By Profession Shankhadip Dutta is an expert Die hard Travel enthusiasts, Travel Consultant, Rural Tourism Promoter and Investor and Internet Marketing Consultant having over 18 years of experience. At present he hold the position being the Operation Head of Backpacking Monks which promotes newly found offbeat place in and around Kolkata helping people for a relaxing weekend Gateaway. He mostly try to provide a different taste of tourism keeping the nature at it’s best and helping rural people to get accustomed with the tourism in remote location. Under his guidance Backpacking Monks either helps many Eco Tourism Project to develop and grown or to strengthen their hold in market with innovative ideas and thinking.
He mainly brought the idea of “Lumben Model” of Tourism where a simple people can start dreaming something big. (Lumben Model is something where a person having tight budget can build a resort with patience and skill. Something like developing a 2 Cr property in 8-10 years starting from 5-10 Lakhs only. Now anybody can dream to have it’s own. This is how Low cost tourism Aggregator Model works.)
Personal Data:
He passed Secondary and Higher Secondary Exam in 2001 and 2003 Respectively from New Alipore Multipurpose School. He Passed B-TECH in Information Technology from St Thomas’ College of Engineering and Technology in 2007. He worked outside Kolkata for 2 years in Couple of Software Companies and Later back in Kolkata in 2009 and starting working as Developer and Internet Marketing Professional (Widely known as SEO and Later Digital Marketing). By then he did his BBA from ICCFAI in Distance and Did Secret Course over Human Behavior and Psychology in terms of Business. He then married in 2011 and blessed by a loving son in 2012.
After the birth of his son He stopped working for any companies as full time employee and since then never joined any companies. He dedicated most of his time to raise his son and experience that time. During that time he worked for several brands as consultant all over worlds. He was a Well known Online Business Auditor and helped many low to mid range brands to be a sustainable growth companies.
Professional Career:
In 2014 he incepted his Software and Web development company named MindSpectrum Technology with a vision towards developing something unique and built multiple software gigs and technology by then. from 2016 he started quite a few start up in various sector beside the regular mainstream software companies. He invested a lot towards well being towards Societies with some next generation technology at his backyard like small companies but he made multiple mistakes, created multiple successes also and later 2019 he closed the door of research works. he stopped investment and extensive research and calm down his Ferrari speed after almost bankrupt situation.
In 2019 he worked for a travel company to explore this tourism field with bundle of opportunities. He then Re-started his entrepreneurship journey again in 2019 with the Brand “Backpacking Monks”.
What Backpacking Monks and Shankhadip Do now?
Monks works on 3 business model at this moment.
- The 1st and most popular one the Lumben model
