
Debolin Sen is a media marketing and advertising professional with 16 years of cross category experience having been associated with well known global brands and exciting startups. He had a long stint at J Walter Thompson, India’s largest and number one advertising agency for many years. In the latter half of the 2000s, Sen ventured into a television start up with the Peter Mukerjea led INX Media. He currently heads 3 key businesses in India – Lonely Planet Magazine, BBC Top Gear and BBC Good Food at Worldwide Media.
In his other very interesting avatar, Sen is a High Altitude Himalayan Traveller. Having travelled to the base camps of Mount Kanchenjunga in Sikkim in 2005 and Mount Everest in Nepal in 2008, Sen launches his ambitious 14 Base Camp Project with the April 2012 journey to Mount Annapurna ~ the world’s 10th highest mountain. He dreams of succeeding in his quest to see the world’s highest mountains. Somewhere in between lie a few summit attempts as well.
The journey to Mount Everest was a tumultous one for Sen involving an act of desertion. His action, reflections and conflicts gave birth to 18 Days. He soon launched the website www.18days.in and also captured his story in print. He plans on publishing it in the near future.
Sen lives in Bombay, India with his wife Sumona and their son Shayon. The call of the Himalayas is much too strong for him to ignore and is integral to his existence. His adventures continue.













