Rashmi Bansal is an Indian non-fiction writer and entrepreneur. As of 2019, she is the author of nine books on entrepreneurship. Her first book, '' Stay Hungry Stay Foolish'', traced the progress of 25 MBA entrepreneurs and sold over 500,000 copies.

Early life and education

Bansal grew up at the

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where her father was an astrophysicist. After attending St Joseph's High School in

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, she studied at

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before earning an

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from the

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) is the world's number 1 business school, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The school has been accorded the status of an Institute of National Importance by Ministry of Human Resource ...

Career in Journalism

On graduating from

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, she worked as a brand manager for the ''

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''. After developing a youth page for ''

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'', she went on to found ''JAM'' (Just Another Magazine), a youth magazine in collaboration with her husband.

Career as an Author

She was inspired to write ''Stay Hungry Stay Foolish'' (2008) by a professor at IIM Ahmedabad who suggested she cover the experiences of 25 entrepreneurs from the school. Her next book, ''Connect the Dots'' (2010), traced the progress of entrepreneurs without MBAs. Her book ''I Have a Dream'' (2011) focused on social entrepreneurs. In an interview with Heather Timmons of the ''

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'', Bansal explained she decided to use Hinglish as it provides a more direct representation of people's voices and "makes them more real". More recently, Bansal has written four books on entrepreneurs: ''Poor Little Rich Slum'', ''Follow Every Rainbow'', ''Take Me Home'' and ''Arise Awake''.

Publications

*Bansal, Rashmi. '' Stay Hungry Stay Foolish''. Westland. 2008. . *Bansal, Rashmi. ''Connect the Dots''. Westland. 2010. . *Bansal, Rashmi, ''I Have a Dream''. Westland. 2011. . *Bansal, Rashmi. ''Poor Little Rich Slum''. Westland. 2012. . *Bansal, Rashmi. ''Follow Every Rainbow''. Westland. 2013. . *Bansal, Rashmi. ''Take me Home''. Westland. 2014. . *Bansal, Rashmi. ''Arise Awake''. Westland. 2015. . *Bansal, Rashmi. ''God's Own Kitchen''."God's Own Kitchen"
by Rashmi Bansal, ''Westland'' Westland. 2017.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bansal, Rashmi Year of birth missing (living people) Indian business writers 21st-century Indian women writers 21st-century Indian writers Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad alumni Living people 21st-century Indian non-fiction writers Sophia College for Women alumni