Bhaskar Raman | Academic & nonfiction editing | design & project management | EDI/DEI consultancy
Based in Goa, India, but works for global clients seeking English-language support.
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- Job title
- Editor and EDI consultant
- Membership Grade
- Professional Member
About Bhaskar
Tailored solutions for your language needs
Hi, I’m Bhaskar (he/him), and I’m a recovering engineer. In college, when I should have been immersing electrodes in salt solutions, I was soaking myself in Wodehouse, Tolkien and Agatha Christie. Twenty years on, instead of running chemical plants, I serve as a catalyst helping authors build chemistry with their readers.
So whether you need a light-touch proofread, a deeper stylistic copyedit, EDI consultation or full-on project management of your editorial production process (including editing, design, typesetting and proofreading), I can help.
► Get in touch: [email protected]
Academic editing
Looking for an editor to help present your research in the most compelling, engaging and understandable manner? I’ll follow your publisher’s style, check for grammar, spelling and punctuation problems, format your references and help you improve sense and flow.
Academic subjects I specialise in
History | literature | art history | equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) | music | media studies | film studies | political science | journalism | biography | colonial studies | economics | business and management | theatre | medicine | poetry | humour | sociology | linguistics | area studies | education | environmental studies | law | philosophy | religious studies.
Clients
Harvard University Asia Centre, Brill, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, the British Academy, Manchester University Press, Hong Kong University Press, Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature.
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Editing for governments and nonprofits
I edit policy documents, legal analyses, reports and case studies for government bodies, international agencies and nonprofits.
Clients
ARTICLE 19, NATO, the European Liberal Forum, eGovernance Academy, the Chr. Michelsen Institute.
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Project management
I’ll shepherd your project from raw manuscript through to a final publication-ready file, including managing vendors, maintaining timelines and keeping budgets under control.
Clients
ARTICLE 19, CUP, Springer Nature, Palgrave Macmillan
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Fiction editing
Ginger tea is the second greatest love of my life. Words are the first. If you’re looking for copyediting and proofreading support to ensure that the ones in your novel get the love they deserve, get in touch. I’ll help you take your book from the raw manuscript on your desktop to the shiny new release on the bookstands and Amazon KDP.
Fiction genres I specialise in
Romance | romantic comedy (romcom) | crime fiction | thrillers | mystery.
Clients
Independent authors, publishers, hybrid publishers.
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Sensitivity and authenticity reading
Based on my lived experience, I'm a champion of inclusivity and equity. Our language has been shaped by dominant groups, and their biases are often coded into it in ways writers may not notice. I can help you avoid these pitfalls so you don't inadvertently cause harm.
EDI/DEI areas I specialise in
- Sensitivity reading: I read for sensitive representations of race, gender, sexuality, and EDI/DEI in general.
- Authenticity reading: Based on my lived experience, I help authors deliver authentic portrayals of most Indian and other South Asian cultures, migration, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. I’m also fluent in Tamil, Hindi and Sanskrit.
Clients
Independent authors, academic writers, businesses, RPG magazine Tales from the Smoking Wrym.
► Get in touch: [email protected]
Student proofreading
If your thesis, dissertation or coursework needs checking to ensure it’s fit for submission, I can proofread it for you.
I’ll follow your institution’s language-support guidelines to ensure the way we work together is collaborative but ethical and collusion-free.
Clients
Undergraduates, postgraduates
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Praise from delighted clients
'I could not have asked for a more detailed, careful or insightful copy editor. His attention to detail was extraordinary as was his commitment to the project.'
Deborah Padfield, author
'He is the best editorial manager I have worked with in my 40-year career. Not only is he a first-rate editor himself, he is a notably competent team leader and a highly effective project manager with a great depth of professional knowledge.'
Alec Macaulay, editor and publisher
'By far the best editor I have worked with so far, in almost 20 years!'
Amanda Minervini, author
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