{"id":14628,"date":"2022-04-10T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T01:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&#038;p=14628"},"modified":"2025-03-08T17:34:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T12:04:20","slug":"youngest-author-to-land-a-book-deal-schwarzman-scholar-manthan-shah-is-a-fountain-of-ideas","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/youngest-author-to-land-a-book-deal-schwarzman-scholar-manthan-shah-is-a-fountain-of-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngest author to land a book deal, Schwarzman Scholar Manthan Shah is a fountain of ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(April 10, 2022)<\/strong> He&#8217;s among a small handful of non-Ivy League students to bag the prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship for 2022-23. A quick Google search throws up headlines like, \u201cThree Princeton graduates\u201d and \u201cFour Stanford grads.\u201d Still, Manthan Shah arrives at our video call surprised. \u201cI don\u2019t understand why you want to write about me,\u201d he quips. \u201cThere are many better people&#8230;\u201d His modesty is misplaced. At 22, Manthan boasts a long list of achievements \u2013 he\u2019s a national-level table tennis champion, the youngest Indian to win the Spartan Trifecta, a global endurance challenge and the youngest writer to sign with Penguin Random House for his book, <em>Unstoppable<\/em>, a collection of stories on young Indians who have defied the odds on their journey to success. In August, Manthan will begin his year-long master\u2019s in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing\u2019s Forbidden City. Manthan has also had his own podcast from the age of 19. On <em>Planet Impact<\/em>, he interviews social entrepreneurs across the world.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14637\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14637\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14637 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manthan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 650px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 650\/450;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14637\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manthan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-14637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manthan Shah<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><strong>Entry to The Forbidden City<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>At 22, Shah speaks with a wisdom that far belies his age, brought on, maybe by years of disciplined, athletic training as a table-tennis player. and of having to rethink his dreams when his peers were just beginning to form theirs. The Schwarzman Scholarship, Manthan tells <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Global Indian<\/em><\/a>, came almost out of the blue. A student at SP Jain School of Global Management (Mumbai), it was the unerring faith his dean, Professor Golo Weber, instilled in him that pushed Manthan to apply &#8211; he put together his application, statement of purpose and video essay in under a week.<\/p>\n<p>His application was among 400 selected out of 3,000 for an interview round held in Beijing, London, New York or Singapore. The interview, Manthan admits, was quite formidable, with a panel of CEOs, former prime ministers, heads of global companies like Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Stanley, and parliamentarians. Asked how he would bring nations together in a polarised world, he said with aplomb, describing what he calls the \u201cPearl Harbour moment,\u201d which redefined the course of the Second World War. \u201cIn terms of the climate, we have Pearl Harbour moments every day and still, we refuse to act.\u201d Unsurprisingly, his master\u2019s programme will focus on achieving net-zero carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14633\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14633\" class=\"wp-image-14633 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220406_192819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"688\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 516px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 516\/688;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14633\" class=\" wp-image-14633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220406_192819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"688\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-14633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manthan with Professor Golo Weber<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cPeople have prepared for years for this,\u201d Manthan remarks. \u201cI just happened to get an email from my Professor Golo, with a list of scholarships he thought would suit me.&#8221; With the deadline so imminent, Manthan didn&#8217;t think he stood a chance, although his professor disagreed. \u201cI had two weeks, I procrastinated for one,\u201d he laughs. \u201cBut my professor helped me with everything &#8211; the essay prompts, my CV and best of all, a glowing letter of recommendation.\u201d That two-page letter is now framed on his bedroom wall. His editor at Penguin Random House and his boss, Shuva Raha, Head of New Initiatives at the Council on Energy, Environment and Water also chipped in at once. &#8220;They are the three busiest people on earth but they did it immediately,\u201d he grins.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The early years\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Born and raised in Ahmednagar (120 km from Pune), Manthan was six when he played his first game of table tennis. Very soon, he found he was beating people twice his age. \u201cAt 10, I begged dad to move us to Pune. Luckily, he listened to me,\u201d Manthan says. He moved to Pune with his mother (his father remained in Ahmednagar to run the family business). Thus, began of a life of athletic rigour and discipline. Home-schooled to enable training &#8211; it involved seven hours a day, six days a week \u2013fitness for an hour, training for two, meditation, journaling, more training, and yoga.<\/p>\n<p>His efforts paid off. He represented India as Under 18 team captain at the Pacific School Games in Australia. In India, he led the Maharashtra team to two golds, the individual and the team medals, at the School Games Federation of India National Championships 2014-15. Although he was enrolled at Symbiosis School (Pune), but had \u201ca deal with the principal,\u201d as was playing most of the time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14631\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14631\" class=\"wp-image-14631 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Manthan_Adelaide_Australia_2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"554\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 553px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 553\/554;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14631\" class=\"wp-image-14631 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Manthan_Adelaide_Australia_2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"554\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-14631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the Pacific School Games in Adelaide, Australia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At first glance, it seems like a journey filled with triumphs. Manthan disagrees. \u201cIt was the tail end of a bell curve,\u201d he says. \u201cThere were sparks of achievement in between many, many failures.