Mona Verma
Author - Editor - Haiku & Limericks Poet
Co - Founder - House of Harmony
Co - Founder - Disha
Executive Presence Coach
Organisational Skills Facilitator
Mona Verma is an 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 9 books and over a dozen anthologies. The Haiku & Tanka poet has also edited various science journals, self-help books, and biographies.
Mona Verma is an award-winning author of 9 books and over a dozen anthologies. The Haiku & Tanka poet has also edited various science journals, self-help books, and biographies.
Her books have been the subject of the thesis for many Research Scholars and the ICSE ELT series.
The Paul Harris Fellow is Chief Coordinator for FLO FICCI, Uttarakhand Literature Committee and has served as a member of the Asia Development Bank, Uttarakhand chapter.
She is co- founder of House of Harmony - a literary initiative to direct and curate literary events across the country.
She co-owns DISHA wherein she works as Executive Presence Coach and Leadership Skills Facilitator.
Recipient of the Uttarakhand Ratan, her name finds a mention in Dateline Dehradun as one of the most influential literary figures of Uttarakhand.
She has been consistently invited for Writers meet by Governor of Uttarakhand.
Recently she has been listed in the 50 Iconic Authors 2022 Category by Aesthetics International.
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.
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Work Profile
She has conducted various workshops targeted at developing Creative writing skills, Haiku & Limericks, Art of Story telling in education institutions across the country. She is much sought as Guest faculty to various leading MNCs, PSUs, Corporate Houses and Universities for Faculty training, Personality Enhancement programs (PEP-Soft skills v/s Hard skills), Placement Selection Improvement (PSI) programs, Interview Etiquette and Group Discussion techniques for aspiring candidates.
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Awards & Accolades
- Woman of Substance Award By All India Women’s Conference, 2009
- Hindustan Times Woman of The Year Award, 2011 (Readers’ Choice)
- Outstanding Alumnus of Delhi Public School Society, 2011
- Best Speaker at Nine Minutes of Fame, 2012
- Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Puruskaar, Award From National Union Of Journalists India, 2012
- Uttarakhand Ratna, 2014
- Award of Excellence-Hardwar Ratna, 2017
- Pride of Haridwar, 2018
- Nari Shakti Samman, 2019
- Winner of Short Story Contest by She Scapes and Delhi Poetry Festival, 2020
- Uttarakhand Excellence Awards, 2021
- Award of Appreciation - FLO FICCI, UK, 2021
- Wonder Woman, 2021
- Iconic Authors, 2022
- Global Progressine Women Award 2022
- Iconic Author Award, Global Leadership Summit 2023
Published Works
The Daivya Sutras :
A Bridge to Nowhere
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God is a River
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The White Shadow
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The Clown of Whitefields & Other Stories
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The Other
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Lost & Found in Banaras
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The Readomania Book of Indian Mythology
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You v/s Yours
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The Readomania Book of Folk Tales
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Better Parenting
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Book of Historical Fiction
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Laughter Lines
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The Scent of Himalayas:
Stories from the Mystical Mountains :
Remnants of Loss
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