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Gautam Bhattacharyya was born in Kolkata and brought up in downtown Chennai.In his early life, he lived with his family at Motilal Nehru Road, Kolkata(India).Later, he spent his childhood in MGRLand .His father was a Senior Accounts Officer with the Central Government(India).

Gautam Bhattacharya completed his schooling from Ballygunge Government High School. He later graduated from St. Xavier's College. Seven days before,The Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management entrance examination in January, 1983, he gave an interview to the then The Telegraph (Kolkata) editor, M J Akbar. He was asked to join The Telegraph (Kolkata) the same day.

The persons he has interviewed include :

Don BradmanHarold LarwoodSachin TendulkarArthur C ClarkeNelson MandelaDiego MaradonaMohammad YounisAmitabh BachchanAsha BhosleJimmy ConnorsNadia Com?neci

He has written many books,some notable ones being "Bodyliner Birudhhe"(Against the bodyline) , "Bapi Bari Ja"(Go home Bapi) ,"Selebriti Ekhon Aapnio"(You are a celebrity too), 'Sach' (In Hindi, 'Sach' means TRUTH. And the book is basically biography on Sachin Tendulkar).

His untiring effort in journalism and unique skill of writing has fetched him many awards which includes1.Sports Editor of the year-2006 August By Bengal Young Sports Journalists' Association2.Story of the year-2006 October By Sports Journalists' Federation of India3.Excellence in Sports Journalism- 2008 September By Shyam Steel Industries4.Sports Editor of the year- 2008 December By Bengal Young Sports Journalists' Association

Gautam lives at his Salt Lake residence with his wife, Raya,an extremely well-known anchor and their daughter Lahoma.