\u201d His relationship with his coach was an unhappy one and there were infrastructure constraints. \u201cI would have had to go to China or Germany. I couldn\u2019t have stayed in Pune,\u201d Manthan says, adding, \u201cIt didn\u2019t seem worth the trouble, it seemed like an endless struggle for mediocrity. You work so hard with no assurance of success.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The road less travelled<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Thus, taking a step back, at 17, from his dream of being an Olympian, he recalls, \u201cI felt like I wanted to make things easier for young Indians and hit the pause button on table tennis.\u201d Instead, Manthan took a gap year, worked for some non-profits (Teach for India, the Akanksha Foundation, and local orphanages). He started his own organisation too, reaching out to children with potential, creating a network to connect volunteers with various NGOs.<\/p>\n<p>It takes some prodding before Manthan opens up about the toll that a gap year took. He recounts a dreamy, Kerouac-like experience of hitching rides and sleeping anywhere (including a temple) as he travelled across India. \u201cI was angry and resentful and travelling without a plan,\u201d he admits as he evaluated career avenues, and how to find success. \u201cI was looking for books to motivate me but there was quite a dearth,\u201d Manthan remarks, adding. \u201cA lot was written by older people who said vague things like \u2018dream big\u2019 and \u2018think positive.\u2019 In America, they wrote about Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, whose stories can never be compared with ours.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14632\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14632\" class=\"wp-image-14632 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2019_WinningSpartanTrifecta_Singapore-Malaysia-Philippines.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"759\" height=\"759\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 759px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 759\/759;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14632\" class=\" wp-image-14632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2019_WinningSpartanTrifecta_Singapore-Malaysia-Philippines.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"759\" height=\"759\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-14632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manthan Shah in 2019, became the youngest Indian to win the Spartan Trifecta<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So, \u201cas a young, overconfident Indian, I decided to write my own book.\u201d A two-year diploma (remote) in creative writing later, he learned to tell a story. \u201cIt was all very textbook. Then I did a six-month course at Georgetown University, under Dr Eric Koester, who helped me write the first few chapters.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Council on Energy, Environment and Water\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Failures are just stepping stones for Shah, so when his intern application at CEEW didn&#8217;t amount to anything &#8211; he invited the CEO, Dr Ghosh to be on his podcast, with a passing mention of his application. Far from sitting neck deep in research, Manthan found himself consulting ministers, reaching out to parliaments and working with the United Nations. \u201cMy personal project was to interact with the heads of all the smart city projects,\u201d he says, adding, \u201cI was talking to heads of major conglomerates, including JK Cements and ITC on how they were reducing carbon footprints.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The book,\u00a0<em>Unstoppable,<\/em>\u00a0was also unfolding. An author on his podcast connected him to an editor. Comparing offers from Westland and Penguin Random House, two proteges (both older), who were learning about podcasts, helped him create a \u201cmind-map\u201d of people to feature.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14636\" style=\"width: 692px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14636\" class=\"wp-image-14636 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2021-Podcasting-in-Ahmednagar-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"632\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 682px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 682\/632;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14636\" class=\" wp-image-14636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2021-Podcasting-in-Ahmednagar-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"632\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-14636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hosting his podcast, Planet Impact, in Ahmednagar in 2021<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thrilled at a book coming out, he confesses he is not in a hurry to write a second. \u201cThe research took months to complete, the writing took two years. Also, there is nervous anticipation. I worry about how many people will buy my book,\u201d he mulls.<\/p>\n<p>Still unconvinced about his worthiness, Shah speaks with gratitude and fondness about those who stood by him. \u201cI am where I am because of all the strangers who championed and honed me,\u201d Manthan smiles. \u201cI\u2019m a vessel for the support and encouragement they had &#8211; strangers, my parents, brother, teachers and Dr Ghosh. I\u2019m merely a sum of their contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Follow Manthan on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/manthanshh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shah-manthan\/?originalSubdomain=in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/manthanshh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(April 10, 2022) He&#8217;s among a small handful of non-Ivy League students to bag the prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship for 2022-23. A quick Google search throws up headlines like, \u201cThree Princeton graduates\u201d and \u201cFour Stanford grads.\u201d Still, Manthan Shah arrives at our video call surprised. \u201cI don\u2019t understand why you want to write about me,\u201d he quips. \u201cThere are many better people&#8230;\u201d His modesty is misplaced. 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