Claim: Shamik Ghosh, a Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar awardee born on January 16, 1983, was involved in politics in his university days; then after graduation, he joined a Private Sector Bank in Kolkata.
Evidence: He has won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar (Indian National Academy of Letter's Youth Prize) in 2017 in Bengali for his debut short story collection "Elvis O Amolasundari" His shorty 'Half Timer Pawre' from the collection was selected by Hervill Secker, an imprint of Vintage, Penguin Random House, U.K for the Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize 2018. Shamik Ghosh (Bengali: শমীক ঘোষ born 16 January 1983) is an Indian author writing in Bengali. He was involved in politics in his university days. After graduation, Shamik joined a Private Sector Bank in Kolkata.