RESUME
ALAY KUMAR GHOSHAL
BC 88, Swapnaneer, Flat 5
Prafulla Kanan, Kamal Park
Kolkata 700101

Tel: (033) 2571 8625
E-mail:
alay_ghoshal@rediffmail.com
alay_ghoshal@yahoo.co.in

Date of Birth: 12 June 1956
Father’s Name: Late Murari Mohan Ghoshal
Nationality: Indian
Religion: Hinduism
Marital Status: Married

Educational Qualifications:
    1. Diploma in Fine Arts (1983) Government College of Arts & Crafts, Kolkata, Securing 1st Class 1st position.
    2. Passed Higher Secondary Examination (1973), Securing 2nd Division marks.

Work Experience

Current Job:
Art Director in ‘BARTAMAN’ (The second highest circulated Bengali newspaper in West Bengal.) Since 1988.

Work Profile:
I am responsible for the entire layout design and illustrations for the supplement pages of the Daily Newspaper; and to prepare total designing including Cover and Illustrations for the weekly ‘SAPTAHIK BARTAMAN’. I also contribute to the Monthly magazine ‘SUKHI GRIHAKON’ as an illustrator And graphic designer. I am well conversant of computer softwares mostly used in print media like Photoshop, Freehand, Illustrator, CorelDraw, PageMaker, InDesign and QuarkXpress in designing layouts, Graphic designs and illustrations.

Previous Work Experience:
1. 1985 -1988: Worked with the AD Agency ‘Response India Pvt. Ltd.’ as an Illustrator and Visualiser.
2. 1984 - 1985: Worked with Ad Agency ‘O&M’ (Previously OBM) as an Illustrator.

Other Work Activities:
Worked with reputed book publishing houses, like Orient Longman, Macmillan India, Nirmal Book Agency and Shishu Sahitya Samsad for book illustrations, graphics and designing.