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Childhood passions and fascinations generally diminish for many as they grow up, but for few others they have become goals to achieve in life, Biswajit Baruah, Son of Late Dilip Kumar Baruah and Rekha Baruah, a native of Guwahati, Assam has a similar story. A native Assamese staying at Belagavi, Karnataka is an inspired Bus Entrepreneur, Enthusiast, Journalist and a Amateur CV-Photographer.

Buses have been a childhood passion for Biswajit. A product of KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi - Biswajit is the founder and CEO of Hive Sustainable Solutions, a Belagavi based start up company, which deals with providing sustainable solutions of bus fleet operations and bus industry as a whole, in India. Biswajit has worked previously as a 'Mentor and Director' of a Bengaluru based start-up 'Bus-Bucket' and its sister concern 'Ozobus' , before starting his own venture - 'Hive' at Belagavi. Biswajit has expertise in Automobile and Bus Journalism. His initial start up initiative of Blog Writing through his Bus Blog took him to work as a freelance 'Consulting Editor' to India's premium Commercial Vehicle Magazine - 'Motor India'. He is also a guest writer for Belagavi's premiere news and current affairs website - 'All About Belgaum'.

Biswajit started his passion as an amateur Bus Photographer and till date have captured more than 100,000 pictures of buses. He is fond of gaining and sharing technical knowledge about mechanics and electronics which drive buses. He also likes heavy commercial vehicles like trucks, excavators, cranes etc. Biswajit visits expos and exhibitions Pan India to meet people from the bus and CV Industry and to learn about products and latest technologies. His Blog and his facebook page - 'Biswajit - SVM Chaser' is followed by many top bus companies and OEMs for insights and feedback. Biswajit is well known amongst the bus fleet operators in India and is well recognized by the top operators like VRL Travels, SRS Travels and KSRTC in Karnataka, for his views and insights regarding sustainable bus fleet operations and services.

With a Pan-India approach, Biswajit stresses on the required effort for sustainable bus transport in India. He believes that Passenger Service and the Bus Crew Category is the most sought area, which needs urgent attention to bring streamline development in bus services across the country. He is currently working in the fields of Smart Mobility, Bus Codes, Inter-Modal Transport, Sustainable Transport, Biofuel Drivelines, Zero Carbon footprint initiatives, ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems), MaaS (Mobility as a Service), Big Data, PPP (Public Private Partnership), Smart Ticketing, Contactless Payments, Electric Drivelines, Smart City Initiatives, Passenger Safety and Security, Digital Solutions for Vehicle Maintenance and Monitoring.

Biswajit have been highlighted by various print and digital media in the country for his passion for buses, which includes - 'The New Indian Express', 'Times Of India', 'All About Belgaum', 'Scania India Blog', 'Vijayavani Karnataka (VRL Media)', 'Darshan Belgaum', and 'Vijay Karnataka'. He was felicitated by Rotary Club of Dharwad Central, Karnataka for his outstanding contribution to the Bus Industry especially in the areas of sustainable transport solutions. Biswajit, won the Indian Achiever's Award for the 'Promising Start Up' Category in 2022, adding another achievement to his tally.

Apart from India, Biswajit is followed by and contacted by top bus experts from European countries like Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Norway, Finland and Asian Countries like Bangladesh, China, Nepal and Indonesia. With a zeal for his passion for buses and commercial vehicle industry, Biswajit have dared to dream big on his entrepreneur ventures to develop Indian Bus Industry, encompassing whole of India.
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Deep Travels inducts in-house built coach. Implements optimistic future plans - says MD, Tushar Sood

1:16:00 PM Biswajit SVM Chaser 0 Comments

Deep Travels is one of the profound bus fleet operator from Assam and North-East India. With its fleet operations covering Assam, States of North-East India and West Bengal, Deep Travels is making its prolific presence on most of the strategic routes and tourist destinations in the region. 

With time, the bus fleet operator has now started their own in-house bus body building, in its garage cum parking facility, located at Guwahati and has scaled a step ahead, emerging as an overall leader on its domain. Deep Travels, yesterday launched its another in-house built newbie branded as "Optimus Prime" under its exclusive - Transformer Series. Optimus Prime is a non-ac 2+1 Sleeper cum Seater coach with 35 - 2+1 executive seats  and 15 - 2+1 Sleeping Upper Berths, with a grand 50 passenger inclusive capability on Ashok Leyland Chassis.

DEEP TRAVELS ASHOK LEYLAND 2+1 SLEEPER / SEATER COACH
Speaking on an telephonic conversation to me, Mr Tushar Sood, MD, Deep Travels felt, "I have been trying my level best to my capability to maximize our in-house built luxury coaches, for our fleet operations. The new coaches currently being launched are our deluxe 'Transformer Series' based on the well known - Transformer hollywood movie character theme. We have already launched 'Bumble-Bee' a few months ago, and that bus is now catering on Guwahati to Aizawl (Mizoram) route, while the new entrant 'Optimus Prime' , has been now inducted on an Intra-Assam route, doing Guwahati to North Lakhimpur via Bihpuria. The new sleeper / seater coach is fitted with all required amenities like overhead individual reading lamps, mobile charging ports, mobile holders and laptop charging ports, for the convenience of the travelling passengers, on-board."

DEEP TRAVELS ASHOK LEYLAND 2+1 SLEEPER / SEATER COACH : EXECUTIVE SEATS ON THE LOWER ROWS
DEEP TRAVELS ASHOK LEYLAND 2+1 SLEEPER / SEATER COACH : UPPER DOUBLE SLEEPER BERTH
DEEP TRAVELS ASHOK LEYLAND 2+1 SLEEPER / SEATER COACH : UPPER SINGLE SLEEPER BERTH
Forecasting future initiatives and plans, Mr Sood, said, "Self-reliability is my prime focus and I am trying to use my technical knowledge in its best possible use and feasibility for my fleet operations. While we will continue to build our buses in future from well known bus body builders like Amar, Janata etc., we also look forward to strengthen our in-house bus body building capability and facility."

DEEP TRAVELS ASHOK LEYLAND 2+1 SLEEPER / SEATER COACH : INTERIOR
AMBIENCE OF THE COACH
I wish Deep Travels all the best, in its future endeavours and ventures. I thank Mr Tushar Sood, MD, Deep Travels for his valuable time for this telephonic interview for my Blog. 

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