Jyoti Prakash Dutta (writer)

Jyoti Prakash Dutta
Occupation(s)Writer, Newspaper Editor, Professor
SpousePurabi Basu
AwardsEkushey Padak
Color photograph of Dutta seated in a chair wearing glasses and a light green shirt.
Jyoti Prakash Dutta in 2017

Jyoti Prakash Dutta is a Bangladeshi short-story writer. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2016 by the Government of Bangladesh.[1]

Career

Dutta has been serving as a Professor of the Department of Economics and the dean of Social Sciences Faculty at the University of Chittagong.[2][3]

Personal life

Dutta is married to scientist Purabi Basu.[4]

References

  1. ^ "PM hands Ekushey Padak 2016". The Daily Star. February 20, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "Professors of University of Chittagong". University of Chittagong. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  3. ^ "Call to change attitude to end Indo-Bangla border crisis". The Daily Star. March 30, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  4. ^ Nader Rahman (July 20, 2007). "The Scientist". The Daily Star. Retrieved February 25, 2016.