Basant is a Commerce graduate from St Xavier's College Kolkata and is also a Cost Accountant. As a full time equity investor, Basant brings with him 22 years of experience in stock market investing. He has had a history of identifying several multibaggers over the past decade prominent ones being Pantaloon Retail, TV18, Trent, Page Industries, Titan industries, Hawkins Cooker, Gruh Finance and Repco Home Finance. In 2006, he found the online portal www.theequitydesk.com a platform where investors discussed investing ideas and thoughts. He is a regular commentator on various media channels like CNBC TV18; ET Now; NDTV Profit; Bloomberg India TV, CNBC Awaaz and Zee Business.