Journalist and NUJS grad Saurav Datta passes away

Journalist and law graduate Saurav Datta has passed away. As per sources, Datta was found dead in his home yesterday.

An independent journalist, Saurav Datta had written for several publications including Scroll.in, DNA, Caravan, Al Jazeera, The Quint, Catch News, and Bar & Bench.

Datta was a graduate of NUJS Kolkata. He went on to work with Senior Advocate Kamini Jaiswal.

He served as National Programme Manager for Law School Tutorials (LST) from 2008-9. He also did stints as Visiting Faculty at KC Law College, Mumbai; Symbiosis Law School, Pune; and Sophia College, Mumbai.

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