Amish Tripathi
| Amish Tripathi | |
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Tripathi in 2015
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| Born |
18 October 1974 Mumbai, India |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, IIM Kolkata |
| Genre | Fiction |
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| Notable awards | Raymond Crossword Popular Choice Award India's New Icons Celebrities Top 100 list Communicator of the Year Award 2014 Man of the Year 2013 by Radio One Pride of India 2014 India's First Literary Popstar 2015 50 Most Influential Young Indians |
| Spouse | Preeti Vyas |
| Children | Neel Tripathi |
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Amish Tripathi (born 18 October 1974), is an Indian author, known for his novels The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas, The Oath of the Vayuputras and Scion of Ikshvaku. The first three books collectively comprise the Shiva Trilogy and the fourth is the first of the Ram Chandra Series. The Shiva Trilogy was the fastest selling book series in Indian publishing history and the Scion of Ikshvaku was the fastest selling book of 2015. All four books have sold over 3.5 million copies in the Indian subcontinent since 2010, with gross retail sales of Rs. 100 crores. Forbes India has ranked Amish among the top 100 celebrities in India four times in a row. In 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Amish was also selected as an Eisenhower Fellow, an exclusive programme for outstanding leaders from around the world.
Amish Tripathi was born in Mumbai and grew up near Rourkela, Odisha. He is an alumnus of St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Although originally he wanted to be a historian, he chose a career in finance because it was the pragmatic thing to do in those days. He worked for 14 years in the financial services industry, in companies such as Standard Chartered, DBS Bank and IDBI Federal Life Insurance, before beginning his writing career.
The Immortals of Meluha, Tripathi's first mashup novel and the first in the Shiva Trilogy, was published in February 2010. The second book in the series, The Secret of the Nagas, was released on 12 August 2011, and the third and final installment, titled The Oath of the Vayuputras, was released on 27 February 2013. The trilogy is a fantasy re-imagining of the Indian deity Lord Shiva's life and his adventures.
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