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Anirudh Kanisetti

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Anirudh Kanisetti is an Indian writer and public historian. Sahitya Akademi awarded him Yuva Puraskar for his book Lords of the Deccan: Southern India From Chalukyas To Cholas in 2023.[1] The book won the Tata Literature Live's Book of the Year Award in the non-fiction category in 2022.[2] It is due to be adapted by Rana Daggubati into a web series titled Lord of the Deccan for SonyLIV.[3]

Anirudh Kanisetti
NationalityIndian
EducationBachelor of Engineering
Alma materBirla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Goa Campus
Occupation(s)Writer, public historian
AwardsYuva Puraskar, Tata Literature Live's Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award

Education and early career

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Kanisetti graduated from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Goa Campus with a Bachelor of Engineering degree with first class honors. He minored in philosophy, economics, and politics.[4][5]

Kanisetti worked as a geostrategy researcher for the Takshashila Institution after graduation. While at Takshashila, he ran a popular podcast called "Echoes of India."[6]

Books

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  • India's Marathon: Reshaping the Post-Pandemic World. By Aparna Pande, Constantino Xavier, Manoj Kewalramani, Kunal Singh, Shruti Rajagopalan, James Dorsey, Anirudh Kanisetti, Nitin Pai, Pranay Kotasthane. Publisher: Takshashila Institution. 2020.[7]
  • 11 Stops to the Present: Stories of Bengaluru. 2021. By Aditi De, Anirudh Kanisetti, Anitha Murthy, Edgar Demello, Meera Iyer, Menaka Raman, Nagaraj Vastarey, Shruti Rao Sandhya Rao, Shweta Taneja Zac O'Yeah, Sarada Natarajan. Publisher: INTACH Bengaluru Chapter.[8]
  • Lords of the Deccan: Southern India From Chalukyas To Cholas. By Anirudh Kanisetti. Publisher: Juggernaut Books. 2022.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Sahitya Akademi announces winners of Bal Sahitya Puraskar, Yuva Puraskar". The Indian Express. 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  2. ^ Scroll Staff (2022-11-14). "Tata Literature Live announces winners in all categories for its 2022 awards". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  3. ^ "Rana Daggubati to produce historical action drama web series Lord of the Deccan for SonyLIV". The Indian Express. 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  4. ^ Chandra, Vikram (2022-02-06). "'A king could have commanded the worst atrocities on enemies and yet built awe-inspiring temples'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  5. ^ "A Kanisetti, Lords of the Deccan author: I feel gleeful when I demolish binaries". Hindustan Times. 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  6. ^ Viswanathan, VishnuPriya (2019-09-26). "'Echoes of India': the history podcast that is attracting young Indian millennials". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  7. ^ "The world is changing. India needs to get its priorities right". Hindustan Times. 2020-12-14. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  8. ^ "Looking back and beyond". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  9. ^ Sarkar, Chiki. "My best reads of 2022: Publishers choose their list of essential reading". The Tribune.
  10. ^ "Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2023-09-24.