Rupa Publications


Rupa Publications is an Indian publishing company based in Kolkata.

Genesis

Rupa Publications was founded in 1936 by D. Mehra at College Street in Calcutta and R. K. Mehra. Also a book distributor and importer, The logo of the company was designed by the film maker Satyajit Ray and he asked for some books as fees for his job.

Business profile

Rupa Publications has published all of Chetan Bhagat's books, My Country My Life, some of Ramendra Kumar's and Ruskin Bond's books, and has also published Kaun Banega Crorepati - The Official Book, Pranab Mukherjee's autobiographical title the Presidential Years. According to the publishing house, their annual production stands at approximately 240 titles currently.
In 2012, Kapish Mehra, current managing director of the company launched Aleph Book Company, 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.