It was founded in May 2011 by David Davidar, a novelist, publisher and former president of Penguin Books Canada, in association with R. K. Mehra and Kapish Mehra of Rupa Publications.

On his return to India from Canada where he served as the president of Penguin Canada, David Davidar partnered Rupa Publications to found Aleph Book Company in May 2011.

The headquarters of the company is at New Delhi and the logo was designed by Rymn Massand, an inspiration from Aleph, the first letter of many of the semitic abjads.

[2] The company publishes both fiction and non-fiction and has an author profile ranging from lesser known writers to established ones such as Romila Thapar, Shashi Tharoor, Khushwant Singh, Cyrus Mistry, Ruskin Bond, Rajmohan Gandhi and Vikram Seth, among others.

[3] With a focus on Indian and other South Asian countries, the company publishes books in various genres including fiction, history, biography, autobiography, current events, reportage, travel, popular science, art, music, nature studies, the environment, business, translations, philosophy, sociology, psychology and popular culture.