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Amit Chilka is a slow travel writer, Limca Book of Records holder (4×), and published author based in Dehradun. After 22 years in corporate life, he drove across four states and never looked back. He writes about India's forts, forests, and the art of living unhurriedly.

Amit Chilka's story begins in a cave on Lohagad Fort, where a teenage trek under a star-filled Sahyadri sky rewired something permanent. What followed was a life lived at altitude — in the mountains, on the record books, and eventually, on his own terms. A four-time Limca Book of Records holder for the highest number of people rappelling and valley crossing in a single day at Duke's Nose, Amit spent 22 years building a career at Cognizant while spending every free weekend on a new ridge. In 2011, he celebrated his second wedding anniversary at Everest Base Camp — at 5364 metres. He is the author of Beyond the Shoreline, a deep dive into India's sea forts and the maritime history that shaped a civilisation. His photography has been exhibited at Bal Gandharva Kala Dalan, Pune, and his writing has appeared in Maharashtra Times, Bhatkanti, and Lokmat. Today, Amit lives in Dehradun — by the forest, near the Himalayas — where he writes about slow travel, designs transformational corporate retreats through Pause and Arrive, and documents the India that most people drive past without stopping.