Early Life and Education
Dutt was born in Kolkata, India in 1962, and grew up in Kolkata and Mirzapur. At the age of 18, she moved to the United States to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs at Mount Holyoke College. Dutt has credited her time at Mount Holyoke with providing political shape to her personal interest in human rights. "Mount Holyoke was a turning point in my life. The sense of rebellion I had as a girl … found a language at Mount Holyoke."
Dutt received a Masters in International Affairs and South Asian Studies from Columbia University in 1986, and graduated with a Juris Doctor from New York University Law School in 1989. In May 2012, Dutt received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Mount Holyoke College.
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