Roopa Pai is one of India’s best-known writers for children. This Bangalore-based computer engineer-turned-author has written over 30 books, on a wide variety of themes, including sci-fi fantasy, economics, medicine, life skills, history, popular science, and Indian philosophy. Many of her books are bestsellers and are enjoyed as much by adults as by children.
Her best-known books include the award-winning national bestseller The Gita For Children, listed by Amazon India as one of ‘100 Indian Books To Read In A Lifetime’. Her most recent books are The Yoga Sutras for Children, and Let’s Talk About Trees, published by WWF India. Roopa is also a popular speaker – she has spoken at a variety of corporate forums, premier literary events like the Jaipur Literature Festival, international cultural organisations like the Asia Society in New York, and international Gita conferences. Her 2017 TEDx talk ‘Decoding the Gita, India’s book of answers’, has received over 2 million views to date. When she is not writing, Roopa leads groups of children on history and heritage walks across her beloved Bangalore and Karnataka, as director of a company she co-founded, BangaloreWalks.