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{{Short description|Indian author and entrepreneur}}
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[[File:Sudipto Das - Author.jpg|thumb|Sudipto Das in 2017|229x229px]]
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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Sudipto Das
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| caption = Sudipto Das in 2014
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|07|12|df=y}}
| occupation = Author, Musician, Columnist, Entrepreneur
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]]
| notableworks = Novels [[The Ekkos Clan]], [[The Aryabhata Clan]], [[The Broken Amoretti]]; Music of [[Schweik in the Second World War|Schweyk in the Second World War]], Blooming Orchard
| website = {{URL|http://www.sudiptodas.com/}}
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'''Sudipto Das''' (born 12 July 1973) is an [[India]]n author, social worker<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coronavirus Lockdown: Ration without queues for needy in East Midnapore|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/calcutta/coronavirus-lockdown-ration-without-queues-for-needy-in-east-midnapore/cid/1771539|access-date=2020-08-28|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-02|title=The Bengaluru heroes who have stepped up during the COVID-19 crisis|url=https://www.lifestyleasia.com/ind/culture/the-bengaluru-heroes-who-have-stepped-up-during-the-covid-19-crisis/|access-date=2020-08-28|website=Lifestyle Asia India|language=en-US}}</ref> and musician.<ref name=":13">{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/200218/musically-apt.html|title=Musically apt|date=2018-02-20|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=2018-02-20|language=en}}</ref> He is also a columnist,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/author/sudipto-das|title=Sudipto Das|last=Das|first=Sudipto|website=Entrepreneur|language=en|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref> a speaker at [[TED (conference)|TED]] events<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/18607|title=TEDxBMSCE|date=18 April 2016|website=TED|publisher=TED|access-date=5 Nov 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=TEDx Talks|title=How my passion guided me towards the road not taken {{!}} Sudipto Das {{!}} TEDxBMSCE|date=2017-11-09|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MJvuYohS9M|access-date=2017-11-27}}</ref> and a veteran in the [[semiconductor industry]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/author/sudipto-das|title=Sudipto Das|last=Das|first=Sudipto|website=Entrepreneur|language=en|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref> having co-chaired the Industry Forum at the VLSID 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://embeddedandvlsidesignconference.org/organizing-committee/|title=Organizing Committee|website=Embedded & VLSI Design Conference|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref> He has been the co-founder of two startups.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/author/sudiptodas|title=Amazon.com: Sudipto Das: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=2017-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/author/sudipto-das|title=Sudipto Das|last=Das|first=Sudipto|website=Entrepreneur|language=en|access-date=2018-05-26}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web|url=https://industry.siliconindia.com/vendor/electronic-design-services-providers-2018-insilico-cid-4864.html|title=Insilico: Cardinal Provider of IoT & AI-Controlled Solutions with Social, Financial & Environment Viability|website=enterprise-services.siliconindiamagazine.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-26}}</ref> In 2020 he spearheaded a country wide initiative to deliver daily groceries to people stranded due to lockdowns in the wake of the breakout of COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Datta|first=Sravasti|date=2020-04-02|title=This apartment in Bengaluru is distributing groceries to daily wage earners|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/an-apartment-in-bengaluru-is-distributing-groceries-to-daily-wage-earners/article31237291.ece|access-date=2020-08-28|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-14|title=Networked kitchens add to relief efforts|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/metrolife-cityscape/networked-kitchens-add-to-relief-efforts-825319.html|access-date=2020-08-28|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

Das has written three novels: ''[[The Ekkos Clan]]'' (2013), ''[[The Aryabhata Clan]]'' (2018) and [[The Broken Amoretti]] (2019). He has also published the coffee table book ''Myths & Truths Behind The Ekkos Clan'' (2014).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22455275-myths-truths-behind-the-ekkos-clan|title=Myths & Truths Behind The Ekkos Clan|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref> Within a fortnight of its release [[The Ekkos Clan]] came to 3rd position<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sudiptounplugged.blogspot.in/2013/10/the-ekkos-clan-bestselling-new-release.html|title=The Ekkos Clan - Bestselling new release|website=sudiptounplugged.blogspot.in|access-date=2017-11-05|date=30 October 2013}}</ref> in the best seller list in [[Flipkart]] in the Literature and Fiction section.

