Namit Arora

Namit Arora is an Indian author.^[1]

Namit Arora
Born	India
Alma mater	IIT Kharagpur
Occupation	Writer
Notable work	Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization

Arora grew up in Gwalior. He is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur. He obtained a master's degree in computer engineering from Louisiana.^[2] He cut short his career of almost 2 decades in the tech industry of Silicon Valley to return to India in 2013 to write books.^[3]

Arora's book Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization has been translated into Hindi and Tamil, and was longlisted for the 2022 Karwaan Book Award. He is an Indian author.^[4][5] A web-series based on the book, supported by a grant from the Raza Foundation and narrated by Arora himself, debuted recently on The Wire.^[6]

Books

• The Lottery of Birth: On Inherited Social Inequalities. Publisher: Three Essays Collective.^[7]
• A California Story. Publisher: Adelaide Books LLC.^[8]
• Love and Loathing in Silicon Valley: A Novel. Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books.^[9]
• Indians: A Brief History of A Civilization. Penguin India.^[10]