Editor in many genres. I love working on politics, history and psychology. Worked at SAGE, Pearson, Springer and McGraw-Hill among others.
Overview
I am an editor with more than 20 years of experience in academic, reference, professional, and curriculum publishing. My skill sets include copy editing and developmental editing of books of multiple genres. I am most experienced in editing academic, nonfiction, and curriculum books on history, politics, psychology and other social sciences, business & management, and science & technology.
I hold a master's degree in Applied Psychology, an advanced diploma in Human Resource Management, and a bachelor's degree in English.
I am a rather hands-on editor and work closely with my authors to achieve the objective of creating high-quality offerings that we can all be proud of. I am known for attention to detail, making content error-free and comprehensive, and not rushing through anything, while keeping the interaction highly collaborative, pleasant, and comfortable.
Services
Non-Fiction
Business & Management
Education & Reference
Health & Wellbeing
History
Math & Science
Political Science & Current AffairsPsychology
Languages
English (UK)
Work experience
Self-employed
Jul, 2020 —
Present
Providing various editorial services including
• Manuscript editing
• Manuscript assessment and development
• Content writing
• Publication assistance
• Book and editor coaching.
Ongoing projects on humanities and social sciences, business and management, and science, technology and medicine at general, curriculum, professional and research levels.
Major clients and respective task/ subject areas included:
- Acadecraft Inc (Jun 2022–Sep 2022) - Edited key business documents, academic articles, and book chapters, and delivered comprehensive product reviews for client websites;
- KnowledgeHut Solutions Pvt Ltd (Dec 2021–May 2022) - Acquired high-profile authors for video courses on in-demand software such as Typescript, Node.js, and Ethereum & Solidity;
- Packt Publishing Pvt Ltd (Jan 2021–Sep 2021) - Managed product development of software books. Acquired high-profile authors for critical projects such as Crystal Programming and Appian.
PURE KNOWLEDGE SOLUTIONS LLP
Nov, 2022 —
Oct, 2023
(12 months)
Key responsibilities included:
• Handling freelance editorial team working on projects of various types
• Reviewing and quality-checking files edited by team members
• Carrying out monthly team member assessments
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Jan, 2017 —
Jul, 2020
(over 3 years)
Managed the commissioning and development stages for the publication of academic books on Social Sciences - Economics and Development Studies, Health Studies, Politics and International Studies, Sociology, Psychology, Social Work, History and more. Key responsibilities included:
- Assessing new book proposals acquired through commissioning tours and putting up promising proposals for review and approval by management
- Ensuring development and finalization of submitted manuscripts for transmittal by working with authors and reviewers.
PEARSON INDIA EDUCATION SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
Sep, 2015 —
Jan, 2017
(over 1 year)
Managed the acquisition and development stages for the publication of Global Editions - international versions of bestselling Pearson US textbooks. Key responsibilities included:
- Acquiring and developing content from across the world for Global Editions
- Managing relationships with contributors and reviewers to ensure time-bound delivery of high-quality content for each project.
SPRINGER EDITORIAL SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
Aug, 2011 —
Sep, 2015
(about 4 years)
Managed projects for publishing Springer major reference works—international editions published from diverse locations. Key responsibilities included:
- Handling all stages in the development of a project, right after editor contracting till the publication of the title
- Creating content submission workflows for online and print publication.
TATA MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION PRIVATE LIMITED
Sep, 2010 —
Jul, 2011
(10 months)
Managed developmental activities for publication of professional books in the Science and Technology, Computing, and Business and General Reference lists. As part of this assignment:
- Evaluated proposals through detailed assessment of manuscripts for language, presentation, subject matter coverage, copyright issues, etc.
- Liaised with authors for proposal generation, securing revised documents, and communicating book development plans, project requirements, milestones, decisions, etc. to facilitate smooth operations.
PHI LEARNING PRIVATE LIMITED
May, 2006 —
Aug, 2010
(over 4 years)
Managed the editorial process and published college and university level textbooks on Engineering, Science, Management, Commerce and the Social Sciences. As part of this assignment:
- Copy-edited manuscripts in line with requirements of the respective subject and in strict adherence to predefined quality parameters.
- Communicated extensively with authors on all matters related to book content and project workflow.
- Reviewed subject-specific project proposals and tables of contents for subject coverage, language, grammar, presentation, illustrations and other teaching aids, and developmental effort needed.
Self-employed
Oct, 2003 —
Apr, 2006
(over 2 years)
- Edited and proofread school level textbooks.
- Wrote articles on healthcare and health insurance for online firms.
- Taught school level courses as well as conversation and skill development courses in English.
