Accolades

You may be forgiven for thinking that Deva has a Nostradamus touch.

Deva is the grandmaster of Indian military action novels.

The God of all things… it's tough describing Mukul Deva.

The emotive quality in Deva's writing is powerful and the logic crisply military.

India’s No. 1 thrill machine.

The patriot fights back. BLOWBACK is Mukul Deva's combat weapon.

Deva comes as a pleasant surprise. It is rare to find a successful, celebrated man who has enough vulnerability.

You can smell the gunpowder!

A pioneer of military thrillers in India.

Deva is spreading a scent of gunpowder in the air.

A surprisingly touching statement from a man who has lived by the gun.

Deva is high among the fast increasing tribe of Indian writers.

It is unusual for a writer of 'thrillers' to feel passionately about his books.

Deva paints the picture of geo-politics and terrorism with fantastic clarity.

A life as full of twists and turns as his thrillers.

Mukul Deva's new book offers tips to keep the country safe.

Pioneer of the Indian military and techno thriller.

Mukul Deva's military action thriller LASHKAR incidentially became the first book on that subject. 

From the combat zone

Deva still has no rival in the Indian political thriller field.

Deva's got a license to thrill.

Mukul is one of the best speakers I have ever experienced. I learnt how to have empowering and inspiring conversations.

Very dynamic and charismatic speaker. Mukul has the rare talent to take very complex topics and break it down to make it understandable for anyone.

Mukul has the magic to reach everyone, regardless of their personal or professional background. It feels so good to go home knowing that we have learned something new.

A storyteller on a mission! I liked his simple, no-nonsense, purposeful messages urging individuals to realize their limitless potential.

Mukul is a charismatic, engaging and charming speaker.

Mukul is a charismatic speaker and coach, who inspires people to adapt and transform.

Mukul is a very charismatic and unforgettable speaker. In 30 minutes, he is able to tell you contents that are usually packed in a few books on success. And he talks in a very interactive manner and connects with people instantly. It feels almost like you're having a 1-to-1 talk with him.

Deva's talks are magic! I like to call them 'De-Tox'. I listen to one a day to keep stress at bay! He helps make everything so simple and effortless.

You will remember Mukul even after talking to 100 people on the same night. He is highly intelligent and never fails to amaze me with his piercing and very sharp viewpoints. Definitely not surprising that he is one of the gurus on transformational thinking!

Mukul is a charismatic, engaging and charming speaker.

I learnt how to change my perception towards an issue or problem. Mukul is inspirational.

Mukul has the magic to reach everyone, regardless of their personal or professional background. It feels so good to go home knowing that we have learned something new.

Mukul is a very thought-provoking, engaging and inspiring speaker. He leaves you wanting more.

Witnessing Mukul's energy, charm and charisma as a speaker, trainer and panelist on a number of occasions has been a pleasure and honour.

Mukul is one the most inspiring and charismatic speaker I have ever came across. He is able to captivate the attention of the audience and deliver complex subjects at ease. His presentation is so precise and impactful and that enables me wanting to act on them immediately!

Mukul is a very charismatic and unforgettable speaker. In 30 minutes, he is able to tell you contents that are usually packed in a few books on success. He talks in a very interactive manner and connects with people instantly. It feels like you're having a 1-to-1 talk with him.

Mukul is one the most inspiring and charismatic speaker I have ever came across. He is able to captivate the attention of the audience and deliver complex subjects at ease. His presentation is so precise and impactful and that enables me wanting to act on them immediately!

Mukul is AMAZING speaker with such great nuggets of wisdom. I saw him on what I would call "the best panel of my life" all about creativity. Mukul was constantly customizing his message that made me feel he was talking directly to me.

Mukul has a unique way of engaging with his audience.

Mukul is a humorous, inspiring and natural speaker.

Great speaker and coach. Highly recommended.

Mukul mesmerizes his audience and I love to listen to his words. One can feel adrenalin rush after listening to him.

Mukul is definitely a great impact speaker.

Mukul is one of the most down to earth and wittiest coach I have met and brings a wealth of practical experience with him. 

Mukul has a witty personality. He can dissect people with pinpoint accuracy. His clear-mindedness is his greatest distinction and he makes me sit-up when he speaks. Definitely an excellent leader, coach and mentor.

