A bunch of tightly-knit folks, we are way cooler than how it sounds here. Belonging to different parts of the country, we speak a total of 17 languages and drink 120 cups of chai per day.
Devoted to Fun and Fitness, Kejri is an entreprenur first and a Product Manager second. Before Pratilipi, he built a premium home and beauty services company called Zyloon. When not working or Tindering or pacifying conflicts at office, he could be found at Yoga retreats, singing bhakti songs and meditating.
Our Data Science engineer loves to bet. But losing against Ranjeet is how he came to be known in the office. An avid reader and a football fan, he doesn't like talking much and replies only when spoken to.
A polyglot developer, ARP eats one kilogram of grapes for breakfast, and we don’t want to go into details about the rest of his meals. Devoted to Android and Shally, in his spare time he runs and works out. If bored, he runs and works out more.
Akash sometimes doesn't come to office because he forgets to wake up. The man behind Pratilipi FM, he is a backend engineer who loves the diversity that Pratilipi offers in his life.
If Akshay was not with Pratilipi helping India read the best Kannada stories, he would've been be a farmer helping India eat the best Kannadiga food. His day starts and ends with talking to Gilly in his own weird secret language.
A die-hard Messi fan, Ankit pushes the imagination(and pixels) as the Product Designer of the company. He is a potterhead who when not working, is seen either with his guitar or playing FIFA.
Aka Bugwaali, the one who is running behind engineers to fix small issues before developing big features. When not working, she is crushing over people whose names start with J or scribbles downs stories and dreams of a day when the team will realize what a great writer she is.
AKA Andro, he is a weird combo of Android and iOS engineer. Other than being known for his obsession with everything Premium, he is famous for launching the iOS app during his free time. When not working, he is seen writing a book called - Cancerous PJs of Our Time.
A modern monk who loves problem solving. We advise you not to get into an argument with him over Gujarati culture, or in general Gujaratis, because you will be talked into submission. A movie nerd/rapper, he is passionate about making a movie some day.
From being an intern to joining full time, Drasti has handled Design at Pratilipi single handedly for 4 years. Her minute-attention-to-detail attitude is applicable even when she is ordering food for everyone. Gilly’s second mom, she found Gilly a second Dad by saying yes to Anna.
Gauri aka Gabbar Gauri aka the most badass VP-Engineer in the country. Writing code, designing a scalable system, cajoling an engineer or terrorizing Product Managers, there is nothing Gauri can't do. When not traveling, you would find her in the office singing old Bollywood songs aloud.
A vegetarian dog who loves mango, tomato and curd. She runs to everyone who says ‘Chicken’ but doesn’t get to eat any. She is at the door, every time there is a new person in the office, with an expression - ‘Please take me with you’. Most of the time she is slumped on the floor, blending with the tile colour.
A reclusive perfectionist, he is a MMA enthusiast, who has come full circle by coming back to being Non-Vegetarian from Veganism. The man behind Pratilipi’s recommendation, he owes his limited Hindi vocabulary to us and we relentlessly work on improving it.
Hari bhaiya is known for doing everything that he is asked and not a single thing that he is not asked to. Kind hearted, hard working and trustworthy, he is responsible for running the office smoothly.
Jitu bhai has worked over half a dozen jobs and still keeps experimenting with his roles at office. A Gujarati author of two books, half of the Gujarati community is busy writing long reviews on his Pratilipi stories. He is generous with his tiffin in which he brings the best Gujju food to office.
A not so proud Sindhi, he loves talking to people as much as he loves his Bira. With a vision to create something big and meaningful, when not working, you could find him devouring big thick crime novels or web-series.
An avid reader, traveller, Kovida works for Pratilipi FM and says yes to all the requirements that come her way without even listening to them, but gets the work done nonetheless. She is one of those who are always on a house hunt in Bangalore, and we empathise.
