Mainak Gupta teaches at a suburban college in West Bengal and is an alumnus of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. He completed his Master's degree from the University of Calcutta. His academic work includes a paper on the portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in Indian fiction, published in Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies (2023). He recently published his first non-academic narrative essay, "An Untitled Encounter," in Kitaab. Based in Kolkata, his writing explores themes of isolation, connection, and psychological complexity.
