Speakers

Ananth Padmanabhan

Ananth Padmanabhan is Chief Executive Officer of HarperCollins Publishers India. Since his appointment as CEO, the company has grown its revenues by 300%. Strategic initiatives included investing in new categories and voices, imprints and new markets and new capabilities. HarperCollins is India's most awarded publisher and has been awarded the Publisher of the Year Award seven times. Ananth is Co-Chair of the Publishing Committee within FICCI. He has also served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Publishers in India (API). He is actively involved in policy making that enables a level playing field for Indian publishing, championing inclusion and diversity, protecting authors against Copyright and Territorial Infringement, and fighting digital and print piracy in the market.