Chetan Bhagat
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Chetan Bhagat (born 22 April 1974) is the highest selling author in India. He is the author of two bestsellers: Five Point Someone - What not to do at IIT and One Night @ the Call Center. He is also the scriptwriter for 'Hello', the Bollywood movie based on One Night @ the Call Center.
He studied at The Army Public School, Delhi (1978-1991) and graduated from IIT Delhi (1991-1995). He completed his post-graduate studies from IIM Ahmedabad (1995-1997). At IIM Ahmedabad, he received a medal for the 'best outgoing student award'. He has been working in Hong Kong with Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, since 1999.
His first book, Five Point Someone - What not to do at IIT (May 2004) is a novel about three boys who join IIT Delhi and try to cope with the notoriously heavy workload of the institute. This book has continued to stay on the India Today bestseller list ever since its publication (140 weeks in January 2007). It won him the Society Young Achiever's award in 2004 and the Publisher's Recognition award in 2005.
His second book, One Night @ the Call Center, was released in India in October 2005 and continues to be a bestseller as of January 2007. The book is about six people who work at a Call Center and one night which changes it all for them. The book will release in US/UK by Random House in May 2007.
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