Cofounder of Sakht Launda Group at office, Kshitij is a maasoom nanhi gilahari at heart. He is a perfectionist, who hates bugs in his code and everybody else's. Known for his Dictionary Hindi idioms, he is surprisingly fluent in English when drunk.
Also known as P2P man, he is one of the rare engineer species having a very good social life outside of Pratilipi, Kuldeep is generally found with Raghu introspecting the scope of new changes at Pratilipi. He is mostly known for keeping his calm and cool even when things go haywire.
The Pratilipi Finance Guru, whom people run to for their tax troubles and run away when he plays his classical music playlist. A hardcore Dhoni fan, he posts a lots of videos of his dinner and nudges people to work out with him.
A prodigy who has authored a Hindi book on acid attack and loves talking literature. Though an introvert, once she starts narrating horror stories, there is no stopping her.
The new kid at office aka Heartbeat, who wants to work on everything and with everyone. Once joined Pratilipi, he refuses to go back to college. Once an intern, everybody still addresses him as an intern and he faces threat to his job every day.
The Bangla writer at Pratilipi, who takes equal care of her Bengali online community as her offline community. She has been with Pratilipi from day 1, and is responsible for the tremendous success of Bengali on the platform.
Naveen ji claims he has a secret Pratilipi account where he is a famous Hindi author on the platform, but we are still trying to locate him. A unique mixture of Designer, PM, Engineer, in his interview he said Pratilipi needs him, and we hired him the next second.
You can't cross her without resolving her Jiras. Our ardent Tester, there is nothing that misses her notice. When not working, she is found traveling over weekends with her friends, not us.
When you first meet him, ask him his love story! You will surely fall in love with him AND the story. A poet at heart, he indulges in Tamil literature and good movies of any language, but Rajinikanth’s in particular.
When she walks into office with a carton full of Ratnagiri Mangoes, we fall at her feet and thank her. Known to call herself Pratilipichi Pragati, she is persistantly building a stronger Marathi community. But she can’t work if Gilly is not around.
Pratik runs to gym and drinks green tea every time he has a family function approaching and expects to get fit in two weeks. The photographer at office, he might turn into a stand up comedian anyday, telling jokes about his height.
She is debating between a career in Design and Stand up comedy. Quirky and always ready with weird answers, she makes us feel like Babu never left.
Urdu Queen. She walks, talks and laughs in Urdu. Already a well-known writer, she is connected to all the Shayars in the country. Famous for starting a revolution in the office to launch the Urdu app, her favorite subject to write poetry is Kejriwal.
Godfather at Pratilipi, Raghu takes counselling classes for everyone, new and old. Hacker by nature, he was one of the earliest to join Pratilipi and trains every new member with his gyan.
The one who is present at office all the time, early or late. His wife thinks only he has the keys to the office. He is often seen looking down on people exclaiming - ‘Kids these days”. Other than holding a record for multiple visa rejects, he is the one who pays for parties when the so called kids are sloshed.
The inventor of Group dates, he is the rich kid on the block with both an iPhone and Pixel. The one who knows the system like the back of his hand, he looks into other’s code more than his own. If he is seen early to office ever, it’s because he didn’t leave the night before.
A workaholic, who doesn’t understand weekends, Ranjeet is seen always having one on ones with the team. Known as Maalik, only he knows where Pratilipi will be, years from now. A genius with a vision, sometimes he lets us down when he is seen drinking whiskey with tea.
Our Bengali community manager, who has just finished his post-graduation in Journalism, is a Bengali literature and movie enthusiast. Rijas can endlessly talk about Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and every other great director there is. Rijas eats potato everyday (obviously) and clicks great photos!
The master engineer that everyone seeks advice from. When not working, he is seen caressing Gilly to sleep or talking about bikes, bikes and bikes. Anyday now, he could pack his bags and ride to the unknown.
Roshni is our ''friendly lawyer'' navigating her way through the maze of laws to keep Pratilipi compliant. She spends her spare time searching for places, far and wide, to travel with her family.
