One Indian Girl (Bhagat)

Author Bio
• Birth—April 22, 1974
• Where—New Dehli, India
• Education—M.E., Indian Inst. of Technology; M.B.A, Indian Inst. of Management
• Awards—Time's 100 Most Influential People list
• Currently—lives in Mumbai, India


Chetan Bhagat is the Indian author of numerous bestselling books. These include the novels Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States (2009), Revolution 2020 (2011),  Half Girlfriend (2014), and One Indian Girl (2016). He has also published two collections of speeches, columns, and essays, What Young India Wants (2012) and Making India Awesome (2015).

Chetan’s books have remained bestsellers since their release, and several of the novels have been adapted into Bollywood films. The New York Times called Chetan the "the biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history." Time magazine named him among the "100 most influential people in the world" and Fast Company, USA, listed him as one of the world’s "100 most creative people in business."

In addition to his books, Chetan writes columns for leading English and Hindi newspapers, focusing on youth and national development issues. He is also a motivational speaker and screenplay writer. In 2009 he quit his international investment banking career to devote himsself to full-time writing and to making change happen in the country.

He lives in Mumbai with his wife, Anusha, who was his classmate at the Indian Institute of Management, and their twin boys, Shyam and Ishaan. (From the author's webpage.)