INTERVIEW WITH MR BABUL SUPRIYO

UNION MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

Mr Babul Supriyo who took charge as Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in July 2016—two years into the present term of the Narendra Modi-led NDA Government—is a strikingly multi-faceted man. After graduating from college Mr Supriyo started out in the banking industry with Standard Chartered. He, however, did not stay the banker’s course for long, moving on swiftly to express and explore his considerable musical talents in Mumbai’s entertainment world as a singer. Success in the world of music took him places, literally, before his tryst with political destiny came about inside an aeroplane, albeit after a chance meeting with Baba Ramdev, India’s most known Yoga Master. Mr Supriyo spoke with India Empire Magazine’s Editor and Publisher Sayantan Chakravarty at his Udyog Bhavan office in New Delhi