Role Players 2024
Aparna Piramal Raje
Author
The Chemical Khichdi Project
Aparna Piramal Raje is a writer, public speaker, educator and the author of Chemical Khichdi: How I Hacked My Mental Health (2022), a book on her experiences of living with bipolar disorder, a serious mental health condition for the last two decades.
Part memoir and part self-help, Chemical Khichdi presents a pathway for healing and recovering for anyone living with a mental health condition, and for their caregivers, allies and mental health specialists. It is a national best-seller, was shortlisted for the AutHer literary awards, and led to global acclaim for Aparna’s authenticity and courage.
Her column, Head Office, was the longest-running column in the Mint newspaper, a leading Indian business daily. It looked at leadership through the blended lens of workspace design and management workstyles. Over 100 CEOs from India and globally were featured in Head Office. The column led to her first book, Working Out of the Box: 40 stories of leading CEOs (2015).
With a unique background in leadership, design and mental health, Aparna is a popular keynote speaker. Former CEO of BP Ergo, one of India’s largest modular office furniture companies, Aparna studied at Oxford University and Harvard Business School.
Part memoir and part self-help, Chemical Khichdi presents a pathway for healing and recovering for anyone living with a mental health condition, and for their caregivers, allies and mental health specialists. It is a national best-seller, was shortlisted for the AutHer literary awards, and led to global acclaim for Aparna’s authenticity and courage.
Her column, Head Office, was the longest-running column in the Mint newspaper, a leading Indian business daily. It looked at leadership through the blended lens of workspace design and management workstyles. Over 100 CEOs from India and globally were featured in Head Office. The column led to her first book, Working Out of the Box: 40 stories of leading CEOs (2015).
With a unique background in leadership, design and mental health, Aparna is a popular keynote speaker. Former CEO of BP Ergo, one of India’s largest modular office furniture companies, Aparna studied at Oxford University and Harvard Business School.