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'''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 ''[[ABP Group|Ananda Bazar Patrika]]'' in India.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1882154.cms Times group bags SJFI awards - The Times of India<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He handled both sports and entertainment for the publication. He joined ''Ananda Bazar Patrika'' in January 1983 as a trainee journalist with [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|''The Telegraph'']] ([[Kolkata]]). As of 7 February 2017, Mr. Bhattacharya has joined the Bengali language daily ''[[Sangbad Pratidin]]'' as its Joint Editor.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Gautam Bhattacharya was born in Kolkata and brought up in [[Chennai]]. His father was a senior accounts officer with the central government.<br />
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==Education==<br />
Gautam Bhattacharya completed his schooling at the [[Ballygunge Government High School]]. He later graduated from [http://www.sxccal.edu/ 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|M J Akbar]]. He was asked to join ''The Telegraph'' the same day.<br />
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==Books==<br />
He has written books like ''Sach'' (a biography of Sachin Tendulkar).<br />
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He is the author of the book in Bengali ''Jaya He''.<br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
His efforts in [[journalism]] and skill of writing has fetched him many awards which include:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gautam4you.com/awards.html |title=GB Blog<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=13 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113032306/http://gautam4you.com/awards.html |archive-date=13 November 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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* Sports Editor of the year-2006 August, by Bengal Young Sports Journalists' Association<br />
* Story of the year-2006 October, by Sports Journalists' Federation of India<br />
* Excellence in Sports Journalism- 2008 September, by Shyam Steel Industries<br />
* Sports Editor of the year- 2008 December, by Bengal Young Sports Journalists' Association.<br />
* Rose Valley Award.<br />
* KKN Journalism Award<br />
* Co-Author of book on crilll[[Sourav Ganguly]] (due in stands mid-2017)<br />
* Author of [http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/737625.html Pankaj], the only authorized biography of legendary Indian Cricketer Pankaj Roy.<br />
* Only Asian journalist to have exclusive interviews with the "Big Three" - [[Pelé]], [[Don Bradman]] and [[Diego Maradona]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Ravi Chaturvedi]]<br />
*[[Mayanti Langer]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Twitter|id=gbsaltlake}}<br />
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