Status Active Headquarters location New Delhi | Country of origin India Founded 1936 | |
Parent company Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd Official website www.rupapublications.co.in | ||
Rupa & Co. (Rupa Publications) is an Indian publishing company based in Kolkata which was founded in 1936 by D. Mehra at College Street in Calcutta. Also a book distributor and importer, it 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, among many others. According to the publishing house, their annual production stands at approximately 240 titles currently. The logo of the company was designed by the acclaimed film maker Satyajit Ray and he asked for some books as fees for his job.
In 2012, Kapish G. Mehra, current owner of the company, launched 'Aleph Book Company', along with David Davidar, former CEO of Penguin-International and Ravi Singh, former CEO of Penguin-India.
Rupa Publications famed authors
| Chetan Bhagat | Anuj Tiwari | Shobha Dee | Madhuri Banerjee | Varun Agarwal | Suparna Chatterjee