Commissioning Editor, Pratham Books

Leading a team to create a set of fiction and non-fiction picture books with a focus on sustainability, diversity and innovation. Read some of them here. Won the runner-up editor of the year award at Publishing Next for 2020.

Don’t miss our cool GIF books which I think are like the moving portraits in Hogwarts.

Editor 

Commissioned and Edited a set of STEM environmental books for Pratham Books’ StoryWeaver Platform.

Editing for WWF India. Former editor of Time Out Bengaluru.

From Vinayak Varma’s Jadav and the Tree-Place

From Vinayak Varma’s Jadav and the Tree-Place

Curator and Co-founder BAM! Books

BAM! Books is space to talk about diverse children’s and YA books – especially those with South Asian inspiration. Curated by Bijal (@bijalvv) & Maegan (@maegan.sippy).

We had wish listed @cecebell’s El Deafo for a while and quickly got it when @lightroombookstore shared a picture with us last month. This fabulous graphic novel tells the story of Cece, who is starting a new school and is nervous. Not just becaWe had wish listed @cecebell’s El Deafo for a while and quickly got it when @lightroombookstore shared a picture with us last month. This fabulous graphic novel tells the story of Cece, who is starting a new school and is nervous. Not just beca

@adamsilvera came recommended from @somakg and of course we had to read one of his YA books instantly. History is All You Left Me is an intense read, intersecting between present day and the history of Griffin as he comes to terms with the loss of Th@adamsilvera came recommended from @somakg and of course we had to read one of his YA books instantly. History is All You Left Me is an intense read, intersecting between present day and the history of Griffin as he comes to terms with the loss of Th

‘My obsession is to find ways to make our democracy more inclusive by allowing kids to understand what is happening around them and to offer them a space to explore their feelings and opinions around current events,’ @francescatherebel te‘My obsession is to find ways to make our democracy more inclusive by allowing kids to understand what is happening around them and to offer them a space to explore their feelings and opinions around current events,’ @francescatherebel te

We have been thinking a lot about #OwnVoices in children’s literature in India. Who is telling the story, who is illustrating it, who gets to tell their story. All important questions. And all have led to beautiful books. Really, it’s timWe have been thinking a lot about #OwnVoices in children’s literature in India. Who is telling the story, who is illustrating it, who gets to tell their story. All important questions. And all have led to beautiful books. Really, it’s tim

Happy seventh birthday @lightroombookstore. #indiebookstoresHappy seventh birthday @lightroombookstore. #indiebookstores

I am not crying. You are. Okay, I am. But Pax is that sort of a book. Sara Pennypacker writes a beautiful tale of friendship and family and unbreakable bonds. Peter rescues Pax when he was a cub, and since then they both look out for each other. War I am not crying. You are. Okay, I am. But Pax is that sort of a book. Sara Pennypacker writes a beautiful tale of friendship and family and unbreakable bonds. Peter rescues Pax when he was a cub, and since then they both look out for each other. War

On #WorldRefugeeDay we are reading Azzi in Between by Sarah Garland. Azzi is forced to leave behind her beloved grandmother and escape to another country. It’s not an easy journey and settling in their new home also isn’t. Plus Azzi misseOn #WorldRefugeeDay we are reading Azzi in Between by Sarah Garland. Azzi is forced to leave behind her beloved grandmother and escape to another country. It’s not an easy journey and settling in their new home also isn’t. Plus Azzi misse

Amy Anne has many thoughts. But she doesn’t say them out loud. Instead she does as she is told and spends a lot of time in the library. But one day, based on a parent’s recommendation, her favourite book, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs BaAmy Anne has many thoughts. But she doesn’t say them out loud. Instead she does as she is told and spends a lot of time in the library. But one day, based on a parent’s recommendation, her favourite book, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Ba

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South Asia Co-ordinator, 350 for 10/10/10 and 350 Earth

Along with aerial artist Daniel Dancer, worked on 350 EARTH to create an aerial art installation with 3,000 children in Delhi that could be visible from space. 

Copyright: 350.org

Copyright: 350.org

Editor and Writer: Appy Kids

Worked on two apps as co-editor – Appy Animals and Appy Oceans. Co-authored a picture book, Alfie, Haathi, and the Magic Bioscope.

Editor: Time Out Mumbai-Goa Guide

Updated and Edited the Time Out Mumbai-Goa Guide

Editor, Time Out Bengaluru

Communication Consultant

  • Fairtrade Asia Pacific

  • Humane Society International – India

  • Fairtrade Africa 

  • Fairtrade India