Rupa's Remarkable Journey Covering 72 Years

Rupa’s phenomenal journey began very modestly nearly seventy years ago. In 1936, D. Mehra, the founder of Rupa & Co. flagged off its journey at Kolkata’s College Street with two slim volumes of Bengali poems. There was no turning back. Today, Rupa is one of the largest publishers, distributors and importers of books in India.

A Wide Gamut Of Books On Our Shelves

Currently we have different categories like- fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays, children’s literature, biographies, self-help, religion, philosophy, culture, business management,cookery,science—Rupa’s wide range covers almost every sphere of interest.

Rupa has always been the torchbearer of India’s literary and cultural heritage, constantly endeavoring to cater to the tastes of contemporary readership.

Rupa's Gallery Of Famous Personalities:

Our list consists of the best-selling works of famous personalities including Jaswant Singh, Ruskin Bond, Sunil Gavaskar, Indira Goswami, Bharati Mukherjee, Gulzar, O.N.V Kurup, Arun Shourie, K. Natwar Singh, Keki N Daruwalla, Gayatri Devi, Anurag Mathur, Rajni Kothari, Camellia Panjabi, Vimla Patil, Mohit Sen, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Sitakant Mahapatra, Prem Shankar Jha, Swami Agnivesh, O.V. Vijayan and Sham Lal.

Rupa- A Launch Pad For New Talent

What makes the company’s publishing list a veritable treasure trove is the fact that it also includes new talents that Rupa has invested in and nurtured. Anurag Mathur, author of the bestselling Inscrutable Americans, and Chetan Bhagat, author of Five Point Someone, are just two of the many writers for whom Rupa was a launch pad.

Rupa's Efforts

Our annual production is now about 240 titles.

Rupa's Logo Design

Rupa innovates and sets new trends by doing things that have been hitherto ignored in the publishing industry. In appreciation of this, the acclaimed film maker Satyajit Ray designed the Rupa logo, and all he asked for in return were some books!

Looking Ahead----

Apart from translations from the vernacular, the company plans to expand into other regional languages, adding to its current programme in Hindi, Bengali and Urdu.

Our Connectivity

Rupa has one of the largest distribution networks in the country, with numerous sales centers spread across India including Allahabad, Banagalooru, Chennai, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kathmandu, Kolkata,  Mumbai and Pune. Rupa also has exclusive distribution arrangements with some of the leading international publishing houses. Our Sales and Marketing programmes are enhanced by an in-house data base of readers and retailers facilitating,on line shopping, direct mail order business as well as exhibitions, panel discussions, authors’ tours and book reading sessions, quiz programmes, telling, creative writing and painting competitions which are held regularly.

Focussed On

Emphasising good reading habits, the Rupa Book Club focuses on the growth of interesting children’s literature.

The company’s motto, ‘reach... range... reading pleasure’, is to provide readers with good books and wholesome satisfaction at affordable prices.