Nationality Indian Residence Bhubaneswar Role Author | Name Debi Pattanayak Ethnicity Odia | |
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Occupation Professor, linguist, social scientist and author Notable work Adding Bodo language to the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India, classical language status for Odia Parent(s) Madhusudan Pattanayak, Minamali Debi Books A Controlled Historical Reconstruction of Oriya, Assamese, Bengali, and Hindi Organization | ||
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Debi Prasanna Pattanayak (born 14 March 1931) is an Indian professor, linguist, social scientist and author. He was the founder-director of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore. Pattanayak was awarded Padma Shri in 1987. for his contribution to formalize, and adding Bodo language in the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India. He also take a major role led Odia language to acquire the status of a "classical language". Now he is the chairman of Institute of Odia Studies and Research, Bhubaneswar.
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