{{Short description|Indian book publisher (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Chiki Sarkar | image = | caption = Chiki Sarkar | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Calcutta, India <br /> (now Kolkata, West Bengal) | occupation = Publisher | parents = {{plainlist}} * Aveek Sarkar (father) {{endplainlist}} | awards = | website = {{URL|juggernaut.in}} | years_active = 1998–present }}
'''Chiki Sarkar''' is a book publisher from Kolkata born in 1979. She is the lead founder of Juggernaut Books.
==Background== Chiki Sarkar was born into a Bengali family, the daughter of Aveek Sarkar, a journalist proprietor, and his wife Rakhi Sarkar. Aveek Sarkar belongs to the family which runs the Kolkata-based Ananda Bazaar Patrika Media Group, which was first founded in 1876.
== Career == She started her career in publishing with the London-based company Bloomsbury Publishing.She worked there for seven years, and later moved to Delhi in 2006 and joined Random House. In 2011 Chiki Sarkar became the publisher at Penguin Books India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/books/penguin-india-appoints-chiki-sarkar-as-publisher-371363.html| title=former editor in chief of Random House India, has been appointed publisher of Penguin India| publisher=CNN-IBN| access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/chiki-sarkar-on-juggernaut-to-become-india-s-first-phone-publisher-115092201056_1.html| title=Chiki Sarkar on 'Juggernaut' to become India's first phone publisher| work=Business Standard| access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-chiki-sarkar-s-juggernaut-is-ready-to-roll-2129001| title=Juggernaut, Chiki Sarkar's publishing start-up| work=Daily News and Analysis| access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://afmagazine.in/home/shobhaa-de-in-conversation-with-chiki-sarkar/| title=Shobhaa De in Conversation With Chiki Sarkar| access-date=20 February 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321163209/http://afmagazine.in/home/shobhaa-de-in-conversation-with-chiki-sarkar/| archive-date=21 March 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ambafrance-in.org/Writers-etc-Rana-Dasgupta-in| title=Rana Dasgupta in conversation with Chiki Sarkar| publisher=ambafrance-in.org| access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-chiki-sarkar-111083000012_1.html| title=Lunch with BS: Chiki Sarkar| work=Business Standard| access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref> In 2013, publishers Penguin Books and Random House merged and Sarkar was made the India publishing head. Two years later, in 2015, she set up her own publishing company Juggernaut Books.
A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140311/nation-current-affairs/article/14-indians-wefs-young-global-leaders-class-2014|title=14 Indians in WEF's Young Global Leaders class of 2014|date=11 March 2014|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=2018-03-24|language=en}}</ref> Sarkar is also a Fortune India's Most Powerful Women,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/mpw/chiki-sarkar?year=2020|title=Chiki Sarkar – Most Powerful Women in 2020 – Fortune India|website=www.fortuneindia.com}}</ref> Forbes 2018 W-power trailblazers<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/2018-wpower-trailblazers/2018-wpower-trailblazers-chiki-sarkar-is-a-publisher-of-the-millennials/49587/1|title=2018 W-Power Trailblazers: Chiki Sarkar is a publisher of the millennials |website=Forbes India|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-24}}</ref> and Economic Times's Rising Women Leaders of 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/corporate-dossier/india-incs-rising-women-leaders-2015-life-is-messy-accept-it-says-chiki-sarkar-from-penguin-random-house-india/articleshow/46701991.cms|title=India Inc's Rising Women Leaders 2015: Life is messy, accept it, says Chiki Sarkar from Penguin Random House India|date=27 March 2015|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-03-24}}</ref>
===Career timeline=== *Bloomsbury Publishing 1999–2006 *Random House 2006–2011 founding publisher *Penguin Books India 2011–2013<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.thebetterindia.com/34699/juggernaut-by-chiki-sarkar/| title=So This Is Why Chiki Sarkar Quit Penguin Random House India| publisher=thebetterindia.com| access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/04/17/chiki-sarkar-exits-penguin_n_7084326.html| title=Chiki Sarkar, 4 Others Quit Penguin Random House India| work=huffingtonpost.in| access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref> *Penguin Random House 2013–2015<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/chiki-sarkar-named-publisher-of-penguin-random-house-india/article5809319.ece| title=Chiki Sarkar named Publisher of Penguin Random House India| work=Business Line| access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref> *Juggernaut Books founder-publisher 2015–present<ref> {{cite web |url=http://scroll.in/article/757239/chiki-sarkar-launches-a-new-publishing-company-with-audacious-new-digital-strategies| title=Chiki Sarkar launches a new publishing company with audacious new digital strategies| work=scroll.in/| access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/why-chiki-sarkar-goes-electronic-in-new-publishing-venture/| title=Why Chiki Sarkar goes electronic in new publishing venture| work=indianexpress.com/| access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.abplive.in/india-news/publishing-company-juggernaut-launched-114333| title=Chiki Sarkar, Durga Raghunath launch publishing company 'Juggernaut'| work=abplive.in| access-date=20 February 2016| archive-date=20 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320213720/http://www.abplive.in/india-news/publishing-company-juggernaut-launched-114333| url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Juggernaut Books== In 2015, Sarkar set up her own publication house, Juggernaut Books, a publishing company with its own app.