Education
He completed his B.Com and Bachelor of Laws at Saint Xavier"s College, Calcutta, University of Calcutta.
politician member of the Rajya Sabha
He completed his B.Com and Bachelor of Laws at Saint Xavier"s College, Calcutta, University of Calcutta.
He is also the Honorary president of the Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Swapan Sadhan Bose is the owner of the cargo-handling Ripley & Company which had a turnover of Rs3 billion in 2008-2009. In Dubai, where Bose spends more than half his time now, he runs Radio Asia Network and the Dolphin Recording Studio.
The radio network — Radio Asia (Department of Administration and Management) in Malayalam, Suno 1024 (FM) in Hindi/Urdu and Super 947 (FM) in Malayalam and Tamil — reaches out to Indians in West Asia.
The interest in media is not new, though. He diversified his business interests through the Bengali newspaper Sangbad Pratidin in August 1992.
In the mid-1990s, he launched the Kolkata edition of The Asian Age, which he exited towards the end of the decade by selling a 74 per cent stake to Vijay Mallya. In his early years, he was known to be close to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and was said to have some business ties with late Jyoti Basu"s son, Chandan Basu.
lieutenant was during those times that Bose acquired a 74 per cent stake in state-owned Niramoy Polyclinic (now AMRI) along with South K Todi, also known for his Left leanings.
lieutenant was given on lease to the consortium. Later, in 1996, Bose sold his stake to Emami.
Bose changed his political affiliation to the Trinamool Congress in early 2000.
He is also a member of the Federation International Football Association (Fédération internationale de football association) Club Task Force. In 2005, he became a Member of Parliament.
