Work
- Founder, CEO – Spark.Live (2018-present)
- Director of Special Projects / Interim-CTO – Knowlarity Communications Pvt. Ltd., 2014-2016
- CTO / Founder – FarInto.com, 2013-2014
- Head of Technology, State.com, London, 2008-2012
- Chief Architect – Mixercast Inc., San Francisco / India, 2006-2008
- Software Engineer – Electronics for Imaging Inc., Foster City, 2000-2003
Patents
- System and method for managing opinion networks with interactive opinion flows, Patent Date Issued Aug 14, 2012 Patent issuer and number: eu-WO2013024338 A1
Books and publications
- Flight Of The Unicorns: Lessons From India’s Startup Bubble, Harper Business, 2017
- The Topper Prepares: True Stories Of Those Who Cracked The JEE, Harper Collins India, 2015
- Indian Mass Media and the Politics Of Change, (Co-author in one of the segments), Routledge, 2011
- Virtual Kathakali : Gesture Driven Metamorphosis. January 1, 1998. Authors. Soumyadeep Paul; Sudipta Sinha; Amitabha Mukerjee. Published In. CoRR
Media-Technology Consulting
- ‘Swadhaar Dost‘, the platform for on-field trainer management, for Swadhaar FinAccess, 2016-2017
- ‘Swadhaar Saathi‘, the award winning financial inclusion and wealth management platform for microentrepreneurs, for Swadhaar FinAccess, 2016-2017
- ‘MFIN Connect‘, the financial literacy platform, for MFIN India, 2016-2017
Films and web-series
- Chingaari, currently under post-production, written and directed by Soum Paul, produced by Homescreen Network
- The Secret Lives Of Bosses, written by Anshuman Acharya, directed by Soum Paul
- ‘Including The Excluded‘, a film on India’s microfinance industry, commissioned by MFIN India, 2016
- ‘Welthungerhilfe Vocational Education & Training‘, a film on microentrepreneurs supported by Welthungerhilfe India, 2015
- ‘(What Is) The White Matter?‘, an experimental narrative film on Varanasi, written and directed by Soum Paul and Matti Pohjonen, duration – 48 mins, 2011
- ‘Auto Meri Jaan: A Film On Three Wheels’, a documentary on Rickshaws and their origin, written and directed by Soum Paul, duration – 48 mins, 2008
- ‘Philophobia‘, screenplay by Soum Paul and Naveen Medaram, written and directed by Naveen Medaram, 2009
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