Sauvik Chakraverti pursued higher studies at the Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science.

He was for long a freelance writer, contributing to leading Indian newspapers. In 1998, he joined The Economic Times editorial team. Since then, he has been writing his fortnightly column: Antidote.

He is also the author of a much acclaimed collection of essays entitled Antidote: Essays Against The Socialist Indian State (Macmillan, 2000). He has edited Samuel Smiles' Self-Help, published first in the 1840s, and published in abridged form by Liberty Institute, New Delhi. He is also the author of Free Your Mind: A Beginner's Guide To Political Economics published by the Centre for Civil Society, New Delhi.