Payal Shah Karwa is an Indian author popular for her book ''The Bad Touch''

Early life

Payal Shah Karwa was born in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

, Maharashtra. Payal attended the St Teresa's Convent High School in Santacruz, Mumbai and completed her B.Com from

Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics (also known as NM College) is a premier college for commerce and economics affiliated to University of Mumbai. The college was established in 1964 by Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal. It was award ...

. After that, she completed her Post Graduation Diploma in Advertising and Communications from

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies SVKM's NMIMS is a private deemed university located in Mumbai. The University also has campuses at Shirpur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Indore and Navi Mumbai and two upcoming campuses in Dhule and Chandigarh. It has 17 constituent schools that offe ...

(NMIMS) in Juhu Vile Parle Mumbai.

Personal life

She met her life partner, Rahul Karwa, at NMIMS and after their marriage in 2005, they continue living in Mumbai with their twin girls Adweta and Aarna. Rahul is the CEO of an event and content company.

Career

Early career

After completing her Post Graduation, Payal worked in the field of brand communication in Midas Events,

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, Hanmer MS&L and Out of Home Media India Pvt Ltd. In 2009 she started her content agency The Word Jockey since December 2015. In 2009, she also started working on her first book – The Bad Touch, which was based on the subject of child sex abuse. The book had stories about activist

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, Director

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and others. The book was published by

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Marketing and launched in April 2013 by celebrity actress Tara Sharma Saluja, and artist Brinda Miller.

Later career

Currently she is Content Director at The Word Jockey Creative Content Studio. She has also founded the website on women's intimate health to break taboos surrounding sexual health issues, and co-founded a channel on kids’ content Yabadabadoo Kids. She is a speaker and trainer, and has addressed audiences at various forums like Science of Storytelling at

Nehru Science Centre Nehru Science Centre (NSC) is the largest interactive science centre in India. It is located in Worli, Mumbai. The centre is named after India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1977, the centre started with the 'Light and Sight' exhibi ...

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Literacy Carnival, TMFA, Merck,

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, Global Content Summit etc.

References

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