The Change Maker is just one of many ways to accurately describe Mukul Deva. 

Mukul is an astute observer. Given his intellectual depth it's a pleasure to be challenged by him. Thanks to Mukul's win-win approach, you come out a winner.

Mukul is funny, engaging and inspiring. Everything a coach in teamwork and high performance need to be.

A thoughtful mentor and inspiring leader. Mukul sets high standards of accountability for himself, and leads by example. He has extraordinary drive, entrepreneurial determination, and tenaciousness coupled with creative influence and communication skills. He is highly respected in the community and continues to impact those around him in a distinctive way.

Mukul is an astute observer. Given his intellectual depth it's a pleasure to be challenged by him. Thanks to Mukul's win-win approach, you come out a winner.

Mukul has this amazing ability to connect with individuals and in bringing out the best in them effortlessly. More importantly, he inspires you to want to act!

A coach that delivers in every way one could ask for. Execute With Clarity and Result. Laser Focus. To the Point.

Mukul is a genius. His strength / ability is the way he engages me and coaches me to help me fulfill my goals and aspirations.

Mukul represents how to live life King Size.

From a straight talking, astute businessman, Mukul has metamorphosed into a guide and a mentor for many, including myself. His direct and simple approach towards challenges of life and work make him who he is.

Mukul is an amazing coach. His guidance has helped me tremendously. He guided me through a series of thought provoking interactions that allowed me to arrive at the answer myself. His coaching instilled courage and confidence and gave me the much-needed long-term perspective to face and change things.

Mukul is one of the most down to earth and wittiest coach I have met and brings a wealth of practical experience with him. 

I rarely come across real talents who stand out like. No matter how difficult a situation, or how vexing a problem, Mukul ensures it is solved.

Mukul made each session impactful in listening to me, making me feel comfortable and then helping me discover the key stages to tackling each challenge. I really benefited from his coaching.

While Mukul has breath and depth of both life and professional experiences, he exudes wisdom, executive confidence and articulates with candor. His mastery of keeping things simple, practical and focused helps with moving conversations forward and facilitates useful takeaways.

Mukul is a natural, born leader with charisma! He is very lively and can engage with people easily and influence without peoplerealizing they're being influenced!

Mukul is a very inspirational coach, who is candid in sharing, which steered me to the next leap of faith.

Mukul knows how to reach out to people, even stubborn ones like me. He is excellent in de-constructing and making things simpler. In an amazing manner he dismantled my strengths to reveal what more ought to be done so that multiple ripples of positive behaviour were replicated.

Mukul is a very engaging, knowledgeable and humorous coach!

It is inspiring to have Mukul as your mentor. He brings tremendous clarity of thought, helps you find the way forward in a humourous, straightforward manner and inspires you to act.

Mukul has been a positive and energetic driver of change. His vast experience and ability to crystallize issues to root causes provides much needed clarity and inspiration to meeting the challenges of fast-paced change.

Mukul comes with a wide breadth of experience, which translates so seamlessly in the quality and effectiveness of his sessions. A witty gentlemen with a great sense of humor.

It takes a special kind of person to guide and also inspire a roomful - with virtual attendees spread out in 4 countries - of opinionated and vocal leaders! The session was planned and executed with precision; and with Mukul's direction, the objectives were met with blinding speed.

There is a reason they call Mukul - The Change Maker... he brings every sense of it across.. decorated author, people motivator, listener... and perhaps even the executive whisperer! Such panache coupled with grounded humility.. reach out... you won't be disappointed.

Mukul is very effective facilitator, bringing the team step-by-step thowards deciding goals of the Strategic Management Retreat.

Mukul is able to personalise his approach to coach individual and team to build upon the strength and create great mindshare and trust across a highly diversified functional teams.

Mukul is a very accomplished author and thought leader in leadership development and organisational change management. His personal presence of warmth and genuineness as well as depth and breath of industry experience is a highly desired commodity in today's business world.

Mukul truly lives up to his title of "The Change Maker" He played a pivotal role as our facilitator. He's insightful, able to provide relevant feedback and keeps us on our feet. Most importantly, he makes it simple and fun!

Mukul is one of the best trainers I have been trained by in my career. He has a pneumonic way of making the subject easy for you to remember.

