Dinesh Chandra Goswami

This article is about the Assamese writer. For Indian politician, see Dinesh Goswami.
Dinesh Chandra Goswami
Born 1949 (age 66–67)
Residence Guwahati, India
Nationality Indian
Citizenship Indian
Known for Scientist, Author
Notable work Bijnanar Anupam Jagat (The beautiful world of Science)
Religion Hinduism
Spouse(s) Rupasree Goswami
Awards three Asom Sahitya Sabha Awards, Gopal Chandra Goswami Award, Premdhar Dutta Award, National Award for Best S&T coverage in mass media by National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), honoured but the President of India for contribution to children's literature – 2007

Dr. Dinesh Chandra Goswami is a noted Assamese writer and winner of Sahitya Akademi's Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2014.[1][2][3]

Early life

Dinesh Chandra was born in Ulubari Sattra village of Nalbari district of Assam in 1949. He finished his education, MSc and PhD degree from Gauhati University. Towards the beginning of his career, in 1970, he was a lecturer in Physics. He later worked at various institutions such as CSIR, New Delhi and Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat as a scientist. Besides Assamese he knows English, Hindi and Bangla.

Career as a writer

He started writing a Children's column at the age of 11. His first book (Abhinava Abiskar) was published in 1975. He has published about seven novels, seven short story collections, one children's drama, forty-five popular science books, and various text books and guide books. Some of his significant works include novels such asJonakir Jilikani, " Sabdaa Nirontor Sabda", "Divya Upaban", "Atmajibonir Ditiyo Prayas",Tritonor Abhiyan (Drama), Abhinna Hriday (SHORT Stories), Kalpajagat (Short Stories) .[4] He has been the Editor of various encyclopaedias, journals, and magazines.

Awards

For his immense contribution to literature, he has won several awards including:

  1. three Asom Sahitya Sabha Awards
  2. Gopal Chandra Goswami Award – 1968 and 1972
  3. Premdhar Dutta Award – 1980
  4. National Award for Best S&T coverage in mass media by National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) – 1997
  5. Honoured by the President of India for contribution to children's literature – 2007
  1. Assam Publication Board award-2012
  1. Bisan Lal Agarwal environment award-2013

References

  1. ↑ "Bal Sahitya Awards Announced for 2014". NDTV. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "7 from NE bag Sahitya Akademi award". The Times of India. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bal Sahitya Puraskar November 14–16, 2014, Bengaluru awards Presentation Ceremony" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi.
  4. ↑ Sahitya Akademi's booklet on Bal Sahitya Puraskar. Award in Assamese to Dinesh Chandra Goswami. pp. 2–3.



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