Mona Verma
Author - Editor - Haiku & Limericks Poet
Co - Founder - House of Harmony
Co - Founder - Disha
Executive Presence Coach
Organisational Skills Facilitator
Mona Verma is a TEDx speaker and award-winning author of 10 books, editor of over a dozen anthologies, and a noted Haiku and Tanka poet. An alumna of Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, she holds a postgraduate certification from Harvard Business School. Her writing has been featured in the ICSE ELT series and subject of thesis for numerous research scholars.
Her writings are mentioned in the prestigious Routledge Encyclopaedia of Indian Writing in English (2023) and listed in the FICCI–Bologna Book Plus Rights Catalogue.
A recipient of the Rex Karamveer Gold Medal from iCONGO and the United Nations, Times of India Award by the Ruskin Bond Foundation, Uttarakhand Ratan, Hindustan Times Woman of the Year award and the Munshi Premchand Sahitya Puruskar, Mona is deeply involved in India’s literary and cultural landscape.She has served as Chief Coordinator and Chairperson of the Literature Committee of FLO FICCI Uttarakhand and is also the co-founder of House of Harmony, curating literary experiences across India. She has shared festival platforms with leading writers, thinkers and public figures.
A former member of the Asia Development Bank, she is also the Founder-Director of DISHA.ectl where she works as an Organisational Presence and Managerial Competency Coach with ministries, PSUs and MNCs across the country.
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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
- Rex Karamveer Gold medal Award By Icongo & United Nations
- Times of India & Ruskin Bond award for cultural & literary recognition, 2026
- Woman of Substance Award By All India Women’s Conference, 2009
- Hindustan Times Woman of The Year Award, 2011
- 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
Published Works
The Daivya Sutras :
The River That Remembers :
The Soul of Delhi: Stories From The Capital :
Light of Spring :
Stree Sutra :
A Bridge to Nowhere
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God is a River
Available on Amazon & Kindle :
The White Shadow
Available on Amazon & Kindle :
The Clown of Whitefields & Other Stories
Available on Amazon & Kindle :
The Other
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Lost & Found in Banaras
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The Readomania Book of Indian Mythology
Available on Amazon & Kindle :
You v/s Yours
Available on Amazon & Kindle :
The Readomania Book of Folk Tales
Available on Amazon & Kindle :
Better Parenting
Available on Amazon & Kindle :
Book of Historical Fiction
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Laughter Lines
Available on Amazon & Kindle :
The Scent of Himalayas:
Stories from the Mystical Mountains :
Remnants of Loss
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