Founder
Hemali Sodhi
The founder of A Suitable Agency, Hemali Sodhi has over two decades of experience in publishing, communications and brand strategy.
Passionate about books, and with a proven expertise in communications and brand management, she has conceptualised and worked on a number of pioneering and award-winning marketing campaigns. Her focus has been on building brands – consumer-facing as well as corporate – and over the years she has worked with many renowned writers from around the world.
Hemali loves travelling, reading, and dogs. The Book of Dog, an anthology of original writings edited by her, was published in January 2022.
Associates
Ambar Sahil Chatterjee
Ambar Sahil Chatterjee has worked in publishing for over a decade. His last position was as senior commissioning editor with one of India’s leading publishing houses, where he acquired and published a prestigious classics’ list as well as an eclectic list of contemporary fiction. He has worked closely with a diverse range of eminent writers and translators. When not immersed in books, he loves to dabble in film and theatre.
Udayan Mitra
Udayan Mitra has worked for three decades as an editor and publisher at two of the world’s leading publishing houses in India, most recently as an Executive Publisher leading a large team of publishers and editors. Prior to publishing, Udayan completed a PhD in English literature from New York.
Over his career in publishing, Udayan edited and published some of the most acclaimed writers and exciting new voices from the subcontinent and abroad. He has a long list of best-selling and award-winning books to his credit, and is always looking for strong and innovative writing across genres.
Naomi Barton
Naomi Barton has worked in both journalism and publishing (at The Wire and Penguin Random House) and wears many hats. She’s an expert in digital communications and brand building, while also being an accomplished writer and editor. She’s looking for books which bring a critical new take to the social issues of our time, and additionally loves genre fiction – particularly fantasy and romance. In her free time, she lives on the internet.
Shruti Jain
Shruti Jain brings her love for books to do all things literary at A Suitable Agency as a Social Media Associate. With a Master’s in Indian History and prior experience as an Editorial Associate at a leading digital history publication, she combines her expertise in content creation with a deep love for literature and culture.
Active on her Instagram page (@bookishruti), she can be found reading fiction sometimes, romanticising Dilli, most of the time, and pretending to have it all together, all the time. When not behind the screen, she’s probably rearranging her bookshelf for the hundredth time, or collecting postcards from her unplanned adventures.
Sana Munjal
Sana Munjal has spent the last few years working across public relations, bookselling, and non-profit communications before joining A Suitable Agency. She brings her love for books and the media to her role, where she helps shape publicity campaigns that connect stories with their audiences. Outside of work, you’ll usually find her reading literary fiction, going to the movies, or getting far too invested in popular culture and politics.
Shivendra Singh
Shivendra Singh is passionate about creating conversations around books and taking the works of a variety of writers to new readers. He has been in publishing for over seven years; in his last position he led the marketing and publicity for the literary fiction and non fiction lists at a leading publisher. He has worked closely with an eclectic range of renowned writers.
In addition to books and writing, Shivendra’s interests include philosophy, art, politics, photography, and travel.
Consulting Editor
Ranjana Sengupta
After working as a journalist for many years (including in the Hindustan Times and Indian Express) Ranjana Sengupta moved to publishing where she now has over two decades of experience as an editor specializing in non-fiction. Her main areas of interest are Politics, History, Memoirs, Foreign Policy—especially in the area of India-Pakistan relations—and Biography, and she has always enjoyed matching an idea to an author as well as helping authors navigate the writing process.
She has worked with a wide range of writers, including many eminent Indian scholars, civil servants, politicians and journalists, and several such books have received major awards. She was formerly deputy publisher with a leading publishing house. She is also the author of Delhi Metropolitan, A City Biography (Penguin, 2007).