullah Khan, author of ‘Patna Blues’, on his long struggle to become a writer
- Tony Joseph[37]
Juggernaut books has stopped functioning since 2020.
External links
References
- ^ "2018 was a phenomenal year for books, according to publishers – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "former editor in chief of Random House India, has been appointed publisher of Penguin India". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Chiki Sarkar on 'Juggernaut' to become India's first phone publisher". Business Standard. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Juggernaut, Chiki Sarkar's publishing start-up". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Shobhaa De in Conversation With Chiki Sarkar". Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Rana Dasgupta in conversation with Chiki Sarkar". ambafrance-in.org. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Lunch with BS: Chiki Sarkar". Business Standard. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "14 Indians in WEF's Young Global Leaders class of 2014". deccanchronicle.com/. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "Chiki Sarkar – Most Powerful Women in 2020 – Fortune India". www.fortuneindia.com.
- ^ "2018 W-Power Trailblazers: Chiki Sarkar is a publisher of the millennials". Forbes India. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "India Inc's Rising Women Leaders 2015: Life is messy, accept it, says Chiki Sarkar from Penguin Random House India". The Economic Times. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "So This Is Why Chiki Sarkar Quit Penguin Random House India". thebetterindia.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Chiki Sarkar, 4 Others Quit Penguin Random House India". huffingtonpost.in. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Chiki Sarkar named Publisher of Penguin Random House India". Business Line. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Chiki Sarkar launches a new publishing company with audacious new digital strategies". scroll.in/. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Why Chiki Sarkar goes electronic in new publishing venture". indianexpress.com/. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Chiki Sarkar, Durga Raghunath launch publishing company 'Juggernaut'". abplive.in. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "A way ahead for words". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "What Chiki Sarkar wants you to know about her new publishing house, Juggernaut Books". Vogue. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Great Book Value". businesstoday.in. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Her Own Woman". businesstoday.in. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Chiki Sarkar's New Mobile First Publishing Startup, Juggernaut, Secures $2 Mn From Nandan Nilekani & Others – Inc42 Media". Inc42 Media. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ Choudhary, Vidhi (4 December 2017). "Bharti Airtel buys stake in Juggernaut Books". livemint.com/. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "Bharti Airtel acquires stake in Juggernaut Books, a digital platform for books and to submit amateur writing". Tech2. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ISBN 9789386228086.
- ISBN 9788193284100.
- ISBN 9789353451752.
- ISBN 9789386228000.
- ISBN 9789386228499.
- ISBN 9789386228406.
- ISBN 9789386228482.
- ISBN 9789386228567.
- ISBN 9789386228055.
- ISBN 9788193237229.
- ISBN 9789386228581.
- ^ Gupta, Rajat. Mind Without Fear. Juggernaut Books.
- ^ Joseph, Tony. "New reports clearly confirm 'Arya' migration into India".