Dr. Babu K. Verghese has been a media consultant in the publishing industry for the past 30 years, 15 in the secular market and 15 in Christian publishing. He has authored several books, including My Encounter with Truth, the story of Pandit Dharm Prakash Sharma, and Beyond Addiction. He co-authored Burnt Alive, the story of martyred missionary Graham Staines. Babu also writes feature articles in secular journals and newspapers and trains writers and editors. His Ph.D thesis is on the development of Indian languages and literature.