Mukul has the amazing ability of attracting the complete attention of the audience. The way he makes the session interactive, engages people and delivers things in the easiest way is simply superb! An amazing coach who is on top of every issue. Organizations having issues in terms of developing leadership, cross functional hindrances, and managing change will get maximum benefit from him.

Mukul is an outstanding trainer and facilitator and the group learnt a great deal and had a lot of fun along the journey.

Mukul is excellent and thought provoking.  

Perfect 10! I learnt how to let my team see the problem, come up with the solution and be accountable. The result is that they grow as leaders. I strongly recommend this session to be extended to our next in-line people managers.

Very engaging, there was never a dull moment! Mukul offered valuable views and advice, helping me to see a different aspect of a situation.

Mukul's delivery was lively and engaging. He delivered his points with punch and precision without it being heavy and overbearing.

I recommend Mukul and Influence Solutions to any leadership team that is looking to transform their current state of "just running" the business to actually developing an effective leadership team that can provide the path for an organization to change and become a world class company.

As a facilitator/ coach / motivator, Mukul excels at directing focus on key learning points; allowing us "Aha" moments of self realization and finally to assured and anchored footfalls for our organization's next leg of our journey to excellence. Mukul is in his "Zone" of work perfection; able to draw out quiet participants, re-direct misunderstandings and respond effectively and sincerely. One of the best sessions I have attended.

Inspiring and motivational coach. Never a dull moment in his sessions! Loving how he called out the “quieter” participants to share.

I am going to add phenomenal coach and trainer to his already super list of credentials.

It’s a sheer treat to attend a couple of sessions facilitated by Mukul Deva. I have come across very few coaches who have this immense ability to influence people so naturally. He is a clear thinker and can explain complex corporate jargons/terms in very simple words. With his wealth of experience as entrepreneur, author and army man, he can wear many thinking hats and can suggest very practical insights.

I realized that I should focus on the person, not on the problem. The action I will take is to listen more. This will enable to gain ownership of problems and issues by staff.

Mukul is defintely a very experienced, humorous, friendly and professional consultant advisor. 

Mukul brought a depth of experience and insight to UNITAR. He formed deep mentoring relationships with a number of representatives from post-conflict countries, most notably Afghanistan. He worked diligently to guide individuals and teams. His training modules on leadership and communication - consistently of excellent instructional design - were well received by senior government officials of a number of countries, as well as representatives of the United Nations.

Mukul is a great trainer. He demonstrated knowledgeable in broad subjects where he effectively answered questions from the ground using easy to understand terms, supported by relevant case studies and examples. I was inspired by his passion and it was truly my privilege to learn from a great master.

I enjoyed Mukul’s facilitation and teaching methods and the use of different activities and exercises to help deepen understanding or reinforce learning & application. Mukul is observant and perceptive and paid attention to each participant, making them feel involved.

Mukul is a lively good listener who is willing to share. He uses live examples to elaborate and help us uncover problems and resolve them.

I learnt how to widen my observer; keep it simple, visible and actionable; and most of all to break down problems. Mukul is humorous, incisive and a very insightful coach and storyteller in driving home key takeaways.

I feel that building rapport and connecting on a more emotional level is something I want to act on more in the future. Mukul brings the topic to life with his real-life stories.

Mukul is an inspiring, humble and lively trainer.

Mukul delivered a truly engaging session with powerful messages that unleashed the inner potentials within the participants. His messages were relatable and applicable to my work and life. Fantastic!

Excellent speaker for The Opportunity of Change which is in-linewith dynamics, robust and challenging environment we all facing! You will be surprised with the in-depth and fantastic session !!

Mukul is one of the best facilitators I have ever seen. He made learning simple and easy. The Influential Leadership programme is concise, easy to understand and implement.

You can't go wrong when you engage Mukul and Influence Solutions for their services.

WEAPON OF VENGEANCE is a chilling story of love and hate, heroics and heartbreak, served up scalding hot.

WEAPON OF VENGEANCE is a gripping terrorism thriller by an antiterrorism professional.

WEAPON OF VENGEANCE is a chilling story of love and hate, heroics and heartbreak, served up scalding hot.

Battalions of Deva fans know his talent for incendiary action. SALIM MUST DIE is a killer thriller, a must read. From the man who claims to write on ‘literary Viagra’, this is a straight up winner.

