Padmini Smetacek

Padmini Smetacek is an experienced freelance editor with a career spanning over a decade, currently working with HarperCollins Publishers India, Hachette Book Publishing India Pvt Ltd, and Penguin Random House India since 2016, along with Leadstart Publishing and Wordit Content Design & Editing Services Pvt. Ltd. since 2013. Expertise includes full editing of both fiction and non-fiction works, encompassing developmental editing, copy editing, and proofreading. Padmini also provides editorial services for various literature focused on social, economic, and environmental issues through New Concept Information Systems since 2012. Additionally, Padmini is the proprietor and host of The Retreat, Bhimtal, a heritage home stay known for its hospitality. Padmini's educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi.