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Gouranga Nandy (Bengali: গৌরাঙ্গ নন্দী; born 2 April 1963) is a well-known journalist, environment activist and civil society leader of Bangladesh. He is working as Khulna Bureau chief of Dainik Kaler Kantho (দৈনিক কালের কণ্ঠ), a leading national Bengali daily published from Dhaka. Gouranga Nandy wrote a number of books and articles on the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest and coastal zone of Bangladesh.

Biography
Gouranga Nandy was born on 2 April 1963 in a peasant family of Phultala Upazila under Khulna district, Bangladesh. He is the only son of Hari Pada Nandy and Sabitri Bala Nandy.

Early life
Due to problem within the family, he left home in 1980 for-ever when his maternal uncle Krishna Pada Roy and Aunt Aparna Sarkar adopted and brought him to Khulna city as one of their sons.

Career
Gouranga Nandy has a diversified experience of working as professional private tutor, development activist and journalist. He joined Dainik Purbanchal (দৈনিক পূর্বাঞ্চল), a local daily newspaper of Khulna in October 1986 as a staff reporter after completing his higher secondary education. After five years of working, he left position of chief reporter of daily Purbanchal and joined in another local daily newspaper Dainik Tathya (দৈনিক তথ্য) as News Editor in April 1992. In this transition period, he worked as part-time Information Officer of Prodipan (প্রদীপন), an NGO of southwest coastal region. He left daily Tathya in March 1993 and changed his profession from journalist to a full time development activist until he left Prodipan in November 1998. From 1994 to 1999, he also wrote a number of articles on Ecofile and Poribeshpatra (পরিবেশপত্র), two major environment and development related quarterly magazine.

Meanwhile he worked for recently closed local daily Pathaker Kagoj (দৈনিক পাঠকের কাগজ) as News Editor (1994-1998) and written a number of articles in Weekly Dhaka Courier (1994-1998). After leaving Prodipan, he came back to journalism as a full-time job and joined in national daily Bhorer Kagoj (দৈনিক ভোরের কাগজ) as Staff Correspondent of Khulna in November 1998. Working there for two years, Gouranga Nandy left Bhorer Kagoj in December 2000 and joined as Staff Reporter of Dainik Janakantha (দৈনিক জনকণ্ঠ), another leading Bengali national daily published from Dhaka in January 2001. He promoted to Senior Staff Reporter of this newspaper in 2005. After working for 8 years, Nandy left Janakantha in August 2008. Beside his regular job, he also wrote for Shaptahik 2000 (সাপ্তাহিক ২০০০) (closed on 31 October 2014) as a contributor from 2006-2009. In February 2008, Gouranga Nandy was selected as an honorary Adviser of Uttaran (উত্তরণ), a leading zonal NGO of Bangladesh working in the southwest coastal region. As a part of his job, he has been playing the focal point of Coastal Campaign Group of Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL), an NGO Network of Bangladesh working on agriculture, climate change and trade. Gouranga Nandy joined as a Contributor of BBC Bengali Service in 2006. He joined in daily Kaler Kantho (দৈনিক কালের কণ্ঠ) as Bureau Chief of Khulna July 2009.

Other Works
Gouranga Nandy is the convener of Sundarbans Watch Group (SWG) since its inception in 2008. He represented the SWG in various campaigns on different issues including campaign against Integrated Protected Area Co-management (IPAC) Project and Sundarbans Biodiversity Conservation Project (SBCP), campaign on Oil Spillage in the Sundarbans, Thermal Power Plant near Sundarbans, Forest Fire in the Sundarbans and many others. Gouranga Nandy is a member of Khulna Press Club and elected as Executive Member for 2006 and 2016. He is also a member of Khulna Union of Journalists (KUJ) and Khulna Working Journalist Unity (KWJU) and has been contributing as the Convener of later mentioned organization 2014-2015. He was an Executive Committee Member of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) for the term of 2016-17. Now he is a convenor of Khulna Reporters unity -KRU which formed 2023.

Gouranga Nandy is a Life Member of Umesh Chandra Public Library (উমেশচন্দ্র পাবলিক লাইব্রেরি), the oldest library of Khulna and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (বাংলাদেশ শিল্পকলা একাডেমি), Khulna. He is the enlisted Radio-talker in Bangladesh Betar, Khulna.

Contributions
As a journalist, Gouranga Nandy has been writing articles and non-fiction books continuously on the Sundarbans mangrove forest, water logging, industrial shrimp farming, livelihood problems of coastal people, water scarcity and different environmental issues. He wrote a number of reports from his direct experiences in devastating cyclone of 1988, cyclone Sidr in 2007 and cyclone Aila in 2009. Social and environmental problems derived from saline water shrimp farming, livelihoods crisis centering artificial water logging in southwest zone and Bangladesh Liberation War (1971) in the greater Khulna region are his topics of interest and he conducted several research on these issues.

