Vikramjit Singh Rooprai is an author, educator and heritage activist. He is better known as the founder of India's largest Heritage-Hobby club, the Heritage Photography Club and Youth for Heritage Foundation. Vikramjit started his career as a digital marketing consultant and later turned into an educationist. His first book 'Delhi Heritage: Top 10 Baolis', dedicated to the stepwells of Delhi is published by Niyogi Books.
Vikramjit started developing professional software while in school. After dropping out of Department of Electronics and Accreditation of Computer Classes 'B' Level, he started working with Sirez Infosystems of Delhi as a Research Analyst. In 2006, he joined Digitas and was soon promoted to Associate Director. During his tenure in Digitas, Vikramjit applied for Bachelor of Science through distance education from Sikkim Manipal University. He later applied for and cleared Masters of Computer Applications from same university. Vikramjit started his own company in 2011 under the name Techno:Cats. He and his team was taken over by arvato services arm of Bertelsmann AG. He worked for arvato India till October 2015, before turning into a full-time Educationist and Historian.
Heritage activism
In 2009, Vikramjit started his heritage exploration and named the project Didar-i-Dilli. He started Monuments of Delhi, which later became the most accurate and reliable source of information on the Monuments and Rulers of Delhi. In 2010, Vikramjit established The Heritage Photography Club. In 2013, he started Heritage Talks at various monuments, which were later moved to India Habitat Centre. In 2014, he registered his Trust, Youth for Heritage Foundation and started large scale heritage promotion campaigns. Vikramjit started promoting heritage through photography. He now conducts regular Heritage Walks and Talks across the country including lectures in Schools, Colleges and Universities. He has been on several panel discussions and debates on Sensitive Heritage Issues. His Twitter Handle has been listed as a specialized handle for Historic Trivia about Delhi.
As Educationist
In January 2017, Vikramjit launched Heritageshaala, an education company setting up Heritage Labs in Schools and Colleges across India. Vikramjit is currently a visiting faculty member at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi, The NorthCap University, Gurgaon and few schools in Delhi-NCR. He trains teachers on the Integrated Project Based Learning and taking practical approaches to teach Social Science. His company developed card and board games to teach school students.
As Author
Vikramjit released his first book "Delhi Heritage: Top 10 Baolis" in August 2019, published by Niyogi Books. He claims it to be the first book dedicated to the stepwells of Delhi. He spent 5 years researching the for the book and was able to obtain archival material from National Archives, Central Archaeological Library, ASI Photo Archives and IGNCA. He provided a list of all 32 stepwells in Delhi, recorded since late 1800s. Out of these, top 10 were discussed in detail, along with 2 special mentions. Baolis covered in his book are:
