Chetan Bhagat

Chetan Bhagat (born 22 April 1974) is an Indian author, columnist, screenwriter, television personality and motivational speaker, known for his English-language dramedy novels about young urban middle-class Indians.

A noted public intellectual, Bhagat also writes for columns about the youth, career development and current affairs. for The Times of India (in English) and Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi).

Bhagat's novels have sold over a total of seven million copies. In 2008, The New York Times cited Bhagat as "the biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history".

Bhagat's screenwriting efforts have included the dramedies Kai Po Che! (2013) and 2 States (2014) and the action-superhero movie Kick (2015). He won the Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Kai Po Che! at the 59th Filmfare Awards in January 2014.

Early life, education and early career

Chetan Bhagat was born in Delhi in a Punjabi family, his father was an army officer and his mother was a government employee in the agricultural department.

Anjan Chatterjee (neuroscientist)

Anjan Chatterjee (born 1958) is a professor of Neurology in the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. His research focuses on spatial cognition and its relationship to language. He also conducts neuroaesthetics research and writes about the ethical use of neuroscience findings in society.

He is President of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics and the Chair of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology.

Background

Chatterjee obtained his BA in philosophy from Haverford College in 1980 and his MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985. After his internship at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, he trained in Neurology at The University of Chicago. He then completed two research fellowships, one at Case Western Reserve University with Peter Whitehouse and a second at The University of Florida with Kenneth Heilman. He was a member of the neurology faculty at The University of Alabama at Birmingham before returning to the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and a founding board member of the International Neuroethics Society. He is also a board member for Haverford College, The Associated Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and Universal Promise (a non-profit educational organization). Editorial Activities: He is on the editorial boards of: The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Behavioural Neurology, European Neurology, Neuropsychology, Empirical Studies of the Arts, and American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience.