Ramendra Kumar (Ramen) is an award-winning writer, a storyteller and an inspirational speaker with 42 books. He has won 34 awards in the competition for writers of children’s literature organised by Children’s Book Trust (CBT), over the years.
The writer’s articles have been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul series, Readers Digest, The Week, Swagat and several other offline and on-line magazines. His interviews have appeared in major national newspapers. His writings have been translated into 30 languages – Indian & foreign.
Six of his books have been recommended by CBSE, India, as Supplementary Readers. Ramen’s stories have also found a place in 16 textbooks prescribed by different Boards. Government of Sri Lanka has published a text book for students of Grade Five which carries Ramen’s story ‘Internet in the Jungle’. 3,20,000 copies of this book, have been distributed to the children in the island country. One of his stories has been adapted as Kamishibai, the traditional form of storytelling in Japan while another tale has been included in a text book for class nine students of Norway. His stories have been showcased on several prestigious online platforms including Radio Mirchi, Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast et al.
Ramen has been invited to literary festivals held in Denmark, Greece, Sharjah, Sri Lanka as well as Indian events like the prestigious Jaipur Literature Festival, Bookaroo, etc. and seminars organised by Sahitya Akademi, IGNOU and NBT.
He was nominated as a Jury Member for the Best Children’s Author Category of JK Paper & The Times of India’s ‘Women AutHer’ Awards 2020.
Ramen was serving as the Chief of Communications, SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant, when he decided to take Voluntary Retirement in August 2020 to pursue his passion.
To know more about Ramen you can visit his website: www.ramendra.in He also has a page devoted to him on Wikipedia.