AUTHORED CHAPTER OF BOOKS

 * Evaluating the viability of shrimp aquaculture to impede climate change in the Sundarbans: Experiences from Bangladesh by Anindya Basu, Gouranga Nandy and Nabendu Sekhar Kar; chapter 8, the book SOUTH ASIA and CLIMATE CHANGE Unravelling the conundrum, Edited by Mausumi Kar, Jayita Mukhopadhyay and Manisha Deb Sarker, Routledge, 2022.
 * বাংলাদেশের সুন্দরবন অঞ্চলের নদী-বাঁধ Embankment in Sundarbans of Bangladesh by Gouranga Nandy, chapter 2 the book SUNDARBAN ABISKAR Edited by Jyotirindra Narayan Lahiri, Gangchil, Kolkata 700111, November 2022.
 * সুন্দরবন (খুলনা) অঞ্চল হতে মাইগ্রেশন Migration from Bangladesh Sundarbans, by Gouranga Nandy, chapter 6 the book AKHANDA SUNDARBAN KOTHA Edited by Nazibul Islam Mandal, Publisher Nazibul Islam Mandal, December 2022.

AUTHORED BOOKS

 * Shrimp Profit for whom শ্রিম্প প্রোফিট ফর হুম field-based research on shrimp cultivation and its consequence, Published by Srabon Prokashani 2023.
 * Rahugrash রাহুগ্রাস a Bengali novel based on a rural life which destroyed both man-made and natural disaster, Published by Srabon Prokashani 2023.
 * Kapotakhho Parer Kannya কপোতাক্ষপাড়ের কান্না a Bengali novel based on historical event, Published by BehulaBangla Prokashani 2021.
 * Sundarbon Upokuler Kathokata সুন্দরবন উপকূলের কথকতা collected essays on environmental impact along the mangrove forest, published by BehulaBangla Prokashani, 2020.
 * Bisher Jala বিষের জ্বালা a field-based study on impact of pesticide and insecticide in vegetables of Khulna, Published by BEDS and CEPR, 2018.
 * Kaler Aina কালের আয়না collected essays on different socio-cultural issues, published by Koli Prokashani, 2018.
 * Unoshottorer Raktobij উনসত্তরের রক্তবীজ a Bengali novel based on historical event, Published by BehulaBangla Prokashani 2018.
 * Manobpremy Acarya Profullya Chandyra Roy মানবপ্রেমী আচার্য প্রফুল্লচন্দ্র রায় a life-sketch of great scientist-thinker Acyra Profullya Chandyra Roy, Published by Danguli Prokashani, 2017.
 * Brihottor Khulna Jelar Muktijuddher Itihash বৃহত্তর খুলনা জেলার মুক্তিযুদ্ধের ইতিহাস published by Gatidhara Publications in February 2016.
 * Deara Ganohottya দেয়াড়া গণহত্যা, published by 1971: Genocide-Torture Archive and Museum Trust in 2015.
 * Badamtala Ganohottya, বাদামতলা গণহত্যা, published by 1971: Genocide-Torture Archive and Museum Trust in 2015.
 * Upokule Nirapod Panir Akal, উপকূলে নিরাপদ পানির আকাল with Shamim Arfeen, published by AOSED (An Organization for Socio-Economic Development) in 2013.
 * Jaler Fande, জালের ফাঁদে, published by Initiative for Right View (IRV), International Food Security Network (IFSN) and ActionAid Bangladesh in 2011.
 * Dakhin-Pashchim Upokulio Jano-Jibon, Jalbayu Paribartan Ebong (Peoples Livelihoods of Southwest Coastal Region, Climate Change And… ), দক্ষিণ-পশ্চিম উপকূলীয় জন-জীবন, জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন এবং… published by CLEAN (Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network) in 2010.
 * Jalbayu Paribartan: Upokuliyo Janogoner Kanthoshar (Climate Change: Voice of the Victims from Coastal Bangladesh, জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন : উপকূলীয় জনগণের কণ্ঠস্বর with Hasan Mehedi, published by Uttaran, CLEAN and CSRL in 2009.
 * Babshaider thabae Probal dwip Saint Martin (Saint Martin's Island: Under Hands of Traders) ব্যবসায়ীদের থাবায় প্রবাল দ্বীপ সেন্ট মার্টিনস্ with Hasan Mehedi published by Uttaran and CSRL in 2009.
 * Transferring Lands to the Landless: Experience of Integrated GO-NGO Initiatives (in Bengali: ভূমিহীনদের কাছে ভূমি হস্তান্তর : সরকারি-বেসরকারি সমন্বিত উদ্যোগের অভিজ্ঞতা) with Shahidul Islam published by Uttaran in 2009.
 * Shrimp and Peoples Economics: Who Gains, Who Losses (in Bengali: চিংড়ি ও জন-অর্থনীতি : কার লাভ, কার ক্ষতি) with Shamsher Ali and Tauhid Ibne Farid, published by Actionaid Bangladesh in 2007.
 * Struggle for Human Rights: Perspective Coastal Floodplain of Bangladesh (in Bengali: মানবাধিকার আন্দোলন : প্রেক্ষিত উপকূলীয় প্লাবনভূমি অঞ্চল) with Ashek-E-Elahi, published by Shushilan in 2005.
 * Destroyed Environment and Tree Plantation (in Bengali: বিপর্যস্ত পরিবেশ ও বৃক্ষ রোপণ) published by Pradipan in 1993.
 * Shrimp Farming in Tears of Thousands (in Bengali: চোখের জলে চিংড়ি চাষ): Environmental Impact Assessment of Shrimp Culture in Dacope Upazila with Rafiquzzaman, Abdul Halim Khan and ABM Kamrul Hasan published by Centre for Sustainable Development (CFSD) in May 1992.

