Chetan Bhagat worked as an investment banker in Hong Kong at Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank for 11 years before moving to Mumbai to pursue his passion for writing.
He has authored 13 books, 10 novels and 3 non-fiction books. His first book, ‘Five Point Someone’ (2004), inspired the blockbuster film ‘3 idiots’. Since then, he has written many screenplays- ‘Kai Po Che!’ (2013), ‘2 States’ (2014), ‘Kick’ (2015), and ‘Half Girlfriend’ (2017). 

He also writes columns for The Times of India and Dainik Bhaskar, focusing on youth and national development issues.

Awards and Accomplishments

Time magazine named Chetan Bhagat as one of the ‘100 Most Influential People in the World 2010’, Forbes India as one of the “Top 100 Celebrities of India 2012”. Fast company USA listed him as one of the “100 most Creative People in Business 2011”, and India Today included him in the “Power List 2013”.

Chetan is also the winner of ‘CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2014’ award in the Entertainment category. His screenwriting efforts for ‘Kai Po Che!’ (2013) bagged him the Filmfare Award for ‘Best screenplay’.