Team

Radhika Menon Publisher

Radhika is the brain and spirit behind Tulika. The motivation for setting up Tulika was both her passion for the print medium itself and the creative possibilities of children’s books – possibilities of ‘bridging the gap between knowledge and imagination’ as she puts it. She set up Tulika in 1996 with old and dear friend, Sandhya Rao, joining as editor on day one. The rest, as they say, is history! Radhika’s commitment to creating multilingual books that are inclusive in

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Deeya Nayar Editor

Ever since Deeya walked into the Tulika office, it was clear that this was where she belonged. She dabbled in various things at different times, including a stint with 'India Mail' in London – finally zeroing in on publishing as an additional soulmate for the rest of her life. She is an uncompromising editor, and is fascinated by the way all that she likes and is best at comes together in her work – especially a love for languages and

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Priya Krishnan Editor

After regularly contributing to her college literary journal, Priya fell off the map, or so it seemed! But she was traversing it, literally, with a family that had tennis on its mind. She has been in and out of Tulika over the last years and has just fitted into different slots – researching, writing, updating website, editing. She has now settled into what she is best at – managing the website content and editing books, coming in three times a

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Niveditha Subramaniam Associate Editor

When Niveditha joined as an intern at Tulika four years ago she described the place with great affection as ‘full of warm, cheery spots, soft boards covered with cryptic scrawls and love notes from writers, artists and interns, crowded wooden desks, and books, books everywhere’. After her internship she went off and worked in a children’s magazine, published a few books with Tulika, went off again and studied German and photography and came right back to be part of the

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S.P. Thilakavathi Manager – Accounts and Sales

Thilak joined Tulika in 1998 and soon became pivotal to Tulika’s functioning in many ways. She joined as accountant and has been meticulously managing accounts since then. And everything else as it turned out – from a malfunctioning printer to lost keys to book exhibitions. While continuing to handle everything in her calm manner, and giving everyone a patient hearing, including distributors and customers, she has also taken over sales efficiently. Her patience and efficiency is well known in the

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Chrishelle David Marketing and Business Development Manager

When this slightly built young woman walked in for an interview and talked of her experience of handling 1200 employees as assistant Human Resources Manager in a large company it was hard to believe it. But we soon changed our minds. She handles school children of all ages, teachers, principals, authors, illustrators, government officials, media and anyone else who comes her way as Marketing Manager of Tulika with consummate ease. Events, interviews, reviews, book promotions, online or offline… Chrishelle is

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