STUDY REPORTS

 * The State of the Coastal Environment: A peoples report based on their knowledge and opinion by Dr. Atiur Rahman, Farooqe Chowdhury, Gouranga Nandy and Aminur Rahman, conducted by Unnayan Shamannay in 1994.
 * Status of Women labourers in shrimp processing industries in Khulna by Gouranga Nandy and Kushal Roy, Prepared for SAFE Socia Activities for Environment, 2005.
 * Journey to the light, Wash situation analysis in Uttaran’s program area by Gouranga Nandy and others, Published by Uttaran in 2018.

EDITED BOOKS

 * Journalist Manik Saha Commemorative Volume (in Bengali: সাংবাদিক মানিক সাহা স্মারক গ্রন্থ), published by Ratan Sen Public Library in 2006
 * Abu Mohammad Ferdaus Commemorative Volume (in Bengali: আবু মহম্মদ ফেরদাউস স্মারকগ্রন্থ) with Dr. Sheikh Gaus Mia, Advocate Abdul Halim, Mujibor Rahman, Anowarul Quadir, Hafizur Rahman and Mohiuddin Ahmed Mahin, published by Abu Mohammad Ferdaus Memorial Association in 2009
 * Marvelous Mangroves Curriculum in Bangladesh (in Bengali: বাংলাদেশের অপরূপ বাদাবন) with Dilip Kumar Datta and Sazzadur Rahim Pantha, published by CLEAN (Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network) in 2014

Education
Gouranga Nandy passed primary education from a village school and secondary education in 1978 from Damodar MM Secondary School (দামোদর এমএম মাধ্যমিক বিদ্যালয়) in Phultala. He achieved higher secondary education in 1980 from Daulatpur (Day-Night) College (দৌলতপুর (দিবা-নৈশ) কলেজ) in Khulna and got admitted in Majid Memorial City College and later in Sundarban Adarsha Mahabidyalay (সুন্দরবন আদর্শ মহাবিদ্যালয়) consequently but did not complete his undergraduate degree from any of these institution. Due to economic crisis, he started private tuition as a profession. Later he took journalism as his profession. Gouranga Nandy again got admitted in Daulatpur (Day-Night) College and passed graduate in 1988. Later he completed his post-graduate degree from ''Govt. B.L College (সরকারি ব্রজলাল কলেজ)'' in 1994 under National University. During his academic life, he was involved with leftist student groups.

Besides his academic qualification Gouranga Nandy received a number of training on different issues including International course on Building Resilient Communities organized by International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) in Philippines; Journalism in Hostile Situation organized by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); Disaster Reporting organized by Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI); Bridging Workshop: Reflections and Planning on Policy Advocacy organized in Nepal; Workshop on Social Monitoring Tools Focused on Budget Analysis organized in Thailand; Basic Economics for Effective Reporting on Development Issues organized by Economic Research Group (ERG) and World Bank Institute (WBI) and People Centered Policy Advocacy organized by National Centre for Advocacy Studies (NCAS) in India.

AWARDS
Gouranga Nandy received several awards for his valuable contributions in protecting coastal environment and livelihoods through journalism and writings:


 * Kazi Emdadul Huq memorial award for contribution in journalism in 2020.
 * Abu Mohammad Ferdaus Award (2009) given by Abu Mohammad Ferdaus Memorial Association for contributing in environmental protection and people’s movement in the Southwest coastal region of Bangladesh.
 * Divisional Award for Reporting on Human Rights (2004) given by Democracywatch, Bangladesh.
 * Research Fellow 1992, awarded by CFSD a development communication organization.

References/Notes and references
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