Gautam Bhattacharya started his career as a sports journalist. Subsequently, he expanded his field of work to become a published author, a cricket commentator on Star Sports, host of online shows, and anchor of national and international shows. He was the associate editor of '' Ananda Bazar Patrika'' in India. He handled both sports and entertainment for the publication. He joined ''Ananda Bazar Patrika'' in January 1983 as a trainee journalist with ''The Telegraph'' (

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). From February 2017 to March 2022, Bhattacharya was the joint editor of the Bengali-language daily ''

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.'' From April 2022, for a brief period of 7 months, Bhattacharya was the editor of

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, one of eastern India's most renowned TV channels. Since early 2023 he is working as the Joint Editor of Kolkata TV ,a distinguished News Television channel of the state of West Bengal.

Early life

Gautam Bhattacharya was born in South Kolkata and brought up in Chennai. His father was the Chief Accounts officer and Financial Advisor working with the Central Govt. He and his forefathers hailed from Sylhet , a city that even today is called the 'Tea Capital 'of Bangladesh.

Education

Gautam Bhattacharya completed his schooling at the

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. He later graduated fro
St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
Seven days before the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management entrance examination in January 1983, he gave an interview to the editor of ''The Telegraph'' (Kolkata), M J Akbar. He was asked to join ''The Telegraph'' the same day.

Books

He has written books like ''Sach'' (a biography of Sachin Tendulkar). He is the author of the book in Bengali ''Jaya He''. He is the author of the book in Bengali WIKI He is the author of the book in Bengali BARPUJO

Awards and recognition

His efforts in

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and skill of writing has fetched him many awards which include: * Sports Editor of the year-2006 August, by Bengal Young Sports Journalists' Association * Story of the year-2006 October, by Sports Journalists' Federation of India * Excellence in Sports Journalism- 2008 September, by Shyam Steel Industries * Sports Editor of the year- 2008 December, by Bengal Young Sports Journalists' Association. * KKN Journalism Award * Co-Author of book on crilll Sourav Ganguly (due in stands mid-2017) * Author o
Pankaj
the only authorized biography of legendary Indian Cricketer Pankaj Roy. * Only Asian journalist to have exclusive interviews with the "Big Three" -

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and

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