AMISH TRIPATHI (A Rourkelite) - Jewel of Rourkela

AMISH TRIPATHI (A Rourkelite) He is an Indian Author. He is well known for his Best Seller novels "The Immortals of Meluha", "The Secret of the Nagas" and "The Oath of the Vayuputras" . He lived in Rourkela for a few years as a child. His Father was working in L&T, Kanshbahal and he was a student of Montfort School Kansbahal / D.A.V. Public School Kansbahal. The Immortals of Meluha was a commercial success. Just after a week of its publication in February 2010, the book hit the best seller list of several magazines and newspapers. The book had to be re-printed for another 5,000 copies thrice within the next week, and by the end of July, it had sold around 45,000 copies across India.As of January 2013, The Immortals of Meluha, and its sequel, The Secret of the Nagas, have crossed a print run of a million copies. These books have continued to top the bestseller lists of Nielsen BookScan, with the gross retail sales being impressive at INR22 crore within two years of publishing..

Professional Biography

Amish Tripathi is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Although he originally wanted to be a historian, Tripathi initially chose a career in finance because he couldn't afford the former.He worked for 14 years in the financial services industry, in companies such as Standard Chartered, DBS Bank and IDBI Federal Life Insurance, before starting his writing career.The Immortals of Meluha, Tripathi's first novel, was published in February 2010. It is the first book in the Shiva Trilogy.The second book in the series, The Secret of the Nagas, was released on 12 August 2011. The third installment, titled The Oath of the Vayuputras, was released on 27 February 2013.The trilogy is a fantasy re-imagining of the Indian deity Shiva's life and adventures. The Immortals of Meluha and The Secret of the Nagas, the first two novels by Tripathi, have been commercial successes. Amish's books have sold a million copies in the span of two years with a gross retail sale of Rs 22 crores. The third installment, titled The Oath of the Vayuputras, was released on 27 February 2013. With The Oath of Vayuputras selling more than 400,000 copies even before its release, the trilogy has become a success. The Shiva Trilogy has become the fastest selling book series in the history of Indian publishing, with 1.7 million copies in print and over Rs 40 crores in sales". The movie rights of The Immortals of Meluha were purchased by Dharma Productions in early 2012.The Immortals of Meluha has also been released in United Kingdom in January 2013 through Jo Fletcher Books, an imprint of Quercus Books, UK.


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