LASHKAR was pacy, tight very well knit and pleasantly vindicating. Mukul deftly blends his knowledge of military operations with his knack of thriller writing.

Mukul Deva’s writings are a sure recipe to entertain. SALIM MUST DIE catapulted me into a virtual world of action where I smelt gunpowder, felt the shocks of mortar and grenade explosions, and survived labyrinthine espionage.

Deva has a wonderful touch with mood, with setting and especially with characters.

Both LASHKAR and SALIM MUST DIE are milestones in Indian writing 'coming of age'. For a land that has been so strife-torn, and terrorism plagued, especially in the context of recent events, Mukul Deva's books become topical, close to the hearts of millions of Indians, and offer hope and redemption.

The sharp zigzags of the plot kept us on edge and made for a very racy pace - each of my family members, finished it at one reading! I couldn't help comparing the parallel build-ups at different locations, to John Le Carre's 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'. Thanks for the thrill and we look forward to more!

My unstinted praise for two superlatively crafted books - LASHKAR was unputdownable and a terrific ride indeed! SALIM MUST DIE was another defining moment in Indian military fiction. I now await BLOWBACK to blow me away... carry on, Maestro!

LASHKAR and SALIM MUST DIE will find an answering chord with many and both are bound to be made into films and have multiplexes filled with patriotic cheers.

Irresistible read. Mukul has the knack of communicating the terrorism issue with a great degree of relevance and still make it fictional. Complimenting the style is his knowledge of army, intelligence & terrorists.

Gripping and well narrated action - I read the book in one go. Not only does Mukul take you through the terrorists process of recruiting, brain washing and training of innocent people effortlessly but also develops characters well, making the feel-good story credible and engaging.

WEAPON OF VENEANCE is an authentic and exciting read.

Reading SALIM MUST DIE was a great experience. You really feel you are in the middle of the action. Looks so real, but sometimes quite scary. One of the best fiction books I have ever read.

Every scenario described here is realistic and scary. I truly enjoyed it. I hope something of this sort does not happen in reality. I feel that SALIM MUST DIE should not only be read by every Indian but also be read the world over.

Reality, Thriller, Action - LASHKAR and SALIM MUST DIE present an amazing vision to see the reality, on such sensitive issues. A thrilling style of words, which have been placed into action thoughts.

Mukul is a much-needed star who has dazzled with his brilliance. LASHKAR and SALIM MUST DIE were absolute delights. His in-depth knowledge of affairs military coupled with a lucid and simple style of story telling makes the reader crave for more.

Finally, an Indian writer who keeps you on the edge and wanting more. Go, Mukul, go; let your pen flow!

I still remember my first thriller, an Alistair Maclean, which I read twenty-nine years ago. Reading SALIM MUST DIE gave me a similar high, because of its freshness and its relevance to my surroundings.

The LASHKAR series is simply Genius personified. Gripping storylines and excellent coverage and explanation of the global geo-political scenario. Mukul Deva is probably amongst the best authors globally.

I put off everything once I started reading Mukul Deva's series and then I told all my friends. Clancy, sure, but I'm thinking the next Ken Follett. This writer has just started a major blockbuster career.

LASHKAR can be well defined as a "Readers Combat Exercise" because every page is so captivating and visually active that the reader finds himself on the edge. The story is so captivating that I read it in one go. All in all, an excellent piece of art.

I absolutely adore Mukul Deva's writings; he is the new age Satyajit Ray. His style is lucid yet you are drawn towards his books. Both LASHKAR and SALIM MUST DIE are serious page-turners. He is one of the best authors that I have ever come across.

Mukul Deva is an extraordinary writer - his imagination and attention to detail make his characters come alive and one is almost sorry to reach the end... the plot is woven with an uncanny intermingling of reality and make-believe.

Am thrilled to see this kind of a writing from a fellow Indian. Such wonderful detail orientation along with a superlative understanding of the macro environment. I read that people are comparing your writing to the Ludlum’s and Clancy's of the world, but in my eyes you are way beyond them… somewhere close to Mathew Riley and Allen Folsom... Cheers and keep ‘em coming!

While LASHKAR is unputdownable, SALIM MUST DIE takes the thrills to the next level! Current themes about proliferation and "non-state" actors make the story very relatable.