Sudipto, an alumnus of [[IIT Kharagpur]], has been a secretary at the [[Sarathi Socio Cultural Trust]] for many years,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.deccanherald.com/content/194299/many-facets-fest.html|title = Many facets of a fest|date = 28 September 2011|access-date = 25 September 2014|website = Many facets of a fest|publisher = Deccan Herald|last = Lasrado|first = Svetlana}}</ref> looking after their cultural initiatives in Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090927/jsp/nation/story_11547193.jsp|title = Lakshmi smile on Durga Puja - Hint of revival from crisis in bangalore festivities|date = 27 September 2009|access-date = 25 September 2014|publisher = The Telegraph|last = SUKUMARAN|first = AJAY}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url = http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Its-no-smooth-ride-on-app-cabs/articleshow/45439804.cms|title = It's no smooth ride on app cabs|date = 10 December 2014|access-date = 13 December 2014|publisher = Bangalore Mirror|last = Das|first = Sudipto}}</ref> Presently he is the General Secretary of Sarathi.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Welcoming-the-Goddess/article15006360.ece|title=Welcoming the Goddess|date=2016-09-30|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-12-15|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Early days==
Sudipto was born in [[Calcutta]] to a family which fled [[Bangladesh]] during the [[Partition of India|partition riots]] of 1947.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sudiptodas.com|title=Sudipto Das|website=www.sudiptodas.com|access-date=2017-11-05}}</ref>

== Music ==
[[File:Sudipto Kohal.jpg|thumb|Sudipto performing in Kohal, 2008]]
Sudipto started the music band [[Kohal The Band|Kohal]] in Bangalore in 2007<ref name=":13" /> with some of the members of ETMS.

In May 2014 he tried his hand at creating background scores for a play,<ref>[http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/lounge/An-eccentric-Potli-on-stage/articleshow/34385899.cms An eccentric 'Potli' on stage]: 29 April 2014, [[Bangalore Mirror]]</ref> directed by [[Sharmin Ali]], where he used only Mozart's compositions for the entire score. In the same year he composed original scores<ref name=":16">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/stories-of-yore/article26640105.ece|title=Stories of yore|last=Datta|first=Sravasti|date=2019-03-26|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-03-26|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> recreating the Balkan music<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIBG/2019/03/16&entity=Ar01401&sk=9BB17C26&mode=image|title=THE LITTLE MAN AND THE WORLD - The Times Of India - Bangalore, 3/16/2019|website=epaper.timesgroup.com|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2019/mar/16/actor-prakash-raj-to-produce-periodic-play-in-bengaluru-1951720.html|title=Actor Prakash Raj to produce periodic play in Bengaluru|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/lounge/Smarannik-Theatre-Festival-Bertolt-Brecht-Ranjon-Ghoshal/articleshow/47724847.cms|title=When music meets war and epic drama|last=Faisal|first=Falah FaisalFalah|last2=Jun 18|first2=Bangalore Mirror Bureau {{!}} Updated|website=Bangalore Mirror|language=en|access-date=2019-03-17|last3=2015|last4=Ist|first4=22:19}}</ref> of the 1940s for a Forum Three<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.forumthree.in/more-on-schweyk|title = Forum Three|access-date = 10 Oct 2014|publisher = Forum Three}}</ref> musical, an adaptation of [[Schweik in the Second World War|Schweyk in the Second World War]] by [[Bertolt Brecht]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatimeline.tripod.com/Deccan_Chronicle-13sep2014-brecht.pdf|title=Keeping a "Brecht"|last=Gupta|first=Namita|date=13 September 2014|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatimeline.tripod.com/NewIndianExpress-12sep2014-schweyk/index.html|title=War Time Tales|last=Rajagopal|first=Rashmi|date=12 September 2014|publisher=New Indian Express|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref> which was staged many times in Bangalore<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/an-anti-war-musical/article26545134.ece|title=An anti-war musical|last=Datta|first=Sravasti|date=2019-03-15|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-03-16|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and once in [[Auroville]] for an international audience.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.aurovilleradio.org/schweyk-in-the-second-world-war|title = Schweyk in the Second World War|date = 30 November 2014|access-date = 1 December 2014|website = Schweyk in the Second World War|publisher = Auroville Radio|last =- |first = Zoya}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Sudipto Das|title=Schweyk in the Second World War (Auroville production: songs audio)|date=2014-12-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyxs8oVnvQA|access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref>

