Debu Purkayastha

Founder & Chief Creative
RUBBERSTAMP

SKILL SET
1. Award winning Brand Communicator
2. Award winning Creative Strategist
3. Award-winning storyteller / writer. Web Series 'Matsya Kaand' on MX Player
4. Product Innovator
5. Problem Solver
6. Content Creator of multiple Illustrated Characters
Creative Strategist | Story Teller of an Award-winning Web Series | Award winning Brand Communicator | Product Innovator | Problem Solver | Content Creator of multiple Illustrated Characters | Helping Clients solve issues using Design Thinking! Creating content and communication as Solutions, is what he does. He has solved issues ranging from Communication to Sales bottlenecks to Marketing Strategies to HR and personnel related issues. He has also solved packaging and product issues with innovative solutions to integrate both. US SOY, TCS, Godrej Appliances, STEEL1 (ArcelorMittal Dhamm Processing India), InnateMotion, Illumine, Alpha MD, ZICOM Securities, The Social Loan Company (CASHe), IL&FS, Monsanto, Motilal Oswal, SIMPLE HABITS!, Garodia International School and more. He has won awards in multiple categories over the years: Advertising | Television | OTT | Health Technology.
His first web-series has been a success with TIMES MX Player, garnering 165 million views in a month. Season 2 is underway currently.
He has illustrated a book of Life Teachings called Aristurtle! He has written and illustrated short stories
for little children and a book on learnings called ANONY&MOUS.
He was ranked at 10th among the best creatives in India and 110th in Asia by Campaign Brief Asia.
His art adorns the WPP headquarters, INNATE MOTION in Paris, Rolling Stone Magazine, India.
He has many firsts to his name.
• His first drawn graphic novel when he was in Grade 8- Operation Midway was a Commando Comic.
• Designed a first-person shooting game on DOS (BASIC ++) when in Grade 12.
• He was hired by Indian Express Publications when he was in second year of Art College to help them increase the readership base. The idea was used across all editions.
• He Started a Digital Design Consultancy in 1995. The first ever touch screen kiosk was designed for Mercedes showroom in Mumbai.• He won the first ever Grand Prix at Cannes for India for his Lead India Campaign. The same year he won 2 more Grand Prix. Making it the first ever campaign to win 3 Grand Prix in a year. He won 3 Grand Prix awards the next year for the TEACH INDIA campaign.
• He has won Advertising Awards for TYPOGRAPHY, PHOTOGRAPHY, BRAND COMMUNICATION and BRAND EFFECTIVENESS in the Market.
• He is the first designer in India to have designed the Rolling Stones India Magazine cover. 5 more designs also published.
• His first ever written story, was awarded the best Thriller and Best Story as a web-series.
• His first foray into the tech world ended up with him creating a tech platform, which got awarded
• His character Aristurtle is waiting for the book to be published.
• The two characters @anonyandmous are already on Instagram
• His other illustrations are being used by illumine.in