Anand Neelakantan is an Indian author, columnist, screenwriter, television personality, and motivational speaker, Anand is also the Chief Manager of Indian Oil Corporation Limited. Hee has experience of more than 20 years and counting. 

His book Asura is one of the 100 Books to be Read in a Lifetime as per Amazon. He had signed with the producers of Baahubali, for a book-trilogy which would serve as a prequel to the films. The first book of this trilogy, Rise of Sivagami, was released in March 2017 on which Netflix has announced a web series.

The expert writes columns for Indian Express, Speaking Tree, and Wall Street Journal among others. He is also a corporate speaker and trainer and has taken classes at premium institutes like IIM Indore. He delivers speeches on writing skills, motivation, mythology, and everything in between.