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Born in Shantiniketan in 1965, Proiti graduated in Fine Arts from Kala Bhavan, Shantiniketan. She worked as a graphic designer in advertising and manufacturing – both in India and Bangladesh. She also worked with handicrafts in recycled mediums and taught art and craft to children in Kolkata for 12 years. Now living in Chennai, she spends most of her time illustrating story books, picture books and text books for children as well as designing and illustrating for magazines and corporate clients. She has worked with several publishers from all over India including Tulika Books, Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd., Ratna Sagar, Room to Read Trust, Johns Hopkins University and Delhi Press. She loves animals, lives with seven rescued dogs and looks after the street dogs in her neighborhood. She collects matchbox labels, postcards and vintage children’s books. She has a daughter who is also studying to be an artist.