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Amish Tripathi is an author, broadcaster & former diplomat. He is the fastest-selling author in Indian publishing history. Since publishing his first book in 2010, he has written 12 books across fiction and non-fiction. His books have sold over 8 million copies and been translated into 21 Indian & international languages.

Amish has been regularly featured among the top 100 most influential celebrities in India by Forbes Magazine. His recent honours include the prestigious Dwarka Prasad Agarwal Award at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2024, the Best Factual Presenter award at the Asian Academy Creative Awards, Singapore, in 2025, and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of York, UK, in 2026 for his contributions to literature and global cultural dialogue.

As a broadcaster, he has hosted many documentaries with Warner Bros Discovery, NDTV & Jio India. Among them are Legends of the Ramayan with Amish (2022), Journey of India (2022), Legends of Shiva with Amish (2025), and MahaKumbh Tales with Amish (2025).

He has produced & hosted the highly acclaimed & blockbuster documentary Ram Janmabhoomi – Return of a Splendid Sun (2024). The Ram Janmabhoomi documentary was the most watched Indian documentary of 2024 and the 4th most watched non-fiction show overall—an unprecedented viewership for a serious documentary in a reality TV dominated market like India.

He hosts a regular show on India’s national broadcaster Doordarshan called Infinite India.

In his diplomatic role, Amish worked as the Minister (Culture & Education) at the Indian High Commission to the UK (equivalent to Embassy) and the Director of The Nehru Centre in London from 2019 to 2023. This role was within the Ministry of External Affairs in the Indian Government (equivalent to the US State Department).

Amish has also partnered with British-French company Tara Gaming and Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan as a founder and co-creator of an upcoming video game, Age of Bhaarat, which will be the first AAA game based on an Indian epic.

Amish has partnered with Lord Jeffery Archer to launch the IGF Archer-Amish Award, a distinguished annual literary prize of $25,000 for published novels that showcase an authentic Indian perspective.

He is an alumnus of the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta; he received the Eminent Alumnus Award from IIM-Calcutta in 2017. He worked for 14 years in senior roles in the financial services industry before turning to full-time writing.