Mona Verma is an alumnus of Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, and post- post-graduation Certification holder from Harvard Business School. She is an award-winning author of 11 books and over a dozen anthologies, which have been the subject of the thesis for many Research Scholars and the ICSE ELT series.
The former member of the Asia Development Bank, also co-owns DISHA, wherein she works as Executive Presence Coach and Leadership Skills Facilitator for MNCs and PSUs. Recipient of the Rex Karamveer Gold Medal by ICongo and the United Nations, she has been listed in the 50 Iconic Authors 2022 Category by Aesthetics International. The recipient of the Uttarakhand Ratan, Hindustan Times woman of the year, and Munshi Premchand Sahitya Puraskar is also serving as Chairperson Literature Committee, FICCIFLO, Uttarakhand for the 4th consecutive year, as well as a member Advisory Board for Dehradun Literary Festival.
She is also serving as a Mentor at Womennovator - a Global Incubator for Women and has been repeatedly invited by the Defense Services Staff College, Wellington, for training the armed forces from both India and other nations.
India Today's March 2023 edition has listed her amongst the Top 8 emerging Indian women. In October 2023, her name and writings were found in an impressive mention in the prestigious British Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English. She is the co-founder of House of Harmony - a literary initiative to direct and curate literary events across the country. Her latest book, The Scent of the Himalayas, has been long-listed for the VoW awards 2025.
