Chetan Bhagat

Chetan Bhagat

Chetan Bhagat: Chetan Bhagat is a famous Indian author, columnist, and speaker. Born on 22^nd April 1974, Bhagat is the author of five bestselling novels, Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States (2009) &Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition(2011). All five books have remained bestsellers since their release and two have even inspired Bollywood films (including the hit film 3 Idiots).

In 2008, The New York Times mentioned Chetan Bhagat to be "the biggest selling English language novelist in India's history".
An alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Bhagat is seen more as a youth icon than as an author. Time magazine named him as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

Chetan was born, brought-up and attained his schooling for Delhi. After attending the Army Public School, New Delhi,he studied Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi followed by MBA from the Indian Institute of Management.

Bhagat met his wife, Anusha at IIM Ahmedabad. They married in 1999. Later, they moved to Hong Kong and worked there for 11 years before coming back to India. Now based in Mumbai, Chetan is focusing on his writing career. Bhagat and Anusha are the parents of twin sons, Shyam and Ishaan. Chetan’s bestseller creation, 2 States: The Story of My Marriageis inspired from his real-life love story.

Chetan deserves to be the youth icon of India as he is the most-read author of the country with entire focus on youth instincts. Novels are the best friend of youth. So, the person who writes the bestsellers is automatically the one they admire as an icon. J