AS FAR AS DR. SHUCHITA NANDAPURKAR-PHADKE REMEMBERS, BOOKS HAVE BEEN HER BEST FRIENDS. AS SHE MOVED ALONG THE LIFE-PATH, IT WAS INEVITABLE TO TURN TOWARDS LITERATURE AS A PASSIONATE AFFAIR. THOUGH POETRY HAS BEEN A LEISURE ACTIVITY FOR HER FOR MANY YEARS, SHE SOON TURNED TOWARDS TRANSLATION. WITHIN A DECADE HER PASSION HAD BECOME HER PROFESSION. SHE ABLY HANDLES MANY GENRES RIGHT FROM SEX TO SPIRITUALITY. SHE HAS CONTRIBUTED IN EDUCATIONAL AND CHILD-LITERATURE AS WELL. BEING A COUNSELLOR ALLOWS HER TO UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINAL CONTENT IN A BETTER WAY. SO FOND WAS SHE OF HER PROFESSION THAT SHE WANTED TO EXCEL IN IT, HENCE, SHE ACQUIRED HER PHD IN MANAGEMENT OF TRANSLATION. NO WONDER, HER TRANSLATIONS, THOUGH HONEST TO THE SOURCE LITERATURE, ARE ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL AND AS GOOD AS ANY INDEPENDENT WRITING. SHE WISHES TO CONTRIBUTE IN THE WONDROUS AND JOYOUS WORLD OF TRANSLATION FOR YEARS TO COME.

शुचिता फडके यांचा जन्म १८ सप्टेंबर १९६५ झाला. त्यांनी विज्ञान आणि कला शाखेची पदवी प्राप्त केली असून, मानसशास्त्राच्या त्या द्विपदवीधर आहेत. शिवाय एम.बी.ए.(एच.आर) ही पदवीही त्यांनी प्राप्त केली आहे. ‘अनुवादशास्त्र : मांडणी आणि व्यवस्थापन’ या विषयात त्यांनी डॉक्टरेट मिळवली आहे. आत्मचरित्र, पौराणिक, तत्त्वज्ञान, विधी, तांत्रिक, शैक्षणिक, पाक-कृती, वैद्यकीय अशा विविध विषयांवरील अनेक पुस्तकांचा मराठी व इंग्रजी अनुवाद त्यांनी केला आहे. कॅन्सर रुग्णांसाठी समुपदेशन, शैक्षणिक क्षेत्र (अभ्यागत प्राध्यापक), मेडिकल ट्रान्सक्रिप्शन, शालेय अभ्यासक्रम रचना, व्हॉईस ओव्हर, प्री स्कूल उभारणी या क्षेत्रांमध्ये त्यांचं योगदान आहे.