Vikramjit Singh Rooprai
Vikramjit Singh Rooprai is an Indian author, educator, and heritage activist. He started his career as a software engineer and later became a digital marketing consultant. He left his full time IT job in 2015, and became an educator, establishing heritage labs in schools and t…
Vikramjit Singh Rooprai is less a sightseeing stop than a point‑of‑contact for Delhi’s stubbornly under‑narrated past, and you’ll only encounter him if you deliberately stray from the tourist treadmill. The former software engineer turned heritage activist runs a modest “heritage lab” out of Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, where he trains teachers to sprinkle historical context into math worksheets and biology labs – a concept so earnest it borders on the naïve. His first book, Delhi Heritage: Top 10 Baolis (Niyogi, 2021), is a compact field‑guide to the city’s forgotten stepwells; the glossy version is stocked at the Lal Qila book stall and worth a flip‑through if you’re already planning a baoli crawl in Mehrauli or Nizamuddin. Rooprai does occasional talks at the National Museum’s Auditorium on Saturdays at 4 p.m.; tickets are free but the crowd is mostly local teachers, so expect a dry lecture peppered with earnest anecdotes and a slide of his own scribbled maps. Skip the glossy launch parties at five‑star hotel lounges – they are corporate veneer with no substance. If you have a spare afternoon and a genuine curiosity for the granular layers of Delhi’s urban archaeology, book a slot through his modest website, arrive early, and be prepared to leave with more questions than answers.
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