Chiki Sarkar

Chiki Sarkar
Born	Calcutta, India (now Kolkata, West Bengal)
Occupation	Publisher
Years active	1999- present
Website	juggernaut.in

Chiki Sarkar started her career in publishing with the London-based company Bloomsbury Publishing. She worked there for seven years, she later moved to Delhi in 2006 and joined Random House. In 2011 Chiki Sarkar took over at publishing company Penguin Books India.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} In 2013 publishers Penguin Books and Random House merged and she was made the India head. She set up her own publication house called Juggernaut.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Work

• Bloomsbury Publishing 1999–2006
• Random House 2006–2011 founding publisher
• Penguin Books India 2011–2013 ^[11][12]
• Penguin Random House 2013–2015 ^[13]
• Juggernaut Books founder-publisher 2015-^[14][15][16]

List of authors worked with

• Salman Rushdie
• Rujuta Diwekar
• Jhumpa Lahiri
• Mohammed Hanif
• Daniyal Mueenuddin
• Anita Desai
• Twinkle Khanna
• Avirook Sen
• Pankaj Mishra
• Arundhati Roy
• William Dalrymple
• Sunny Leone

References

1. "former editor in chief of Random House India, has been appointed publisher of Penguin India". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
2. "Chiki Sarkar on 'Juggernaut' to become India's first phone publisher". Business Standard. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
3. "Juggernaut, Chiki Sarkar's publishing start-up". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
4. "SHOBHAA DE IN CONVERSATION WITH CHIKI SARKAR". Retrieved 20 February 2016.
5. "Rana Dasgupta in conversation with Chiki Sarkar". ambafrance-in.org. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
6. "Lunch with BS: Chiki Sarkar". Business Standard. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
7. "A way ahead for words". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
8. "What Chiki Sarkar wants you to know about her new publishing house, Juggernaut Books". Vogue. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
9. "Great Book Value". businesstoday.in. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
10. "Her Own Woman". businesstoday.in. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
11. "So This Is Why Chiki Sarkar Quit Penguin Random House India". thebetterindia.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
12. "Chiki Sarkar, 4 Others Quit Penguin Random House India". huffingtonpost.in. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
13. "Chiki Sarkar named Publisher of Penguin Random House India". Business Line. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
14. "Chiki Sarkar launches a new publishing company with audacious new digital strategies". scroll.in/. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
15. "Why Chiki Sarkar goes electronic in new publishing venture". indianexpress.com/. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
16. "Chiki Sarkar, Durga Raghunath launch publishing company 'Juggernaut'". abplive.in. Retrieved 20 February 2016.