Niladri Roy

Niladri Roy is a self-described dyed-in-the-wool Bengali, with varied interests. An engineer by training from Bengal Engineering College, Sibpur, in India, he is a full-time practicing technologist based in Silicon Valley, California. His interests, outside of his profession and occasional experimentation with writing, include piloting single engine aircraft and high-altitude trekking in the Sierras and Himalayas. He is the author of the book Everest Base Camp Trek - Kathmandu and the Ascent of...See more

Niladri Roy is a self-described dyed-in-the-wool Bengali, with varied interests. An engineer by training from Bengal Engineering College, Sibpur, in India, he is a full-time practicing technologist based in Silicon Valley, California. His interests, outside of his profession and occasional experimentation with writing, include piloting single engine aircraft and high-altitude trekking in the Sierras and Himalayas. He is the author of the book Everest Base Camp Trek - Kathmandu and the Ascent of Kala Patthar (Blurb, San Francisco, 2008). Roy, a naturalized American, was born in Assam, India, to Bengali parents, grew up near Kolkata, and emigrated to the United States in the mid-1990s. See less