Ramendra Kumar (Ramen) is an award winning writer for children with 36 books to his credit. He also dabbles in satire, poetry
and travelogues. Ramen has so far won 31 awards in the ‘Competition for Writers of Children’s Books’, organized by Children’s
Book Trust. His writings have been translated into 15 Indian and 14 foreign languages and have also found a place in
textbooks, as well as national and international anthologies. His graphic books on the JJ Act and POCSO, written specially for
children, have received wide acclaim.
A much sought after inspirational speaker and storyteller, Ramen has been invited to participate in several conferences and
literature festivals. These include the IBBY Congress of Children’s Writers in Denmark (2008) & Greece (2018) and Sharjah
Children’s Reading Festival (2019), apart from many literary events across the country such as the Jaipur Literature Festival,
Hyderabad Literary Festival, Bookaroo Festival of Children’s Literature et al. An Engineer and an MBA, Ramen is working as
General Manager (Public Relations), SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant.
He can be reached at his email id: 13ramenpr@gmail.com