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Probal DasGupta is an author, historian and columnist. He is the author of the bestselling book – Watershed 1967: India’s Forgotten Victory Over China’ and ‘Camouflaged: Forgotten Stories from Battlefields.
An alumnus of Columbia University in New York (USA), Probal is a Braun-Myers Fellow, JN Tata Scholar and RD Sethna Scholar. He served with Gorkha Rifles in the Indian Army before transitioning into a business leader.
Probal headed up global consulting firms in South Asia and is the founder of Birdstone – advisors to firms on investment risks, governance and reputation.
A corporate speaker on geopolitics and history, he writes a column in the media and is the founder of a literature festival. Probal lives in Mumbai with his wife Nisha and has two children – Siddharth and Arayna.