Literary Agency

We represent authors whose
voices move us and stories that have something real to say.

Championing Voices That Matter

We represent authors and their creative work to publishers for print editions as well as to digital, audio, and film platforms. Think of us as the bridge between your creative vision and the publishing ecosystem.

As a small team, we only take on very few projects that truly speak to us.

What Does A Literary Agent Do?

What Does A Literary Agent Do?

Our Authors

Utsav Somani

  • Founder of Offline, a private members' community for the top 10% tech founders and CEOs in India
  • Ex-Partner at Angelist India
  • Active angel investor with 36 portfolio companies and partner at funds like iSeed and Galaxy
2 book deal with Penguin Random House India. Book 1 set for publication in February 2026.

Vineet Relia

  • Founder of Inojo Interim Management, a crisis management firm that helps companies solve crises from shareholder and regulatory issues to FIRs and union conflicts
  • 30 years of experience in business
  • Has also built and scaled ventures across real estate, broking, and sustainability.
Book being published by Juggernaut in June 2026

Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips aka The Liver Doctor

  • Multi-award-winning clinician-scientist with 17 years of experience
  • Gold Medal from the President of India for Academic Excellence in Hepatology
  • Multiple honours from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
  • Ockham Award for Skeptical Activism (2025)
  • Senior Consultant at Rajagiri Hospital in Kochi, Kerala

Radhika Ghai

  • Founder and CEO at Kindlife
  • Previously co-founded ShopClues
  • India’s first woman to enter the Unicorn Club & to lead a billion-dollar e-commerce venture.
  • She has received multiple accolades, including CEO of the Year (CEO India), Outlook Business Woman of Worth, and the “First Lady” award from the President of India

Aparajita Rai

  • A 2013-batch IPS officer, currently serving as Special Superintendent, Intelligence Branch, Siliguri
  • On-ground experience across rural Bengal and Kolkata.
  • Founded Winners, an all-women mobile patrol unit to make public spaces safer
  • Multiple accolades for leadership and field excellence, including the Chief Minister’s Medal for Commendable Service (2021).

Aadil Palkiwala

  • Co-founder of Alive and Shine
  • Known as the “teacher of teachers”, he has practiced Yoga for 51 years and taught Yoga for 35+ years
  • Author of Fire of Love, co-author of three training manuals, and advisor to leading yoga and wellness organisations.

S D Shibulal

  • Co-founder, former-CEO, Managing Director, and COO of Infosys
  • He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Emerging Multinationals and the Co-chair of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) National Committee on IT, ITES and e-Commerce.
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of Boston University. He is also a member of the Metropolitan College Dean’s Advisory Board of Boston University.
2 book deal with Juggernaut Books

Chirag Barjatya

  • Founder of Project Fit Co., a health and fitness education platform.
  • Has built a 33,000+ member community, helping Indians tackle obesity and protein deficiency through simple, sustainable systems.
  • He has a 233K+ following across Instagram and X.

Nikhil Velpanur

  • An AI anthropologist, creative technologist, and writer, exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping culture, creativity, and society
  • Founder of Emergent Narrative and former Head of Digital Innovation at Amazon Web Services (Public Sector, India/South Asia), where he led large-scale technology and innovation initiatives.

Sagar Jaggi

  • Teaches political science, with a Master’s in Public Administration from Jamia Millia Islamia University and a gold medal from the Department of Political Science
  • Deeply invested, writes extensively about, the art of filmmaking, exploring behind-the-scenes processes, film history, etc

Prashant Sachan

  • He is the Founder and CEO of AppsForBharat, the company behind Sri Mandir, with a valuation of $175 million. It is one of India’s fastest-growing faith-tech platforms.
  • He previously co-founded Trell, a leading content-driven social media platform.
  • He is an active angel investor in India’s startup ecosystem.

WHY AGENTING?

After spending years shaping excellent books and building India’s creative infrastructure, we want to champion the books and voices that matter.
Creator of India’s no. 1 book podcast, Books & Beyond
Literature Curator at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

Building India’s next generation of creative and publishing professionals through The Bound Publishing Course

Launched one of the first writers’ retreats in India - now a marquee program

What do We Look for?

We look for voices and manuscripts that fill a gap, document knowledge, blur boundaries (or genres) or share fresh perspectives.

Books that get us excited, stunned, angry, happy, and sad. Books that are not predictable or formulaic.

Books that are a pleasure to read, and that stay in your mind long after you’ve finished reading.

Books that make us think.

SUBMIT YOUR PITCHES

Email your pitches to us at pitch@boundindia.com. If we find your submission promising, we will get in touch with you.

The book proposal

  • A synopsis highlighting the most important themes, characters, and plotlines in your book
  • A brief bio (<200 words): mention all your big and small achievements and experiences that showcase your credibility, including links to published works, if any
  • Comp titles: What is your book similar to?
  • Audience: Who is it for?
  • Any thoughts you might have on positioning or marketing the book
The book outline + the entire manuscript (for fiction) or 3 sample chapters (for nonfiction).

Guidelines

  • Please keep the book proposal concise and easy for the team to read through (not more than 4 pages)
  • Let us know if you’re a Bound alumni or client in the email
  • Let us know if you are simultaneously submitting to publishers or other literary agents

Link to articles

  • How to write a persuasive book proposal
  • 5 things you MUST INCLUDE in your book proposal
  • What are comp titles, and how to come up with them
  • How adding marketing ideas to your book proposal helps with commissioning

How to Write a Persuasive Book Proposal

What Are Comp Titles, and How to Come Up with Them

5 Things You MUST INCLUDE in a Book Proposal

How adding marketing ideas to your book proposal helps with commissioning

Submit Your Pitches

The book proposal

  • A synopsis highlighting the most important themes, characters, and plotlines in your book
  • A brief bio (<200 words): mention all your big and small achievements and experiences that showcase your credibility, including links to published works, if any
  • Comp titles: What is your book similar to?
  • Audience: Who is it for?
  • Any thoughts you might have on positioning or marketing the book

Guidelines

  • Please keep the book proposal concise and easy for the team to read through (not more than 4 pages)
  • Let us know if you’re a Bound alumni or client in the email
  • Let us know if you are simultaneously submitting to publishers or other literary agents

Link to articles

  • How to write a persuasive book proposal
  • 5 things you MUST INCLUDE in your book proposal
  • What are comp titles, and how to come up with them
  • How adding marketing ideas to your book proposal helps with commissioning
Send your sample

Frequently Asked Questions

As a small team, we represent a small list of 10-15 authors at a time. Literary agenting is a small part of what Bound does, in addition to our creative communities, services, and educational programs. We want to do justice to each and every book we represent.
We can take up to 3 months to respond to pitches, depending on the fullness of our inbox.

This does not guarantee we will agent your book. We only take on a very small number of authors for this service a year, while building out and prioritizing the Bound ecosystem. We have a separate editorial team that oversees our agenting processes and all our submissions go through them.

We are open to all genres and subjects. However, our editorial team is particularly partial towards business books, memoirs and autobiographies, research-based nonfiction, genre-bending commercial fiction, and historical narratives.
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