OUR TEAM
Radhika Panickar Serai is a Publisher, Educationist and Entrepreneur. She is the Founder and CEO of Rumour Books India, one of India’s leading publishing houses and the official publisher of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat—From the Heart of the Mind. She’s leads the primary wing at Satluj Group of Schools, the Chandigarh region’s oldest and largest group of private K-12 institutions.
Previously, she has worked with top brands such as India Today, Times Of India And Citibank In successful capacities. She is a sought-after Speaker at events on Women Entrepreneurship, Publishing and Education. She is also the Founding Director of Panchkula Art & Literary Festival (PALF), North India’s largest literary festival; member of Women Entrepreneurship Network, CII; and a part of various top organisations as a trustee and advisory board member.
She was awarded the ‘Nari Shakti Samaan’, the highest civilian honour for women by the Government of India.
Founder and CEO
Co-Founder & Director
Reekrit Serai is an Educator, Publisher, Author and Investor.
He is the Managing Director of Satluj Group of Schools (Satluj Public Schools, Satluj World Schools and Little Satluj Pre-Schools), one of North India’s largest and oldest and largest private, independent K-12 group of schools, founded in 1976, with its headquarters near Chandigarh. Under his leadership, Satluj has been catapulted into the Top 4 CBSE & Day/Day-Boarding Schools of India, No. 1 in Haryana and No. 1 in Panchkula; Future50 Schools of India (Fortune Magazine); awarded for ‘Innovation in Pedagogical Practices’ at the World Education Summit; honoured as a ‘Great Place to Study’ in the world at the House of Commons, London, UK, amongst other national/international felicitations.
Serai has been honoured as an ‘Education Stalwart’ at the India School Merit Awards, ‘WOW Edupreneur of the Year’ at the Global Teacher Awards and recognised for ‘School Leadership’ at the ‘World Education Summit’.
He is considered one of India’s top influencers and achievers in education, as he has been included in the prestigious BW BusinessWorld ‘40 Under 40 Club of Achievers in Education’. He has been honoured amongst ‘50 Leaders who can Revive Indian Education’ by EducationWorld, and ‘Top 50 Visionary Icons in Education’ by EducationToday.
Serai is the Co-Founder and Director of Rumour Books India, one of India’s largest and reputed English-language trade publishing houses, and the official publisher of the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi’s, Mann Ki Baat.
Serai has spoken at top education forums and events, including the World Education Summits, BW BusinessWorld School Leaders’ Conclave, EdTechReview K-12 Conference, the ProgressiveTeacher Education Conclave and Teaching Excellence Awards, CII Global Exhibition on Services, CII School Summit, etc and conclaves hosted by top universities, industry bodies, media houses, corporations and governments on innovation, eduction, entrepreneurship and EdTech.
Serai specialises in investing in and advising startups and top global education organisations and also serves on the boards of successful EdTech (Educational Technology or EduTech), Education (and Educational), PubTech (Publishing Technology), Publishing, Small-Cap and Mid-Cap companies as an Advisory Board Member. He is also a Trustee, Board Member and Director of reputed Not-for-Profit organisations.