In 2018 he composed the theme music of Blooming Orchard,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jagrititheatre.com/the-blooming-orchard|title=The Blooming Orchard|website=www.jagrititheatre.com|access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref> the English adaptation of [[Manoj Mitra]]'s Bengali play Sajano Bagan.

[[Kohal (band)|Kohal]] have performed some of Sudipto's original compositions in their shows.

== Entrepreneurship==
Sudipto played key roles in creating three startups in [[Very Large Scale Integration|VLSI]] Design Services in the past ten years. In June 2017 he co-founded a company, which was adjudged one of the Top 10 most disruptive and potentially game-changing startups in the electrical and electronics sector<ref name=":11" /> by the "ELECRAMA Startup Awards 2018", for its AI enabled IoT based Smart Lighting solution.<ref>{{Citation|last=Republic World|title=Insilico Brings Smart Lightning Solution For Power Saving {{!}} Elecrama 2018|date=2018-03-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59-2maoDOk0|access-date=2018-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.republicworld.com/initiatives/elecrama/insilico-brings-smart-lightning-solution-for-power-saving|title=Insilico brings smart lightning solution for power saving|website=Republic World|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> As a "Cardinal Provider of IoT & AI-Controlled Solutions with Social, Financial & Environment Viability",<ref name=":15" /> Sudipto was recognized as the founder of one of the "20 Most Promising Electronic Design Service Providers 2018".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://industry.siliconindia.com/ranking/electronic-design-services-providers-2018-rid-355.html|title=20 Most Promising Electronic Design Services Providers - 2018|website=industry.siliconindia.com|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>

==Novels==

=== The Ekkos Clan ===
Das began working on his first novel, ''[[The Ekkos Clan]]'', in 2008,<ref name=":1" /> and it was launched in Bangalore on 3 August 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/strains-from-a-grand-lineage/article4979095.ece|title=Strains from a grand lineage|date=2013-08-02|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-11-05|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> A contemporary mystery novel set against the backdrop of ancient Indian history and delving deep into the behind the scene stories of Rig Veda, the oldest book of the mankind, the book deals extensively with [[linguistic palaeontology]], [[Astronomy]], [[Archaeology]], History, Music and Poetry.

The Ekkos Clan is one of very few literary works in any Indian language to have touched based on the horrors of the [[Partition of Bengal (1947)|Bengal side of the Indian Partition]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2013/oct/15/An-unflinching-look-526305.html|title=An unflinching look|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref> Sudipto talked about his research into the Bengal Partition and its sparse representation in Indian literature at a panel on Borderland Narratives of the Bengal Partition,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/events/event.php?ID=1664|title=Panel: Borderland Narratives of the Bengal Partition, Events, Spurlock Museum, U of I|website=www.spurlock.illinois.edu|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref> held at the UIUC in April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sudiptounplugged.blogspot.com/2019/05/borderland-narratives-of-partition-of.html|title=Borderland Narratives of the Partition of Bengal - Transcript of Sudipto's lecture @ UIUC, 25 April 2019|last=Das|first=Sudipto|date=2019-05-12|website=Unplugged - Anything Anywhere!!|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>

Another book, ''The Myths & Truths Behind The Ekkos Clan'', is a compilation of historical and linguistic facts and figures which loosely form the background of Sudipto Das' debut novel, ''The Ekkos Clan''. Das presents a series of discoveries and theories, espoused by a particular school of historians and linguists, which are used as the historical background in the novel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/On-Dravidian-Iranian-connect/2014/06/24/article2296362.ece|title=On Dravidian-Iranian connect|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2017-11-05}}</ref>

