Sandipan Deb

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Sandipan Deb
Born1 August 1962 (1962-08) (age 61)
Kolkata
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Occupation(s)Writer and independent journalist.

Sandipan Deb (born 1 August 1962) is an Indian journalist and writer. [1] He has been the managing editor of Outlook, the editor of The Financial Express and was the founder-editor of Outlook Money, Open , and Swarajya magazines. He is the author of several books.

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Early life and education

Sandipan Deb was born in Kolkata to Bengali parents. He completed his schooling (Class X) from Don Bosco High School, Matunga, Mumbai and junior college (Class XII) from Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai.

He then did his BTech. (Hons.) in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Career

Sandipan Deb began his career in the advertising agency Lintas India. In February 1989, he joined Classic Financial Services and Enterprises Ltd., an ITC group firm. In December 1990, he made a career shift to journalism, joining the now-defunct A&M magazine as senior correspondent and rising to executive editor. In November 1994, he joined Business Today magazine as senior editor.

In June 1995, he joined the launch team of Outlook magazine as associate editor. In 2001, he became managing editor of Outlook.

In 1998, he became the founder-editor of Intelligent Investor, India's first personal finance magazine. In 2002, the magazine was renamed Outlook Money.

In 2005, He joined the Indian Express group as editor-magazines and special projects. In June 2006, he took over as editor of The Financial Express, the group's business and economic newspaper.

He joined the RPG group, now the RPSG group in 2008 to launch the industrial conglomerate's print media business. He was editor-in-chief and briefly publisher at Open Media Network. The weekly magazine Open was launched in April 2009.

In August 2010, Sandipan Deb left Open to pursue a career in writing and independent journalism.

In 2014, he joined media start-up Kovai Media Pvt. Ltd. as editorial director. In February 2015, Kovai Media re-launched Swarajya, a magazine originally set up by C.Rajagopalachari, freedom fighter, last Governor-General of India, and founder of the Swatantra Party. Deb described Swarajya as a "big tent for liberal right-of-centre discourse". [2] [3]

Deb quit Swarajya in 2018 to return to an independent writing career.

He has been a columnist with the financial daily Mint and livemint.com since 2011. He has also been a columnist with The Indian Express and Mail Today.

His writings cover a broad spectrum from economy to culture, cricket to cinema, society to the future of technology. Some of his writings over the years can be accessed at livemint.com. [4]

Books

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As co-author:

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As translator:

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  2. ↑ Venkatesh, M. R. (29 January 2015). "Re-launching Swarajya, a voice for India's new Right". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Bansal, Shuchi (17 September 2014). "Rajagopalachari's 'Swarajya' to be relaunched soon". mint. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Sandipan Deb : Top and Latest News, Videos and Photos about Sandipan Deb". livemint.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "The IITians". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Fallen Angel". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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  8. ↑ "The Last War". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Deb, Sandipan (1 December 2012). The Last War. ASIN   9382616012.
  10. ↑ "Telecom Man". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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  13. ↑ "Momentous Times - 175 Year - Sandipan Deb". www.rokomari.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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  15. ↑ Sankar (1 January 2013). Thackeray Mansion. Translated by Deb, Sandipan. ASIN   0143420062.
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