Acclaimed Journalist UTPAL CHATTERJEE conferred LEGEND OF BENGAL AWARD by the All India Human Rights Council .
Earlier, recognized as OUTSTANDING INDIAN by the National Integration Forum of India (NIFI)at the Indian Council of Cultural Relations ( ICCR).
THE “THIRD EYE”!
If anything, Shri Utpal Chatterjee has always been a keen observer. It is said that he did not speak a word till age four leading to his grandmother to infer that he was not deaf but dumb, maybe? Thereafter, no one needs convincing that Utpal Ji has more than made up for staying away from the spoken word at the very beginning.
Now, given the overwhelming response to his posts, blogs and, more importantly, Utpal Ji’s speeches for which there is such a growing demand both in India and abroad, many of his distinguished friends and well-wishers are of the unanimous opinion that he ought to be known as a sharp and an “outspoken observer”.
Utpal ji has all but given in to their advice. Indeed, as he moves from schools to colleges, to universities, to the TV studios, to the corporate sector, to large, very large audience.
On his being conferred the “LEGEND OF BENGAL”award Shri Utpal Chatterjee said,
”It was truly a humbling experience when I was conferred LEGEND OF BENGAL AWARD by the All India Human Rights Council at the National Library Auditorium on the World Human Rights, Day.
Earlier, I had been recognized as OUTSTANDING INDIAN by the National Integration Forum of India (NIFI)at the Indian Council of Cultural Relations ( ICCR).All that I have done is to remain true to my conscience, work hard to remain true to it and try and be good to everyone in every conceivable way. Yes, by reaching out to those even in far flung rural areas brings in the all pervasive feel good factor. God willing, I shall continue in the same vein till my dying day. May Almighty God Bless us all in all our endeavors.”
BRIEF RESUME OF Shri UTPAL CHATTERJEE:
Shri Utpal Chatterjee,now the Global Ambassador for Peace and a Global Peace Icon, is among the most internationally acclaimed of Indian journalists and public speakers. As a journalist, he has worked for several leading Indian dailies including THE TIMES OF INDIA where he was the National Deputy Editor. Abroad, he became the India Editor of a popular New York based journal. He then joined BBC, London, on the panel of experts since 1997.He has been recognized as the most outstanding Honorable Sheriff of Calcutta since Independence and its first citizen. So far, he has been the only journalist to have been appointed the Sheriff in India. He has interviewed, among others,21 Heads of State, including U.S. Presidents, British Prime Ministers, the great Mikhail Gorbachev in a cold ’89 Moscow (and so many more),10 Nobel Laureates and travelled with three Indian Prime Ministers as part of their respective media delegations. Utpal Ji has also met and spoken at length with the likes of, say, the late Princess Diana on her initiative. Having done his fellowship in Journalism from Oxford under the mentorship of the fabled Sir Neville Maxwell, he has travelled abroad on other official assignments more than 55 times across all the continents except Africa and Australia. He has been recognized for being an OUTSTANDING INDIAN for “his contribution to enriching National values, public service and international journalism” by NIFI (National Integration Forum of India).Now also a “Distinguished Professor”(the highest rank a Professor gets in countries like the U.S. and the U.K.) with the St.Xavier’s University,Kolkata.
He was recently bestowed with the National Education Leadership Award.
Incidentally, for the seventh year running, he is the Chief Rotary Ambassador and was earlier the Goodwill Ambassador for the Department of Income Tax, Government of India. The All India Human Rights Council has also recognized him as the LEGEND OF BENGAL.
