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| Kishalay Bhattacharjee | |
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| Born | Guwahati,Assam,India |
| Education | St.Edmund's College North Eastern Hill University, Shillong |
| Occupation(s) | Author of Che in Paona BazaarPan Macmillan Current: Founder Directorof Reach out Foundation Chair, Internal Security and Senior Fellow in Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses IDSA,New Delhi Former: Resident Editor, Associated Producer, Senior Special Correspondent and Bureau Chief - North East India of NDTV copywriter of Montage Advertising Ex Lecturer of St Edmund's College,Shillong Documentary Film Maker |
| Years active | 1991-present |
| Parent(s) | Mother: Sobhona Bhattacharjee,Retired Teacher and Writer Father: Kamana Krishna Bhattacharjee ,Retired Head of Department, History, St. Edmund's College, Shillong and Author |
| Website | http://reachoutfoundation.org.in http://panmacmillan.co.in/bookdetails/9789382616047/Che-in-Paona-Bazaar/1843 |
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Kishalay Bhattacharjee (born 1969) is an Indian, Senior Journalist and Author, Director Reachout Foundation, Former Resident editor NDTV, Chair Internal Security and Senior fellow IDSA, , Trainer, and documentary filmmaker.
Career
Bhattacharjee worked for seventeen years at New Delhi Television (NDTV), where he was a Resident Editor covering conflict in northeast India as well as in the Maoist corridor. He has made several documentaries of which Santi, Lucy and Thoibi was screened at international festivals in Goa and Barcelona.
He is currently the founder- director of the Reachout Foundation , which works to defy stereotypes, fight prejudice and eliminate discrimination.
Books
Forthcoming Titles from Pan Macmillan and Harper Collins.
- Che in Paona Bazaar: Tales of Exile and Belonging in India’s Northeast, Pan Macmillan 2013, ISBN 978-9382616047
- First Proof (contributing author) Penguin Books
- The Prize Stories: Best In The Indian News Business 2006-2007 (contributing author) Roli
Awards and recognition
Nominated by Association of International Broadcasting AIB Awards, London for best current affairs programme, 2013
Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2006 -2007
Panos Fellowship for HIV/AIDS, 2007
Edward Murrow Fellow for Journalism, 2006
Best Journalist Award, Assam and Meghalaya 2004
Videocon Award for Television Excellence, 1994
Presented papers at Heildelberg University, Germany 2013, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore 2011, Jamia Millia Islamia 2011 and 2013 and University of Southern California, 2006. Moderated several roundtables in India and the US on media, strategic studies and writing He was Chair of Internal Security and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) in 2011.