Aarti Upadhyay is a seasoned marketing and communications professional with over 14 years of experience spanning advertising, IT, and government consulting. A postgraduate from St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad, she also holds a PG Certification in Advertising & PR (Online) from MICA. Throughout her career, Aarti has skillfully blended strategy with storytelling, helping brands find their authentic voice.

Her debut book, Remnants: A Collection of Grief and Hope, is a heartfelt exploration of love, loss, and resilience — themes that reflect her deep engagement with human emotion and inner worlds. Aarti is an avid reader who lives and thrives on stories, both real and imagined. As someone who has spent her professional life shaping narratives, this collection marks a personal milestone in expressing her own.

Fascinated by human psychology, she often spends her free time studying emotions and observing the quiet, complex ways people connect and cope. She also firmly believes that dogs were created to show humans the purest form of love — selfless, warm, and unwavering. When she’s not lost in thought or deep in observation, she finds solace in the pages of a good book, the world of cinema, or the endless possibilities of stories she weaves on her own — blending imagination with insight to explore the beautiful messiness of life.