Krishna Udayasankar
Dr. Krishna Udayasankar | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bangalore, India |
| Occupation | Author, academic |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | Singapore |
| Alma mater | National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore |
| Genre | Mythopoeia, Historical fiction, Poetry |
| Years active | 2012-present |
| Notable works | Govinda, Kurukshetra, 3 |
| Website | |
| Krishna Udayasankar | |
Dr. Krishna Udayasankar is an Indian author of fiction and an academic. She writes mytho-historical fiction and poetry.[1][2]
Personal life and education
A graduate of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, Krishna holds a PhD in Strategic Management from the Nanyang Business School, Singapore and has published two textbooks: International Business: An Asian Perspective (2015) and Global Business Today (2014).[3] Her book Beast (2019), an urban fantasy thriller is published by Penguin Random House, who have also taken over the rights for her entire backlist of five novels. In a session at the Bangalore Literary Festival in 2018, Udayasankar spoke of how she started writing fiction entirely by accident, and that her first work, The Aryavarta Chronicles, started out as a satirical poem.[4]
Academic career
Udayasankar has held academic appointments at major Singaporean universities, including Nanyang Business School (2009–2016) and the National University of Singapore (2005–2009).[5][6] Her research examines corporate governance, the business–government–society nexus, and corporate social responsibility.
She is co-author of the Asian editions of International Business and Global Business Today (McGraw-Hill Asia), and her articles have appeared in journals such as the Journal of Business Ethics and Corporate Governance: An International Review.[7] Her research and conference papers have won multiple awards from the Academy of Management and other scholarly bodies. Her single-author paper, Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Size, published in the Journal of Business Ethics in 2008 has over 1000 citations to date.[8]
Writing career
Udayasankar's fiction re-imagines mythology through a contemporary lens, and is the author of the Aryavarta Chronicles trilogy, consisting of Govinda (2012), Kaurava (2014), and Kurukshetra (2015).
Her standalone works include Immortal (2016), a time-spanning thriller; Beast (2019), an urban fantasy; 3 (2015), based on the founding legend of Singapore; The Cowherd Prince (2020), a prequel to Govinda; and Objects of Affection (2013), a collection of prose-poems. Her writing has been praised for blending philosophical depth with narrative pace, and for exploring the human dimensions of epic and legend.
Books
- Govinda (novel) (Hachette India, 2012)
- Objects of Affection (poetry anthology) (Math Paper Press, 2013)
- Body Boundaries: The Etiquette Anthology of Women's Writing (non-fiction) (The Literary Centre,2013)
- Kaurava (novel) (Hachette India, 2013)
- Kurukshetra (novel) (Hachette India, 2014)
- 3 (novel) (Hachette, 2015)
- Immortal (Hachette India, 2016)
- Beast (Penguin India, 2019)[9]
- The Cowherd Prince: The Prequel to Govinda (Penguin India, 2020)
- Buddha (Penguin India, TBA)[10]
References
- ^ "Wayback Machine". www.penguin.co.in. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ Home; About; Contact; Home; About; Contact; Home; About; Contact. "Krishna Udayasankar / Bio". prose.sg. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Blurb for 3". Ethos Books.
- ^ "BLF Live, BLF 2018 Reports". Bangalore Literary Festival.
- ^ "National Law School of India University -". National Law School of India University. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Home". Corporate NTU. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Corporate Governance: An International Review". Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ Udayasankar, Krishna (1 December 2008). "Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Size". Journal of Business Ethics. 83 (2): 167–175. doi:10.1007/s10551-007-9609-8. ISSN 1573-0697.
- ^ "Beast". Penguin India.
- ^ Shetty, Deepika (29 January 2016). "Penguin signs Singapore based author". Straits Times. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
External links
- The Aryavarta Chronicles Archived 30 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Krishna Udayasankar at Penguin India