Debasis Sen

Background

About Debasis Sen

Debasis Sen has over 30 years of experience in communications across different sectors and medium from writing news, long feature stories, strategic corporate communication, investment banking to development communication. A seasoned business journalist, Sen has written on strategy, trends, business models and new opportunities in sectors such as IT, pharmaceutical, health, sustainable development, art & culture, advertising, marketing to retail in a number of reputed publications. He has also authored a significant report on ICT opportunities in rural India for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, USA. Sen has worked from media houses to software companies, research organization, investment banking to internationally reputed NGOs—understanding, exploring and utilising the various facets of communication, the influences of sector nuances on language and its impact on different segments of target audience. Over the years, he has learnt to combine an entrepreneurial approach, process rigor and integrated thinking to deliver the targeted results. A newspaper as well as a magazine journalist, he has been involved with conceptualisation of new niche business publications, design, section contents, recruiting and managing editorial staff and bench-marking editorial quality. An observer and prolific writer, his past employers include Times of India, India Today, Indian Express, Business Standard, TERI, Development Alternatives, UN and Deutsche Bank’s investment banking division.