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Rupa Publications began operations in the year 1936 on College Street in Calcutta. D. Mehra and R. K. Mehra established the company at that location to operate as book distributors and importers.
Film maker Satyajit Ray created the visual identity for the firm without accepting money for his design work. He requested a collection of books as payment instead, and this resulting logo remains associated with the brand today.
Chetan Bhagat has seen every one of his books published by this house while L. K. Advani contributed an autobiography titled My Country My Life. Ruskin Bond, Ramendra Kumar, and authors of Kaun Banega Crorepati The Official Book also released titles under their imprint.
New Delhi serves as the headquarters for these operations across India and Nepal. The publisher maintains sales centers in Kolkata, Allahabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, and Kathmandu.
In 2012 Kapish Mehra launched a new venture called Aleph Book Company after taking over as managing director from the earlier founders. He partnered with David Davidar who was former CEO of Penguin-International and hired Ravi Singh from Penguin-India to join the team.