Aparna Piramal Raje

Aparna Piramal Raje is an award-winning writer, public speaker, educator and the author of the bestseller Chemical Khichdi: How I Hacked My Mental Health, a book on her experiences of living with a serious mental health condition for the last two decades.

Her first book, Working Out of the Box: 40 stories of leading CEOs, looks at leadership through the lens workspaces and workstyles and was based on her popular column, Head Office, in the Mint newspaper. She has also previously contributed to the UK’s Financial Times Weekend, a leading global newspaper.

A visiting faculty member at the Anant National University in Ahmedabad and former CEO of her family’s office furniture business, Aparna studied at Oxford University and Harvard Business School.