Deeptanil is a postgraduate in English from Jadavpur University. As a doctoral SYLFF Fellow (2008- 2011), he is pursuing research under the Department of English, Jadavpur University.  His doctoral study seeks to understand “Self-Image, Control and the English-language press in India”, in a time period immediately preceding the formal introduction of liberalisation in the country.

 Deeptanil has worked with the non-profit sector and on the desks of mainstream Indian print media publications like The Telegraph and India Today (Bangla), and as a free-lance journalist for The Statesman; he has a Postgraduate Certificate in Editing and Publishing, from the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, and Editing as a Skill Project, U.P.E. Programme, U.G.C.

As a researcher, Deeptanil hopes to develop a better understanding of contemporary societies and cultures. His interests are in the history of the book, media and their forms of representation, sequential graphic arts and literary fiction.

When he is not working on his thesis, he's probably reading a good book, dreaming graphic novels, talking politics with friends, playing with his three-year-old niece, finding spiritual harmony in aikido, or is somewhere out on travel.

 Email:

deeptanilray@gmail.com

dipto9@aol.in