Meet the 18 Under 18
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Anupam Roy
Anupam Roy is a National Film Award-winning singer, songwriter and music director. From Amake amar moto in Autograph to the Journey Song in Piku, this singer-composer is the sound and voice of a generation.
Dibyendu Barua
Dibyendu Barua is India’s second chess Grandmaster. He has won the National Championships thrice and is a recipient of the Arjuna Award. He is the director of the Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy.
Dr Jai Ranjan Ram
Dr Ram is a leading psychiatrist with an MD in Psychiatry from NIMHANS, Bangalore, an MRCPsych from UK and CCST in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is also the co-founder of the Mental Health Foundation-Kolkata.
Joydeep Karmakar
Joydeep Karmakar is a shooter who finished 4th in the 2012 London Olympics. An Arjuna Award winner, he has represented the country in all leading tournaments. His academy, in Kolkata and Howrah, is grooming the next generation of shooters.
Kunal Basu
Kunal Basu has authored seven novels and a collection of stories in English, and four novels in Bengali. His latest novel, In an Ideal World, spotlights the India of today. A painter and a photographer, he also teaches at the University of Oxford.
Paoli Dam
Paoli Dam is a leading actress of screens big and small, of languages Bengali and Hindi, and of formats film and web series. From Kaalbela and Mahanayak to Bulbbul and The Great Indian Murder, Paoli is quite the trailblazer.
Partha Pratim Chakrabarti
Partha Pratim Chakrabarti is professor at IIT Kharagpur and an ex-director. He is principal investigator of the National Digital Library of India and has won the President’s gold medal and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize.
Paul Walsh, MBE
Paul Walsh gave up a diplomatic career to work with underprivileged children in Kolkata. Jungle Crows, the rugby club he founded, promotes sport for development under their Khelo Rugby programme
Sreenanda Shankar
Actor/ Dancer… /Makeover Consultant… that’s who Sreenanda is on Instagram! For the daughter of Tanushree and Ananda Shankar, and the granddaughter of Uday and Amala Shankar, dance and the performing arts are in her DNA.
