It Hurts to be Safe: Durjoy Datta atTEDxSITM

Durjoy Datta (born 7 February 1987) is a bestselling Indian novelist. He also writes for television and movies. He has a youth show, SADDA HAQ, on Channel V and "Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera" on Star Plus to his credit. He graduated from Delhi College of Engineering and then went on to do PGDBM in marketing from Management Development Institute and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. He has co-founded Grapevine India Publishers. He is the bestselling author of nine books. In 2009, he was recognized as a young achiever by The Times of India. He was also chosen as one of the two young achievers in the field of Media and Communications by Whistling Woods International in 2011. In 2012, he was one of the recipients of the Teacher's Achievement Awards, joining the likes of Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, and Prahlad Kakkar among others. He has also spoken in various TEDx conferences in colleges across India. He was one of the highest selling Indian authors in fiction.

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