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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            He is a Goodreads author with present rating of 4.05
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             with reviews and ratings in excess of 3,000 and on

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Amazon, he is rated between 4 and 5 with reviews
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Footprint in the industry to reverse the climate
                                                                                                                                                                                                  change effects on the planet.                          and ratings in excess of 2,500.
                                                                                          Sabarna Roy                                                                                             activities of International Commission on
                                                                                                                                                                                                   He is an active participant in the multifarious

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Irrigation and Drainage, Confederation of
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Indian Industries, Central Board of Irrigation
                                                                                                                                                                                                  and  Power,  Indian  Geographical  Committee   Noida International Literary Festival   what happened at school; the films
                                                                                                                                                                                                  of International Water Resources Association,   2019, Tata Steel Literary Meet 2020,   I  watched;  the  books  I  read;  the
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Society  for  Near  Surface  Geophysics,  Calcutta   Aaveg  2021  Literature  Festival  at   delicacies that I ate; the cricket
                                                                                                         The story of an                                                                          Business School, Engage India, and JIS Group   Lucknow, Bhava Samvad series of   matches that I played; conversations
                                                                                                                                                                                                  of Institutions.                      Kalinga  Literature  Festival  2021,   with my parents, school teachers, and
                                                                                                  eminent author and an                                                                            Sabarna Roy is an author of critically acclaimed   YathaKatha International Film &   friends; the places that I travelled
                                                                                                                                                                                                  bestselling  literary  fiction  of  eight  published   Literature Festival 2021, and various   with my parents; my moments  of
                                                                                                      engineering expert                                                                          books.  They  are:  Pentacles;  Frosted  Glass;   other  on-line,  and  off-line  literary   sadness,  boredom,  and  elation,  and
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Abyss; Winter Poems; Random Subterranean   meets to discuss about his journey as   so many other things. These diaries
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Mosaic:  2012  –  2018;  Etchings  of   the  First   an author, and his works.  and journals over the years inflated
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Quarter  of   2020;  Fractured  Mosaic,  and  A   He  has  been  featured  in  the   like novels – as if written in a stream
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Marriage, an Affair, and a Friendship.  Passion Vista – The International   of consciousness. My first published
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Sabarna  Roy  has  three  technical  books  to   Luxury, Lifestyle and Business   book  was  an  anthology  of  twenty
                                                                                                                                                                                                  his  name,  titled:  (i)  Articles  on  Ductile  Iron   Magazine  in  their  publication:  Men   English poems, titled: Pain, published
                                                                                                        abarna Roy is Senior Vice President at Electrosteel                                       Pipelines   and   Framework   Agreement   Leaders 2021 – the unconventional   in 1986 with a gift of rupees two
                                                                                                        Group,  an  author  of  eight  Literary  and  three                                       Methodology,  (ii)  Technological  Trends  in   path to Leadership and Success on   hundred from my mother that sold
                                                                                                        Technical  bestselling  books,  a  TEDx  Speaker,                                         Water Sector for a Sustainable Solution, and   the occasion of the International   in  Jadavpur  University,  Presidency
                                                                                                       Champions  of  Change  Award  2020  Winner,  Times                                         (iii) Emerging Environmental Technologies   Men’s Day and felicitated with the   College and St. Xavier’s College in
                                                                                                         Excellence Award 2021 Winner in Indian Literature,                                       and Policies.                         Souvenir  from  the  Asian  African   Calcutta like hot cake.”
                                                                                                         and  Golden  Glory  Award  Winner  for  Critically                                        He is a Goodreads author with present rating   Leadership Forum.      “After  I  joined  the  Corporate
                                                                                                         Acclaimed Bestselling Author of the Year 2021.                                           of  4.05  with  reviews  and  ratings  in  excess  of   Roy says, “I started keeping diaries   sector, I wrote on and off in Bengali
                                                                                                            Sabarna  Roy  is  a  trained  Civil  Engineer                                         3,000 and on Amazon, he is rated between 4 and   and journaling since the age of   and  English  and  published  some
                                                                                                         and graduated with a First Class Honours Civil                                           5 with reviews and ratings in excess of 2,500.  fourteen. It was as if a ritual with   of my poems in renowned literary
                                                                                                       Engineering Degree from Jadavpur University in 1988.                                        Sabarna Roy has been an invited speaker at the   me. I wrote about everyday events;   journals in Calcutta. In 1994, I wrote
                                                                                                         Roy  spends  his  time  on  books,  music,  movies                                                                                                           a play in Bengali, titled: Ajante, which
                                                                                                       and international television series, when he is not                                                                                                            was  later  published  in  the  annual
                                                                                                       writing  or  at  work  in  an  engineering-manufacturing                                                                                                       journal  of  Bohurupee  in  2010.
                                                                                                       organization in Kolkata. With no love for pets or                                                                                                              Between  2002  and  2005,  I  became
                                                                                                       gardening (although he loves forests and wildlife) or                                         He has been featured in the Passion Vista – The                  an oral storyteller among my friends,
                                                                                                       socializing, and a lot of time for introspection and                                            International Luxury, Lifestyle and Business                   colleagues,  and  relatives,  a  habit
                                                                                                       deep (and not-so-deep!) thinking, Roy’s works reflect                                                                                                          which I started with a lot of passion
                                                                                                       his views on the global order, and individuals striving                                     Magazine in their publication: Men Leaders 2021 –                  but  gradually  waned  with  time.  In
                                                                                                       to find their place in it.                                                                  the unconventional path to Leadership and Success                  2007, I started writing seriously for
                                                                                                         Sabarna  Roy  is  engaged  in  giving  leadership  to                                                                                                        pursuing my second profession apart
                                                                                                       Business Development, Applications Technology and                                           on the occasion of the International Men’s Day and                 from  being  a  senior  engineering
                                                                                                       certain key Strategies in the Electrosteel Group.                                          felicitated with the Souvenir from the Asian African                professional. My first book Pentacles
                                                                                                         He  has  been  visiting  national  and  international                                                                                                        was  published  in  2010.  Thereafter,
                                                                                                       conferences to talk on various matters concerning                                                              Leadership Forum.                               I  continued  producing  books-after-
                                                                                                       ecology and environment. He is a firm believer in Paris                                                                                                        books both in the literary format as
                                                                                                       Climate Accord and believes in lowering the Carbon                                                                                                             well as in the technological format.”
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