User:Archana Kapoor Nagpal

TEDx | Author | Child Counselor & Therapist | Inclusive Educator | Internationally Registered Yoga Teacher | ICF Certified Life & Executive Coach | Certified NLP Practitioner & Mindfulness Coach | L&D Soft Skills Trainer | Mrs India | POSH TTT

Archana Kapoor Nagpal is a TEDx, a Certified NLP Practitioner & a Mindfulness Coach. She has sound experience in conducting workshops on various topics in schools, corporates, and the underprivileged sector of society. In 2022, she coached 1300 girls in 103 days across India on Menstrual Hygiene Program and Mindfulness Living. As a Certified Self-Love Coach and a Communication Mentor, she was Bangalore’s Most Wanted’ on Radio 94.3 for her inputs on how art and writing are therapeutic in curbing suicidal tendencies.

Archana was born in Cairo, Egypt, and brought up in six different countries in the world. She graduated with B.A. (Honours) in English Literature. She has acquired verified certifications from international universities to enhance her academic knowledge and writing skills. She also holds a Diploma in Creative Writing in English to support her existence and identity in the world of creativity. Her passion for English Literature convinced her to pursue her Master of Arts in English. Archana Kapoor Nagpal is a prolific writer, poet, and columnist who has seen her work translated into seven different languages (German, Russian, Italian, French, Chinese, Japanese, and Hindi).

Archana worked with various international brands in the domain of writing until she met with an accident that changed her life for good. With 13 surgeries on her body in 43 years, she is an internationally published author of seven books to inspire the world with her words, haiku (Japanese poetry), and micro poetry. She has received 21 credentials in the world of the haiku fraternity for her contribution as a writer, taking the flag of India higher.

Mrs. India Karnataka 2018 winner and Mrs. India 2018 finalist is a versatile personality, and her workshops are full of knowledge, fun, content, personality enhancement, and enthusiasm. She loves to read, paint, write and travel in her leisure time.

She is the co-founder of Awespire Foundation, a non-profit organization (NPO) based in India that works towards creating awareness among women and girls through well-designed animated programs and creative ways of communication. As a social entrepreneur, Archana has designed programs and teams to run campaigns across the country. Being active and vocal about the LGBT community is one of her visions as a social entrepreneur. A motivational speaker who has been a speaker for TEDx Youth Bangalore 2019 and Women Leadership Summit, NHRD 2019. She is the spokesperson for Nari Shashaktikaran Sangh as well.

List of Books by Archana Kapoor Nagpal

She often participates in writing contests, and her pieces of work are now part of international anthologies as listed below.

New Love: Anthology of Short Stories
12 Facets of a Crystal
A Pinch of Love, Peace and Humanity ’,
Atoms of Haiku – Volume 1
Atoms of Haiku – Volume 2
Ripples of Love
RL POETRY AWARD 2014 ANTHOLOGY
Naad Anunaad– an anthology of contemporary work haiku
Harvests of New Millenium – Art and Poetry
Nothing is Mystery
Sharpening The Green Pencil 2016 – The Book of the Contest (Romanian Haiku Group)
One Man’s Maple Moon – Volume III
Wild Poetry Press - Wild Voices Anthology
Let's Trance

Archana Kapoor Nagpal has been a columnist for Friday Gurgaon from 2012 to 2014. Archana took up the role of an editor with Author’s United 201, a virtual publishing unit based in Pakistan. Since its inception in 2013, she has edited five anthologies for Author’s United.

A Pinch of Love, Peace and Humanity ’
Atoms of Haiku – Volume 1
Atoms of Haiku – Volume 2
Ripples of Love
Nothing is Mystery

She has also seen her literary works published in numerous other journals, blogs, websites and anthologies as listed below:

Whispers
Writers Asylum
VerseWrights
The Bamboo Hut
Frogpond (Issue 37-2) – The Journal of the Haiku Society of America
Under the Basho
Asahi Haikuist Network
HOO-Knows Home & Family Magazine
Harvests of New Millennium (Art & Poetry)
Gems (An Anthology of haiku, senryu and sedoka)
Taj Mahal Review (An International Literary Journal )
Frameless Sky
Tamarind Magazine
A Hundred Gourds 4.1
DailyHaiga, brass bell: a haiku journal
UHTS (United Haiku and Tanka Society) Cattails
Tulip
Paper Wasp
Prune Juice (Journal of Senryu Kyoka & Haiga)
Failed Haiku
Blognostics
Gnarled Oak, Faces and Places – Haiku Anthology
The Mustard Grain
Ershik
Modern Haiku (45:3 Issue)
Issa’s Untidy Hut, hedgerow: a journal of small poems
NeverEnding Story (Butterfly Dream Haiku)
Chrysanthemum 17
Otolith
Four Line Poem
Anti-Heroic
Readomania
Hello Poetry
Tales of Kindness
Englyn
Hedgerow
Wild Plum
Wordweavers
AHG
Poetry WTF
Bonobology
Creatix
Brass Bell: an online journal for haiku
Dead Snakes

Awards and Credentials

Literary Awards

• Awarded for 2nd Place, 24th Indian Kukai Contest, 2018. • Awarded for 7th Place, 20th European Quarterly Kukai, 2017. • Awarded for 2nd Place, 21st Indian Kukai Contest, 2017. • Awarded for 5th Place, 19th Indian Kukai Contest, 2017. • Awarded for 1st Place, 17th Indian Kukai Contest, 2016. • Awarded First Prize, The Fifth Haiku Contest, SHARPENING THE GREEN PENCIL 2016. • Titled as ‘Distinguished Poet’, EHS Anthology, Winners Announcement, European Haiku Prize, 2016. • Awarded First Prize, Short Story Contest, Bonobology Magazine, 2016. • Awarded for 3rd Place, 16th Indian Kukai Contest, 2016. • Awarded for 3rd Place, 13th Indian Kukai Contest 2015. • Her haiku was shortlisted out of 900 entries to be displayed at Golden Triangle, Washington, D.C. Her haiku was awarded as Runners Up, Golden Triangle Haiku Contest, 2016. • Awarded First Prize, Shiki kukai Contest November 2015. • Awarded ‘Honourable Mention’, ukiaHaiku Festival, 2015. • Awarded a certificate for ‘Commended Mention’, THE KLOSTAR IVANIC HAIKU COMPETITION 2014. • The finalists of RL POETRY AWARD 2014 (Haiku), and her works have been included in the annual RL POETRY AWARD 2014 ANTHOLOGY. • Awarded Second Prize, Short Story Contest, Silver Tongue Press, 2013.