Rupa Publications is an Indian publishing company based in

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, 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

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

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

Business profile

Rupa Publications has published all of

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's books, ''

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'' (the autobiography of L. K. Advani), some of

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's and Ruskin Bond's books, and has also published '' Kaun Banega Crorepati - The Official Book'',

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'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, 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, 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