About

Mona Verma

Introduction

Mona Verma is an alumnus of Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University and post- graduation Certification holder from Harvard Business School.  She is an award-winning author of 11 books and over a dozen anthologies which have been the subject of the thesis for many Research Scholars and ICSE ELT series. 

The Former member of Asia Development Bank, also co-owns DISHA wherein she works as Executive Presence Coach and Leadership Skills Facilitator for MNCs and PSUs. Recipient  of the Rex Karamveer  Gold Medal by ICongo and United Nations ,she has been listed in the 50 Iconic Authors 2022 Category by Aesthetics International.The recipient of the  Uttarakhand Ratan, Hindustan Times woman of the year and Munshi Premchand Sahitya Pursuskar is also serving as Chairperson Literature committee , FICCIFLO , Uttarakhand for the 4 th consecutive years as well as member Advisory Board for Dehradun Literary Festival. 

 She is also serving as a Mentor at Womennovator - a Global Incubator for Women and has been repeatedly invited by Defence Services Staff College, Wellington for training the armed forces from both India and other nations. 

India Today March 2023 edition has listed her amongst the Top 8 emerging Indian women.In October 2023, her name and writings have found an impressive mention in the prestigious British Routledge Encyclopaedias of Indian Writing in English.She is co- founder of House of Harmony - a literary initiative to direct and curate literary events across the country. 

Presently she is serving as a jury for literary submissions for Ruskin Bond Foundation - a Times of India initiative. Her latest book, The Scent of Himalayas has been long listed for VoW awards 2025. 


Event & Program Schedule

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM - 11 January 2026

ANTARANG - Decoding India-China Relations : ex-Amb Ashok K. Kantha & Lt Gen SL Narasimhan, moderated by Ambreen Khan 

SBI RANGDARSHINI - Folk Tales from the Himalayas : Mona Verma in conversation with Vinita Dhondiyal Bhatnagar (Sponsor: MP Madhyam)

GATEWAY VAGARTH - Kupwara Codes, the Race to Thwart a Terror Attack : Maj Manik M Jolly in conversation with Col Sanjay Pande

 

The Society for Culture & Environment will hold the fourth edition of 'Heartland Stories — Bhopal Literature and Art Festival 2022 as a physical cum virtual event, between 25-27th March 2022.

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