The Eleventh Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Monday, November 16th to Sunday, November 22nd 2020

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Tata Literature Live! Business Book Award

The Tata Literature Live! Business Book of the Year Award recognises the best business writing in the Indian literary space.

2019 Recipient

The 2019 Tata Literature Live! Business Book Award  was awarded to Leapfrogging to Pole-vaulting: Creating the Magic of Radical and Sustainable Transformation by Raghunath Mashelkar and Ravi Pandit (Penguin Random House).

2019 Shortlist

Leaprogging To Pole-Vaulting : Creating the Magic of Radical and Sustainable Transformation

  • RA Mashelkar and Ravi Pandit
  • Penguin Random House

Of Counsel : The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy

  • Arvind Subramanian
  • Penguin Random House

The Jobs Crisis In India

  • Raghavan Jagannathan
  • Pan Macmillan

2019 Longlist

Brand Custodian

  • Mukund Rajan
  • HarperCollins

Leapfrogging To Pole-Vaulting

  • RA Mashelkar and Ravi Pandit
  • Penguin Random House

Of Counsel

  • Arvind Subramanian
  • Penguin Random House

The Jobs Crisis in India

  • R. Jagannathan
  • Pan Macmillan

The Reluctant Billionaire

  • Soma Das
  • Penguin Random House

When It Clicks

  • Amitabh Pandey
  • Pan Macmillan

2019 Jury

  • Ajit Ranade

    Economist and political analyst.
  • Ambi Parameswaran

    Advertising/branding veteran, brand coach, columnist and author of nine best-selling books.
  • Arun Maira

    Author and thought-leader in large systems change in public policy and business.
  • Jerry Rao

    Author, newspaper and magazine columnist.
  • Kiran Khalap

    Award-winning writer, novelist and brand consultant to over 250 organisations including Aadhar

Past Recipients

The Billionaire Raj

2018

  • James Crabtree
  • Harper Collins

Advice and Dissent

2017

  • YV Reddy
  • Harper Collins

Grassroots Innovation

2016

  • Anil K Gupta
  • Random House

Restart

2015

  • Mihir S Sharma
  • Vintage Books

Orbit Shifting Innovation

2014

  • Rajiv Narang & Devika Devaiah
  • RHI