Kishalay Bhattacharjee

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Kishalay Bhattacharjee
Kishalay Bhattacharjee in 2018.
Born
Guwahati, Assam, India
EducationSt Edmund's College, Shillong
North Eastern Hill University, Shillong
Occupation(s)Author, journalist, academic, film maker
Years active1991–present
Websitereachoutfoundation.org.in

Kishalay Bhattacharjee (born 1969) is an Indian, senior journalist, columnist and author.[1]

He has written three books: Che in Paona Bazaar,[2] Blood on my Hands[3] and An Unfinished Revolution.[2]

He is currently working as a Professor and Dean of the Jindal School of Journalism and Communication,

O.P. Jindal Global University.[4]

He is the executive of director Reachout Foundation,

IDSA,[7] Trainer, and documentary filmmaker. He is also a curator for a festival called ArtEast.[8]

Early life

Kishalay Bhattacharjee's mother Sobhona Bhattacharjee is a retired teacher and writer. Father Kamana Krishna Bhattacharjee, retired head of department, History, St. Edmund's College, Shillong and author of Making of North East India.

Education

Mr. Bhattacharjee completed his schooling from the St. Edmund's School, Shillong and completed a bachelor's course in English from St. Edmund's College, Shillong. He then went to North Eastern Hill University, Shillong for M.Phil coursework.

Career

Bhattacharjee worked for seventeen years at

OP Jindal Global University.[9]
He is also the founder- director of the Reachout Foundation, which works to defy stereotypes, fight prejudice and eliminate discrimination.

News reel

Kishalay Bhattacharjee is an Professor and Executive Dean in the Jindal School of Journalism and Communication at OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana. His books include Che in Paona Bazaar: Tales of Exile and Belonging from India's Northeast (Pan Macmillan India, 2013), Blood on My Hands: Confessions of Staged Encounters(Harper Collins India, 2015) and most recently An Unfinished Revolution: A Hostage Crisis, Adivasi Resistance and the Naxal Movement (Pan Macmillan India, 2017). He was the recipient of the first and only Penguin Random House Writer's Residency Award in 2016.

Besides covering conflict and post conflict stories, over the years Bhattacharjee has documented child soldiers in India, wildlife crime, narcotic trade, human trafficking and natural and man made disasters. His journalistic work on the Northeast of India is a resource that most media and academic organisations draw from.

Awards and recognition

Bibliography

References

  1. ISBN 9781108494427.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link
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  2. ^ a b "Search". Pan Macmillan.
  3. ^ "HarperCollinsPublishers India - Blood on My Hands". harpercollins.co.in.
  4. ^ "KISHALAY BHATTACHARJEE - Jindal Global University". jgu.edu.in.
  5. ^ "Reachout Foundation - Home". reachoutfoundation.org.in.
  6. ^ "Kishalay Bhattacharjee: Latest News, Photos, Videos on Kishalay Bhattacharjee - NDTV.COM". NDTV.com.
  7. ^ a b "Kishalay Bhattacharjee | Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses".
  8. ^ sabate, aleix. "ArtEast". arteast.org.in.
  9. ^ "Prof. Kishalay Bhattacharjee |". 18 December 2018.

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