Subrata Gupta Age, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Subrata Gupta

• Subrata Gupta hails from Kolkata, West Bengal.
  

  Subrata Gupta (left) with West Bengal’s Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari (right)

• In 1987, Gupta completed his bachelor of engineering in Electronic from IIT Kharagpur.

• In the late 1989, he earned master of technology degree in Communication Engineering and then pursued PhD in Electronic Telecommunication from IIT Kharagpur.

• In 1990, Subrata joined Indian Administrative Services as West Bengal cadre.

• After completing his initially training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Gupta initially appointed as Executive Magistrate at the Land Revenue Management and District Administration department in West Bengal.

• Later he served at various administrative posts across rural and district level governance in West Benagl.

• In 2000, Subrata Gupta was appointed as District Magistrate of Jalpaiguri, where he handled development and administrative responsibilities in North Bengal.

• In 2003, he served as District Magistrate of Bardhaman, where he focussed mainly agriculture, science and technology, food processing and industrial development departments.

• In 2006, Gupta went for foreign training and completed his Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Birmingham, England.

• In the same year, he was appointed as Project Director of School Education Department of West Bengal.

• From 2007 to 2011, he served as the Managing Director (MD) of the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC).

• In 2011, Gupta became Managing Director of Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (KMRCL). Under his leadership, the Kolkata Metro began country’s first underwater project.

• During his tenure at KMRCL, he made allegations against the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government that he did not receive support from government and was transferred to less important departments like State Horticulture and Food Processing, while assigning more important departments to officers who were juniors to him.

• In 2012, he became Managing Director of the Highway Development Corporation in West Bengal.

• From 2012 to 2016, under the Government of India, Gupta was appointed as Jute Commissioner in the textile department.

• In 2016, Union Ministry of Textile appointed him as Joint Secretary.

• From 2020 to 2023, Gupta was assigned to departments like State Horticulture, Food Processing, Science and Technology, and Biotechnology. He served there as Additional Chief Secretary.

• In 2024, Subrata Gupta became Vice Chairman of West Bengal Bio Diversity Conversation Limited (WBBDCL) and West Bengal State Council of Science and Technology (WBSCST).

• In the late 2024s, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, New Delhi appointed him as Secretary.

• In May 2025, Subrata Gupta retired from his Indian Administrative Services (IAS) nearly after 35 years.

• In November 2025, Election Commission of India (ECI) appointed Gupta to oversee the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, where he handled the process to identifying and removing ineligible voters in West Bengal.

• In May 2026, after the 2026 West Bengal Assembly Election, Subrata Gupta was appointed as an advisor to newly appointed Chief Minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari.
  

  A picture of Subrata Gupta’s appointment letter