Name Dinesh Goswami Citizenship Indian | Ethnicity Assamese Nationality Indian | |
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Known for Scientist, Children's literature author Notable work Bijnanar Anupam Jagat (The beautiful world of Science) | ||
Lecture series event at AUXESIS V8.O
Dr. Dinesh Chandra Goswami is a noted Assamese writer and winner of Sahitya Akademi's Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2014.
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- Lecture series event at AUXESIS V8O
- Shri dinesh chandra goswami ji
- Early life
- Career as a writer
- Awards
- References
Shri dinesh chandra goswami ji
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) . He has been the Editor of various encyclopaedias, journals, and magazines.
Awards
For his immense contribution to literature, he has won several awards including:
- three Asom Sahitya Sabha Awards
- Gopal Chandra Goswami Award – 1968 and 1972
- Premdhar Dutta Award – 1980
- National Award for Best S&T coverage in mass media by National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) – 1997
- Honoured by the President of India for contribution to children's literature – 2007
- Assam Publication Board award-2012
- Bisan Lal Agarwal environment award-2013
- Lifetime achievement award from the Publication Board, Assam - 2016