Priya Kumar

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She was born in Chandigarh and shifted to Mumbai when she was 13.Her mother was a banker who has worked with the Reserve Bank of India.She started writing at an early age; she used to participate in every essay writing contest in school and won several accolades for that.She was a regular columnist with Mid-Day, Financial Express, Economic Times, B positive, DNA, Mint, Dainik Bhaskar, etc.She started motivational speaking when her mentor, Dr. Niranjan Patel, died who used to carry out anti-nicotine and anti-alcohol workshops for the youth and she used to help him in organizing those workshops.She became the youngest motivational speaker in India in 1998 at the age of 24.She was also a visiting faculty in the Indo American Society, where she did workshops on Personality development for the youth, for over 2 years.She has authored nine books, out of which three are non-fiction and six are fiction.She has won 13 international awards, along with several national awards.She is also an excellent oil & acrylic painter.