Gauri Shankar Kalita

Gauri Shankar Kalita (1955 - 9 June 2010 ) was an Indian journalist.

Kalita was one of the popular journalists in the north-eastern state of Assam. He graduated from the Cotton College of Guwahati.

In his youth he studied Marxism and in 1978 was the only Indian representative at the International Youth Conference in Ulaanbaatar, with his speech broadcast on Soviet television. and was the editor of the Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya editions. He also was the Editor of The North East Times and of the main Assamese-language newspaper Janasadharan.

Tarun Gogoi, the Chief Minister of Assam, said that "Kalita had an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the problems plaguing the State and the region and created public opinion through his writings. The void created by his death will be hard to fill".

His wife, Garima Kalita, is a retired Head of The Department of Philosophy of Udalguri College, Assam, and is currently settled at Guwahati