About

Suvam is a seasoned cross-platform international journalist with over 20 years of experience in five of the world's most ethnically diverse and culturally vibrant countries: China, India, South Africa, the UAE, and Taiwan. In 2023, he made history as the first-ever Indian journalist to work in Taiwan when he joined TaiwanPlus (www.TaiwanPlus.com), a Taipei-headquartered international English news channel. He is uniquely positioned as the only journalist to have worked for state media or state-funded media in both China and Taiwan. With a foundational knowledge of Chinese Mandarin, he brings an added dimension to his storytelling capabilities.

Suvam has collaborated with leading media organizations across India, South Africa, and China throughout his career, publishing several acclaimed books through prestigious international publishers like HarperCollins and Routledge. His extensive experience spans all forms of media, including print, radio, television, and digital/web, and he has contributed articles in three languages: English, Hindi, and Bengali.

As a multi-lingual guest reporter and expert, Suvam has shared his insights on prominent platforms, including BBC (UK), DW News (Germany), and several leading Indian news channels—NDTV, Doordarshan News, Times Now, India Today, Republic TV, CNNNews18, WION, Mirror Now, ET Now, India Ahead, Aaj Tak, ABP News, TV9 Bharatvarsh, ABP Ananda, and Odisha TV. His bylines have appeared in renowned publications such as Khaleej Times (UAE), SBS (Australia), Sputnik International (Russia), and a multitude of English and vernacular Indian outlets including The Print, India Today, The Times of India, The Telegraph, Moneycontrol.com, Firstpost, Outlook, Financial Express, DailyO, Outlook Traveller, Mid-Day, Mumbai Mirror, GoNews24x7, Patrika (Hindi), Anandabazar Patrika (Bengali), Ei Samay (Bengali), Uttarbanga Sambad, and Ebela (Bengali), as well as China's CCTV.com, CGTN, and Guancha, covering an extensive range of topics.

Suvam also periodically produced podcasts on international affairs, inviting scholars and experts from the US, UK, India, and China to engage with think tanks and international institutions. His reporting has taken him to fascinating locations such as Oslo (Norway), Tallinn (Estonia), Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei Darussalam), and Dili (Timor Leste).

Born and raised in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, Suvam honed his academic strengths at Visva Bharati, a global university founded by Asia’s first Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore. He pursued his journalism degree from India’s premier media institution, the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in Delhi. He completed a diploma in mobile filmmaking from the esteemed Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune.

An intrepid traveler, Suvam has visited each of Taiwan's six special municipalities (Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung), 13 counties (Hsinchu, Miaoli, Changhua, Nantou, Yunlin, Chiayi, Pingtung, Yilan, Hualien, Taitung, Penghu, Kinmen, and Lienchiang or Matsu) and three cities (Keelung, Hsinchu, and Chiayi). He journeyed through many other territories and countries, including the USA, Russia, Australia, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Finland, Norway, Estonia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Brunei Darussalam, Laos, Palau, Nepal, Hong Kong SAR, and Macao SAR. His travels have led him to extraordinary destinations such as Mount Everest North Base Camp in Tibet, Panmunjom in the DMZ of South Korea, the Great Barrier Reef and Uluru (Ayers Rock) in Australia, the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, and Kruger National Park in South Africa. He has explored the Great Wall of China, visiting both its eastern and western ends at Laolongtou (Shanhaiguan) and Jiayuguan.