=== The Aryabhata Clan ===
Das plans a trilogy with Afsar-Kratu-Tista and linguistic palaeontology. In ''[[The Aryabhata Clan]]'', the sequel to ''The Ekkos Clan'', he uses a verse composed by the Indian mathematician [[Aryabhata]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatimeline.tripod.com/sakal_times-interview-6oct13.pdf|title=Decoding ancient scriptures|date=6 Oct 2013|website=Sakal Times|access-date=5 Nov 2017}}</ref> to decipher a riddle which lies at the center of a mysterious and sinister plan to create an apocalypse in India''. The Aryabhata Clan'' was released in December 2017.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/AuthorSudiptoDas/posts/1506185156166256|title=Sudipto Das|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-05}}</ref>

=== The Broken Amoretti ===
In various interviews,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatimeline.tripod.com/Star_Of_Mysore_Online.htm|title=Star Of Mysore Online|website=indiatimeline.tripod.com|access-date=2017-11-05}}</ref><ref name=":5">[http://bloggerinterviews.blogspot.in/2013/10/interview-with-sudipto-das-of-the-ekkos.html Blogger Interviews] | [http://nishitak.com/tag/the-ekkos-clan Nishita's Rants and Raves] | [http://itchingtoread.blogspot.in/2013/11/meet-author-of-ekkos-clan-sudipto-das.html Reading Corner] | [http://en.paperblog.com/sudipto-das-author-of-the-ekkos-clan-answers-some-questions-705233 paperblog] | [http://aditichopra1.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/interview-with-author-sudipto-das/ Aditi Chopra's Blog] | [http://inderpreetkaur.blogspot.in/2014/11/author-answers-by-sudipto-das.html Eloquent Articulation] |</ref> given between September and December 2013, Sudipto mentioned that he had already completed the first draft of a book, Prembajar (working title), which wouldn't be a sequel of The Ekkos Clan. "''My yearning to make my alma mater IIT Kharagpur (KGP) a part of my literary creation is so strong that I want to write a KGP trilogy too, a set of three unusual love stories, all originating in KGP,''" he said. Later, Prembajar was rechristened [[The Broken Amoretti]], Sudipto's third novel. Set against the backdrop of IIT Kharagpur and a nondescript place called Prembajar, which lies just outside the IIT campus, it was published by Niyogi Books and released in May 2019. Totally different from Sudipto's earlier two thrillers, this one, co-written with Aparajita Dutta, "has a bold theme, a much-needed voice to the many unconventional relationships that have been silenced since ages".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/410959852355464/posts/1828508437267258/|title=Sudipto Das|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-07}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web|url=https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIBG/2018/08/11&entity=Ar04705&sk=D4AE2BB2&mode=image|title=A potpourri of action, suspense, conflict and politics - The Times Of India - Bangalore, 2018-08-11|access-date=2018-08-11}}</ref>

== Community Service==
In 2020, Sudipto Das lead a campaign to help the poor and the needy during the prolonged [[lockdown]] due to the [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] Pandemic. The campaign provided daily rations to nearly 10,000 people across India, mostly migrant labourers, daily wage earners and poor people. <ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/society/an-apartment-in-bengaluru-is-distributing-groceries-to-daily-wage-earners/article31237291.ece This apartment in Bengaluru is distributing groceries to daily wage earners], The Hindu, April 02, 2020</ref> <ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/calcutta/coronavirus-lockdown-ration-without-queues-for-needy-in-east-midnapore/cid/1771539 Ration without queues for the needy], The Telegraph India, May 9, 2020</ref> <ref>[https://www.lifestyleasia.com/ind/culture/the-bengaluru-heroes-who-have-stepped-up-during-the-covid-19-crisis/ The Bengaluru heroes who have stepped up during the COVID-19 crisis], Lifestyle Asia, 2020</ref>

== External links ==
* {{Official website}}

==References==
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>Sammi Brie: Adding local short description: "Indian author and entrepreneur", overriding Wikidata description "Indian novelist/author" (Shortdesc helper)