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Biography
Dr. Dinesh Chandra Goswami is an Assamese writer and winner of the Sahitya Akademi's Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2014.
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 and Hindi.
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
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
