Penguin Random House India
Ajay Joshi is an experienced supply chain professional with a career spanning over 15 years in the publishing industry. Currently serving as Group Vice President Supply Chain at Penguin Random House India since October 2008, Ajay has held various roles, including Vice President and AVP of Demand Planning & Production, where responsibilities include managing production operations and inventory to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Prior to Penguin Random House, Ajay was General Manager Production at Scholastic India, overseeing the production of book fair and book club titles, focusing on reprinting US and UK titles in India. Ajay's expertise includes paper procurement, internal and external inspections, and ensuring adherence to international quality standards.
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Penguin Random House India (PRHI) is a subsidiary of Penguin Random House (PRH), a leading global publishing company. PRH was formed in 2013 after the merger between Penguin & Random House. As part of the global merger, Penguin Books India & Random House India came together to form PRHI. Bertelsmann became the sole owner of PRH in 2020. PRHI publishes in English & Hindi while partnering with regional publishing houses to publish across Indian languages including Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati & Kannada. PRHI has published books by well-known & emerging authors from India & abroad, such as Amitav Ghosh, Jhumpa Lahiri, Arundhati Roy, Ruskin Bond, Sudha Murty, Durjoy Datta, (Lt.) Khushwant Singh, Former President of India (Lt.) APJ Abdul Kalam, Upmanyu Chatterjee, Hussain Zaidi, Ravinder Singh, Sudeep Nagarkar, Novoneel Chakraborty, PMO Shri. Narendra Modi, Krishna Udayshankar, Saurabh Mukherjea, Prakash Iyer, R. Gopalakrishnan, Harish Bhat, Sadhguru & Gaur Gopal Das, among others. Additionally, PRHI promotes reading & literacy through the sub-continent through literary events, book launches & book fairs. Since its inception in 1985 in India, PRHI has become one of the most recognised names in the industry. We have an active backlist of 3000+ titles and release 300 new ones every year. PRHI's portfolio consists of authors who have won major literary prizes, including the Booker Prize, the International Booker Prize, the Nobel Prize, the Magsaysay Award, the Jnanpith Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Commonwealth Writer's Prize & more. PRHI publishes books across various genres, including literary fiction, romance, thrillers, fantasy, memoirs, biography, self-help, mind, body & spirit, historical non-fiction, politics, creative non-fiction, health, children's literature, YA fiction & non-fiction. We have a rich collection of audiobooks & e-books, & many of our stories have been adapted into films & web series.