Rujuta Diwekar

Who is Rujuta Diwekar?

Rujuta Diwekar is a Mumbai-based celebrity nutritionist and winner of the prestigious 'Nutrition award' from Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and was voted as 50 most powerful people in India by People magazine in 2012. She is the daughter of Rekha Diwekar, a chemistry professor at Sathaye College, Mumbai.

She is the author of "Don't Lose your Mind, Lose Your Weight". The book published by Random House quickly became the best-selling book in the non-fiction category for 2009. The book topped the best-selling charts in India, ahead of Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani's autobiography Imagining India and continues to be on top of best-selling charts 4 years after it was published. In January 2011, she released her second book "Women & the Weight Loss Tamasha" with a personal note by Kareena Kapoor. The two books have combined sold more than 4 lakh copies and have been translated in more than 4 languages.

Ms. Diwekar was India's first celebrity nutritionist with a celebrity clientele, including big-wigs such as industrialist Anil Ambani and Bollywood actors Kareena Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Richa Chadda and many more.

An avid trekker, she also runs her own marathon training group.