Vinayak Chakravorty - Early Years

Early Years

Chakravorty was born in Ranchi, a town formerly in the east Indian state of Bihar and now the Capital of the subsequently formed state of Jharkhand. He hails from a middle-class Bengali family, the only child of an engineer father and a school teacher mother.

He studied at St. Xavier's School, Ranchi before graduating from St. Xavier's College, Ranchi with English Honours.

He discovered his passion for journalism in high school, when he was inducted into the board of editors of his school magazine, Endeavour.

After graduation, Chakravorty moved to Kolkata for a few years, where he studied journalism at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, and topped the post-graduate diploma course at the institution.

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