Rupa Publications is an Indian

publishing Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

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. Also a book distributor and importer, The logo of the company was designed by the film maker

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligraphy, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influ ...

and he asked for some books as fees for his job.

Business profile

Rupa Publications has published all of

Chetan Bhagat Chetan Prakash Bhagat (born April 22, 1974) is an Indian author, columnist, screenwriter, and YouTuber. He was included in ''Time (magazine), Time magazine’s'' list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2010. Several of his nove ...

's books, '' My Country My Life'' (the autobiography of L. K. Advani), some of Ramendra Kumar's and

Ruskin Bond Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an Indian author. His first novel, ''The Room on the Roof'', published in 1956, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Bond has authored more than 500 short stories, essays, and novels which includes 69 books ...

's books, and has also published ''

Kaun Banega Crorepati ''Kaun Banega Crorepati'' (simply ''KBC''; English: ''Who Will Become a Crorepati'') is an Indian Hindi-language television game show. It is the official Hindi adaptation of the '' Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' franchise. It is presented ...

– The Official Book'', ''Life is Perfect'' by

Himani Dalmia Himani Dalmia is an Indian writer, baby and toddler sleep specialist, social worker and entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of Gentle Baby Sleep India, India's first and largest peer-to-peer support group on infant and toddler sleep. She is co- ...

, and

Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Kumar Mukherjee ( ; born, 11 December 1935 – 31 August 2020) was an Indian statesman who served as the president of India from 2012 until 2017. He was the first person from West Bengal to hold the post of President of India. In a pol ...

's autobiographical title the ''Presidential Years''. According to the publishing house, their annual production stands at approximately 150-200 titles currently. In 2012,

Kapish Mehra Kapish Mehra is an Indian publishing executive. He is the Managing Director of Rupa & Co., Rupa & Co (Rupa Publications), one of India’s oldest trade publishing houses. Kapish entered the business when he was 17, and after completing his studies ...

, current managing director of the company launched

Aleph Book Company Aleph Book Company is an Indian publishing company. It was founded in May 2011 by David Davidar, a novelist, publisher and former president of Penguin Books Canada, in association with R. K. Mehra and Kapish Mehra of Rupa Publications. The hea ...

, along with

David Davidar David Davidar (born 27 September 1958) is an Indian novelist and publisher. He is the author of three published novels, ''The House of Blue Mangoes'' (2002), ''The Solitude of Emperors'' (2007), and ''Ithaca'' (2011). In parallel to his writing ...

, 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rupa and Co. Book publishing companies of India Companies based in Kolkata Publishing companies established in 1936 Indian companies established in 1936