Priya Kumar (Author)

  Some Lesser Known Facts About Priya Kumar

• She was born in Chandigarh and shifted to Mumbai when she was 13.

• Her mother was a banker who has worked with the Reserve Bank of India.

• She started writing at an early age; she used to participate in every essay writing contest in school and won several accolades for that.

• She was a regular columnist with Mid-Day, Financial Express, Economic Times, B positive, DNA, Mint, Dainik Bhaskar, etc.

• She started motivational speaking when her mentor, Dr. Niranjan Patel, died who used to carry out anti-nicotine and anti-alcohol workshops for the youth and she used to help him in organizing those workshops.

• She became the youngest motivational speaker in India in 1998 at the age of 24.

• She was also a visiting faculty in the Indo American Society, where she did workshops on Personality development for the youth, for over 2 years.

• She has authored nine books, out of which three are non-fiction and six are fiction.

• She has won 13 international awards, along with several national awards.

• She is also an excellent oil & acrylic painter.

• She did a Super Diploma course in French, from Alliance Francais, and has a diploma in German from Max Mueller, Pune. Nonetheless, she also taught French for over 9 years.

• She is the co-founder of Sona Sarovar Trust, started by her mother Sona Kumar.

• She specializes in Fire Walking.

• She also runs a YouTube channel where she gives motivational speeches.