[3][4][5][6] Dutt is known as the photo chronicler of Mother Teresa's life and work for more than thirty years till her death in 1997.
[11][5][3] His photographs have been published in many newspapers, magazines and journals, and he has received many national and international awards.
[15] After completing his studies from Surendranath College, Kolkata, he started writing articles for various magazines.
[16] At the early stage of his career as a photographer, he was appointed to take Mother Teresa's photographs by the editor of Junior Statesman.,[18] published from Kolkata, Desmond Doig,[7] the writer of Calcutta: An Artist's Impression,[19] Mother Teresa: Her People and Her Work[20][21] and many more books.
Dutt's other pictorial books are Robir Aloy Alokchitro, Durga Puja, Amay Gach Kore Dao, Shantiniketan, Mother Teresa - Down Memory Lane.