Our dear long-term associate, Dr. Susmit Kumar, passed away suddenly on May 29, 2025, at his family residence in Patna, aged 66. In the mid-1990s, Susmitji began writing for Global Times, the bi-monthly journal of the Proutist Universal global office at the time, and went on to publish a string of original books.
Susmitji’s strong flair for mathematics gave him a good grasp of economics, which produced two significant works: Casino Capitalism: The Collapse of the US Economy and the Transition to Secular Democracy in the Middle East (2012) and India Is a Country, Not a Company (2018). In the latter, he wrote: “India can never become a super-power without generating a trade surplus for a decade or more to amass sizeable FOREX, like China has. The US went in plus from 1945 to 1971, and other economic superpowers, China, Germany, and Japan, have done so for the last 25 years. Even after 26 years of liberalization, India does not have a trade surplus because of the Anglo-US ‘Imported’ economists, who have been deciding the Indian economic policy. They come to India for only 3 to 5 years and enforce the disastrous ‘Reaganomics’ policy.”
In Casino Capitalism, he wrote: “The immediate future promises bloodshed and grandstanding, but in the end, the majority of Islamic countries will become secular and democratic. As with the two World Wars, a cataclysmic turn of events will ultimately unify the world as the world deals with the fallout from Casino Capitalism.”
In Ananda Marga: Victim of Communist Conspiracy During 1969-77 (2016), Susmitji used the Mitrokin archive to research the communist control over Indian media and proved the government conspiracy against Ananda Marga and its founder, Shri Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar. He wrote:
“The charges and instances of violent persecution of Ananda Marga and its founder are very many. It is probably typical of a great visionary to suffer such persecution. It has been called a great paradox that those who history later places on the pinnacle of eternal glorification are generally put to the ordeal of endurance by their contemporaries. Jesus Christ, the embodiment of love and peace, was put to trial on baseless charges and was mocked, beaten, and in the end sentenced to crucifixion. Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, had to face false charges like having an illicit relationship with women, and there were murderous attacks on him. There were numerous murderous attacks on Krishna. In the Mahabharata war, Krishna guided the righteous Pandavas to victory only after they had gone through severe, unjust treatment and thirteen hellish years of most troublesome exile at the hands of their wily cousins, the Kauravas. Once he declared idolatry a sin, Prophet Muhammad had to suffer at the hands of Koresh, who threw excreta of a camel on him and attacked him with greyhounds. His life became so miserable in Mecca that he had to send all his disciples to Medina and flee Mecca at night. Socrates, the celebrated Greek scholar and most pious person, had to drink poison at the hands of his adversaries.”
Susmitji’s maternal uncle, Shrii Ram Tanukji, a lawyer, was Shrii Sarkar’s close legal associate; hence, Susmitji had deep knowledge of Shrii Sarkar’s legal issues.
His works on Islam and world futures, The Modernization of Islam and the Creation of a Multipolar World Order (2008), Karma, Mind, and Quest for Happiness: The Concrete and Accurate Science of Infinite Truth (2012), and his stinging evaluation of the Mahtma, Re-evaluating Gandhi (2023) stand out as eloquent statements of his precise, original thinking. Susmitji’s writings and online appearances influenced audiences globally. He delivered lectures on numerous platforms in both India and the United States.
Susmitji lectured at universities and convinced people about the fallacy of the economic order, why it was bound to crash and made them realize that an alternative is needed. His books on Islam prompted community-organized events in the U.S., and he delivered talks at Vivekananda Foundation, New Delhi, in 2016, 2018, and 2024, a forum attended by top economists, academicians, and senior officials.
Susmitji was an undogmatic thinker and a genuine scholar. His extraordinary and multifaceted journey—from a mechanical engineer to an internationally respected intellectual—remains a powerful inspiration. His sudden demise is an irreplaceable loss not only to his family, friends, and students but to the larger intellectual community.
Trond Överland
Prout Journal (Delhi) writes: “Dr. Susmit Kumar was an exceptionally brilliant student from an early age. He topped in Mechanical Engineering from Patna Engineering College, breaking existing records of his time. In 1985, he secured the highest marks in the written examination of the Civil Services Exam in his very first attempt. He also achieved second rank in the Indian Engineering Services, after which he was appointed as an officer in the Railways. However, following the directive of his revered mentor Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, he chose to resign from both prestigious services. In 1989, he moved to the United States. In a remarkable academic feat, Dr. Kumar completed his PhD at Pennsylvania State University in just one year. He later also earned a Master’s degree in Computer Science and worked for several years in top U.S.-based software companies.”