About
Namita Moolani Mehra

Namita Moolani Mehra is food and family obsessed.

She spends her time cooking, writing, and running her small social-impact business while chasing her squealing toddler around the apartment.

Namita has been a digital marketing strategist throughout her career, with over 15 years of experience. From working on Madison Avenue as a Digital Planner to being part of the Creative Shop team at Facebook in New York which then took her to Singapore, where she launched the creative strategy function in the Asia Pacific.

A lifelong foodie and third-culture kid, Namita quit the corporate world to launch Indian Spicebox, inspired by a vision to fill bellies with nutritious and delicious Indian food, while giving back to children in need.

Indian Spicebox is focused on making Indian cooking more accessible to busy families looking for new and healthy meal ideas. In just a few years, the company has provided over half a million hot meals for underprivileged children in India.

Namita’s background

Founder, Indian Spicebox - 1 Million Meals by 2025

Member, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Singapore

Member, Julie Hedlund’s 12x12 Picture Book Challenge

Represented by Naomi Davis at BookEnds Literary Agency

Namita's Journey: From Superfoods to Storybooks

Namita has written two children's cookbooks - “Superfoods for Superheroes”, published by HarperCollins, and “The Magic Spicebox” published by Scholastic.

Her latest picture books “The Light within you” and “Anni dreams of biryani” are published by Amazon Two Lions. Namita has 4 more children's books under contract.

Namita also writes food and parenting articles for Sassy Mama (Singapore), Michelin Guide (Singapore, lifestyle), the Finder (Singapore), and the Huffington Post. She is an advocate for healthy, homemade cooking and the wellness benefits of spices.

Namita was born in a remote village in Nigeria, grew up in the UK and India, studied in Chicago, and worked in New York for over a decade. She currently lives in Singapore with her husband and two children. She holds an MS in Integrated Marketing Communications from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University

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