The Mumbai boy who prefers his biriyani just the way he likes his vada pav- super spicy. A FIFA freak, he is responsible for choosing the destination for all the team trips. Always sober, he is the knight the girls depend on, to be safely dropped to their castles.
While Sagar is busy building a strong Punjabi community, what we are more thankful for is his voice. Every party begins with his Shayari, and people who understand it are seen high and nodding.
If Gilly is a lazy bum, her mother Shally is the exuberant opposite of her. Always high on life, she is the passionate PM who comes up with ideas overnight and gets things done via engineers in her own sneaky way. If Shally is drinking, the party is lit.
Aka Anna, is often seen as a flash, zooming around in the office. Always confused, if he calls you into a meeting room with him, he will take 90% of the time explaining his confusions. He is a problem solver to such an extent, that he found his wife at Pratilipi, and managed to keep it under the covers for a year. Almost.
He is known to play around with money at Pratilipi, figuring out the right marketing strategy. All anyone knows about him is his love for whiskey and hence his bio is very difficult to write, so please talk more.
A hardcore fan of Valentino Rossi, Shehnaz is nicknamed as "Valenazzie". Other than working for building a strong Malayali community, Shehnaz loves music, movies and traveling.
The office admin who is either planning the next cricket match or the next office trip. Thanks to him, we have seen places outside the four walls of the office. A self proclaimed doctor, we think he studies Medicine in his free time because he knows the tablets for every disease.
This man can act and how. After acting as a psycho in one of the promotional videos, we can't look at him the same way now. An avid reader and a YouTuber, he constantly gets requests to read out loud the poem he proposed his wife with.
Our Odia man, he believes everybody can write, and that's why the Odia community is booming like crazy. At the office, he sits in a corner blending with the background but at parties, he is seen preaching loudly how humans needn't dress up and should be like animals more.
Lazy, talkative and full of jargons, he is the Bong that we all depend on for sweets from Bengal. One of the strangest thing about him would be he doesn’t watch Game of Thrones, and he owns it with a - ‘Yea, I am weird.’
The ex-co founder, he was the internal investor during the early days of Pratilipi. A chotu scientist, he is always seen googling and talking about cricket at Sakht Launda table.
First she was called English Madam, and now she is just English. Known for being the best dressed at office(there was no competition as such), she is often seen reading classic authors and talking about them at length.
Our very own fitness enthusiast, Surabhi when not working is found mostly talking about working out. At the office, she handles all the website-related tasks single-handedly and outside the office, she posts wonderful travelogue photos of places she travels.
Even though he has more awards than you can count on your fingers, he won't rest till he gets the National Award for Telugu literature. With a different opinion on everything that comes across his way, he is known for his poem that is 80 pages long.
An entrepreneur at heart, Umaid is always in search of new ideas to build a stronger Pratilipi community. Armed with a vocabulary of four languages, he pushes everyone to double the number in every metics. When not working, he listens to old Hindi songs, just to get new pickup lines.
A very friendly talker, the entire Malayalam Pratilipi community has his number on the speed dial. A movie buff, he just doesn’t watch movies but dissects them to the angle of the camera and we hope, all this is a kind of practice for his major motion project.
One of the first members to join language team, Veena ji is the heart of Hindi Community. She is the author of the novel - ‘Tiraaha’, currently working on her second novel. A story teller at heart, she is always working towards helping other authors.
Vikram in Pratilipi is the one who is always trying to break & fix things. He is a travel junkie who loves the roads as much as the skies. Yes, we have a pilot in the house.
His hands speak more than him. Always seen waving and gesturing wildly, he is building new features to engage the users in good content. Though he looks sweet and mellow, winning against him in an argument is not an easy task.
Yogesh, our Marathi community head, is so caring that sometimes he calls up users and asks if everything is okay! He loves to analyze DAU every day, and also completely refuses to party with us when DAU increases. He wishes to write a women-centric novel one day and all of us are waiting.
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