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/chiki-sarkar-and-durga-raghunath-talk-about-juggernaut-with-jaya-bhattacharji-rose/article7720019.ece| title=A way ahead for words| work=The Hindu|access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vogue.in/content/what-chiki-sarkar-wants-you-to-know-about-her-new-publishing-house-juggernaut-books/| title=What Chiki Sarkar wants you to know about her new publishing house, Juggernaut Books| work=Vogue|access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/special/hottest-young-executive-2015-penguin-india-chiki-sarkar/story/215939.html| title=Great Book Value| work=businesstoday.in| access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/cover-story/chiki-sarkar-penguin-random-house-penguin-books-india/story/209139.html| title=Her Own Woman| work=businesstoday.in| access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref> Juggernaut's investors include Nandan Nilekani,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://inc42.com/flash-feed/juggernaut-secures-2-mn-from-nandan-nilekani/|title=Chiki Sarkar's New Mobile First Publishing Startup, Juggernaut, Secures $2 Mn From Nandan Nilekani & Others – Inc42 Media|date=23 September 2015|work=Inc42 Media|access-date=2018-03-24|language=en-US}}</ref> Neeraj Aggarwal and Bharti Airtel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/vEuoRh9bs6BVqU93VJ7UXJ/Bharti-Airtel-buys-stake-in-Juggernaut-Books.html|title=Bharti Airtel buys stake in Juggernaut Books|last=Choudhary|first=Vidhi|date=4 December 2017|work=livemint.com/|access-date=2018-03-24}}</ref>
The Juggernaut app has its own writing platform for amateur writers to upload their stories directly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/bharti-airtel-acquires-stake-in-juggernaut-books-a-digital-platform-for-books-and-to-submit-amateur-writing-4241117.html|title=Bharti Airtel acquires stake in Juggernaut Books, a digital platform for books and to submit amateur writing|website=Tech2|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-24}}</ref>
Juggernaut has published books written by the following authors: *Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo *William Dalrymple<ref>{{Cite book|title=Kohinoor: The Story of the World's Most Infamous Diamond|last1=Dalrymple|first1=William|last2=Anand|first2=Anita|date=11 December 2016|publisher=Juggernaut|isbn=9789386228086|location=New Delhi|language=en}}</ref> *Arundhati Roy<ref>{{Cite book|title=Things That Can and Cannot Be Said|last1=Roy|first1=Arundhati|last2=Cusack|first2=John|date=5 August 2016|publisher=Juggernaut|isbn=9788193284100|language=en}}</ref> *Aditya Tiwari<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tiwari |first=Aditya |title=Over the Rainbow: India's Queer Heroes |publisher=Juggernaut |year=2023 |isbn=9789353451752}}</ref> *Nandini Sundar<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Burning Forest: India's War in Bastar|last=Sundar|first=Nandini|date=17 October 2016|publisher=Juggernaut|isbn=9789386228000|location=New Delhi|language=en}}</ref> *Perumal Murugan<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Goat Thief|last=results|first=search|date=30 October 2017|publisher=Juggernaut|isbn=9789386228499|location=S.l.|language=en|translator-last=Raman|translator-first=N. Kalyan}}</ref> *Shyam Saran<ref>{{Cite book|title=How India Sees The World: From Kautilya to Modi: Kautilya to the 21st Century|last=Saran|first=Shyam|date=15 August 2017|publisher=Juggernaut|isbn=9789386228406|language=en}}</ref> *Manu S. Pillai *Rajdeep Sardesai<ref>{{Cite book|title=Democracy's XI: The Great Indian Cricket Story|last=Sardesai|first=Rajdeep|date=15 October 2017|publisher=Juggernaut|isbn=9789386228482|location=S.l.|language=en}}</ref> *Sourav Ganguly<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Century is not Enough: My Roller-coaster Ride to Success|last=Ganguly|first=Sourav|date=24 February 2018|publisher=Juggernaut|isbn=9789386228567|location=S.l.|language=en}}</ref> *Twinkle Khanna<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad|last=Khanna|first=Twinkle|date=8 November 2016|publisher=Juggernaut|isbn=9789386228055|language=en}}</ref> *Sunny Leone<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sweet Dreams|last=Leone|first=Sunny|date=6 June 2016|publisher=Juggernaut|isbn=9788193237229|language=en}}</ref> *Yasser Usman<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywood's Bad Boy|last=Usman|first=Yasser|date=31 March 2018|publisher=Juggernaut|isbn=9789386228581|location=S.l.|language=en}}</ref> *Rajat Gupta<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=Rajat |title=Mind Without Fear |publisher=Juggernaut Books}}</ref> *Abdullah Khan [https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/abdullah-khan-author-of-patna-blues-on-his-long-struggle-to-become-a-writer/article28099627.ece Abdullah Khan, author of ‘Patna Blues’, on his long struggle to become a writer] *Tony Joseph<ref>{{Cite news|last=Joseph|first=Tony|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/theres-no-confusion-the-new-reports-clearly-confirm-arya-migration-into-india/article29409611.ece|title=New reports clearly confirm 'Arya' migration into India}}</ref> * Anirban Mahapatra Juggernaut books has stopped functioning since 2020.
==External links== * [https://www.ted.com/talks/chiki_sarkar_how_india_s_smartphone_revolution_is_creating_a_new_generation_of_readers_and_writers TED-Talk: Chiki Sarkar: How India's smartphone revolution is creating a new generation of readers and writers]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Book publishing process |state=collapsed}} {{Penguin Random House}}
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