Gautam Bhattacharya was born in South Kolkata and brought up in Chennai. He completed his schooling at Ballygunge Government High School and graduated from 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.

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Gautam 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 (Kolkata). From February 2017 to March 2022, he was the joint editor of the Bengali-language daily Sangbad Pratidin. From April 2022, for a brief period of 7 months, he was the editor of Zee 24 Ghanta, 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.

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Notable Books:

• Sach (a biography of Sachin Tendulkar)

• Jaya He

• Wiki

• Barpujo

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Awards and recognition:

• 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

• Only Asian journalist to have exclusive interviews with the "Big Three" - Pelé, Don Bradman and Diego Maradona