A youth icon and one of the brightest minds in the nation, Chetan Bhagat is the author of seven blockbuster books, columnist, screenwriter and a speaker. Chetan Bhagat writes op-ed columns for popular English and Hindi newspapers, including The Times of India and Dainik Bhaskar, focusing on youth, career and issues based on national development. In 2008, The New York Times cited Chetan Bhagat as'' the biggest selling English language novelist in Indias history''. Time magazine named him amongst the ''100 most influential people in the world'' and Fast Company, USA, listed him as one of the world's ''100 most creative people in business''.