Experience

Westland Books

• India
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing and Publicity Manager

  • Jul 2022 - Present



The Art X Company

• India
• Retail Art Supplies
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Lead

  • Jul 2021 - Jul 2022



Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival

• Kolkata Area, India

• Festival Curator

  • Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

  As curator of the festival. I look into all aspects of organizing and relationship development with partners 1. helping the directors in the curation of events, 2. all research related to content and festival data, 3. content creation of social media accounts, 4. facilitating marketing and operations team, 5. aiding design team for final designs related to collaterals 6. assisting the PR and media team with relevant information 7. collation of all delegate data 8. delegate interaction and coordination, 9. Collaborating with different foundations as partners to take forward our shared vision 10. Collaborating with different embassies for representing international writers and delegates 11. post-event interaction with delegates as well as sponsors 12. Innovative ways of taking forward our year-long relationship with reading and education to the general masses and creating content that starts new areas of discussion and ideation. Show less



Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob

• India
• Events Services

• Festival Manager

  • Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

  . The festival work includes 1. helping the director and curator in the curation of events, 2. all research related to content and festival data, 3. content creation of social media accounts, 4. facilitating marketing and operations team as well as business development 5. aiding design team for final designs related to collaterals 6. assisting the PR and media team with relevant information 7. collation of all delegate data 8. delegate interaction and coordination, 9. post-event interaction with delegates as well as sponsors Show less



Apeejay Surrendra Group

• India
• Executive Offices
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Creative Manager (Events), Oxford Bookstore and Coordinator, AKLF amd ABSU

  • Dec 2015 - Jul 2021

  • Work as the Creative Manager with Apeejay Oxford Bookstore Private Limited. My scope of work includes curating important events for the bookstore, one of the notable ones among them being the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child book launch which elicited a response in regional media as well as even from J K Rowling. • Curation of special events throughout the year at the store as a roadmap to the festivals. These events are based on current social and cultural events like citizenship, LGBT rights, women’s rights, student movements and others. • Along with that I am also in charge of coordination of the Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob (ABSU) 2016 as well as Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF) 2016 and 2017. The festival work included 1. helping the directors in the curation of events, 2. all research related to content and festival data, 3. content creation of social media accounts, 4. facilitating marketing and operations team, 5. aiding design team for final designs related to collaterals 6. assisting the PR and media team with relevant information 7. collation of all delegate data 8. delegate interaction and coordination, 9. being master of ceremony during the festival events 10. post-event interaction with delegates as well as sponsors • Part of the core team in organizing, curating and execution of the newest property of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, Plugin- The music festival. The scope of this included: 1. Visualizing and organizing the entire concept and look of the festival 2. Curating bands and other vendors related to the festival The festival became the first music festival happening in the heart of the city with a special tribute to Bob Dylan and was covered by all major media agencies. Show less



Apeejay Oxford Bookstores Private Limited

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Manager

  • Dec 2015 - Jul 2021



International Institute of Asian studies

• Leiden, Netherlands

• Research Fellow

  • Oct 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Work as a research fellow for my project on the representation of Dutch East India Company in literature about Asia. This is a ten-month project supported by the Dutch Ministry of Education. • Work as a research fellow for my project on the representation of Dutch East India Company in literature about Asia. This is a ten-month project supported by the Dutch Ministry of Education.



Daring Debates

• Kolkata

• Kolkata Chapter Manager

  • Oct 2015 - Dec 2015

  In charge of organizing and implementing the various programs for the student debate competition Daring Debates which is a part of the LSE India Summit 2015 titled Difficult Dialogues In charge of organizing and implementing the various programs for the student debate competition Daring Debates which is a part of the LSE India Summit 2015 titled Difficult Dialogues



jesus and mary college

• New Delhi Area, India

• Assistant Professor

  • May 2012 - May 2015

  Teaching all honours courses, being staff advisor for co-curricular activities, organizer of inter college student seminar, various student workshops Teaching all honours courses, being staff advisor for co-curricular activities, organizer of inter college student seminar, various student workshops



Sri Venkateswara College Delhi University

• Delhi

• Assistant Professor

  • Jan 2012 - Apr 2012



Jawaharlal Nehru University

• New Delhi

• Research Assistant

  • Mar 2011 - 2012

  Research, writing of articles, organizing events Research, writing of articles, organizing events