SAIBAL SAO (Kushal)

Founder – Director of SUSUNIA STONE CRAFT LLP.

Also Creative head, Finisher and stone sculptor too.

BACKGROUND : Youngest  son of Mrs. Monika, a home-maker &  Mr.Durgadas Sao, an Ex-Central Govt Employee. Belongs to a middle class family. Studied at St. Xaviers’ School, Haldia; Graduated in Commerce from South City, Kolkata; then MBA in Marketing from GSBA. Born in a small village, named Jorehira, Dist.-Bankura of state West Bengal (12 kms away from Susunia Hill).

While in school he was attracted towards art by seeing his only brother Saikat, later got guidance from his art teachers Mr. Nilabha Dasgupta into drawing, sketching and painting & Mr. Jyotirmoy Chakravarty into clay-modelling and wood-work.

In every vacation, he used to visit his birth place and definitely visit Susunia and watch the artists work hours after hours and thus got fascinated by their work too. This continued for 5 years, and at the age of 10 he had a dream to work with them and give an exposure of this art to the World, as he felt the art is not getting its adequate importance and is being known to limited people.

After completion of educational and professional degrees he worked with many companies thru out India, (Pidilite, Henkel, Kores, Parle Agro, Luxottica, Sterling Meta Plast to name few  in the past 20 years)

Life was smooth, but the charm was missing, so quit his job and returned his birth place to fulfill his dream.

FAMILY SET UP : Blessed with a daughter, Adwiteeya

Life Partner : Anindita Mukherjee

ACHIEVEMENT/AWARDS :

District Award 2019-2020
Position/Rank : 1st.
(Govt.of West Bengal)

State Award 2019-2020
Position/Rank : 1st.
(Govt. of West Bengal)

MSME Award 2019-2020
Position/Rank : 1st
(Government of India)