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Saptarshi Deb, also known as Abhi, born to Gautam Deb and Debjani Deb Sen Gupta on 11th August 1987, is a left youth activist based out of Kolktata, West Bengal. He is also a practicing journalist.

He has had a proximate upbringing to state and national politics. He has played a part in shaping his world views, and he is embarking on this journey of public representation in the upcoming Assembly Elections (2021 State Assembly Elections).

A master's degree holder and now a journalist by profession, Saptarshi is among the firebrand student leaders of late 2000s. It was under his leadership that SFI made a resounding comeback in the student body elections at Presidency College (now an University in Kolkata ) in 2009. As a SFI leader, he was instrumental in establishing SFI as a force to reckon with in Bidhan Nagar College. Those were the difficult times right after the Left Front government's ouster in 2011.

As a resident of New Town (Jyoti Basu Nagar) he has been instrumental in leading a mass movement for the establishment of the a public school and a public multi-specialty hospital in New Town.