Rohit Gupta

Rohit Gupta (born April 9, 1976) is a polymath and inventor based in India.
During the December 2004 tsunami, Gupta was in the news after publishing on a blog the SMS text messages sent by some friends in Sri Lanka, which proved to be critical information. At the same time, he designed a system known as "Alert Retrieval Cache" (ARC) for automated reception and delivery of SMS messages in disaster situations. The ambitious project met an early failure and was abandoned.
He later promoted post-Gandhian psychogeography as part of performance art, and sat as one of the judges for the 2007 Lulu Blooker Prize.
Education
He graduated with a B.Tech(Chemical Engineering) in 1999 from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Works
* parab0xx optically controlled musical table.
* Cellphabet locative text mobile software.
* OrganicPoetry: generative poetry in 2-dimensions.
* The Great Mahakali Write-a-thalon: global trancewriting event.
* [http://www.oxfordbookstore.com/oxfordonline/asppages/item_final.asp?strSKUBD32927&strSKUSrl1&sid=PQDJT5REWVSR2M7300NGS42S6EUJ9DC7 Play On Edward & Other Stories] (Embassy Books)
* The Doppler Effect, a comic-book about Gujarat riots and general relativity.

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