Arup Kumar Dutta is an Indian author and freelance journalist. He writes short-fiction, long-fiction, non-fiction,
newspaper editorials, articles and columns, satirical pieces et al. Among the
awards he has been bestowed with are Shankarโs Award, Journalist Welfare
Foundation Award, Kamal Kumari National Award and The Life Time Achievement
Honor Award by AWIC, the Indian Chapter of International Board for Books for
Young People. Between 2004-2008, the Government of India appointed him
Director, Jawaharlal Nehru Indian Cultural Centre, Jakarta, and Indian Cultural
Centre, Bali, with the rank of a Counselor in the Indian Embassy, Jakarta,
Indonesia. In 2018, the University of Dibrugarh conferred D. Litt (honoris
causa) on him while the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri.
Arup Kumar
Dutta is an Indian author and
freelance journalist. He writes short-fiction, long-fiction, non-fiction,
newspaper editorials, articles and columns, satirical pieces et al. Among the
awards he has been bestowed with are Shankarยs Award, Journalist Welfare
Foundation Award, Kamal Kumari National Award and The Life Time Achievement
Honor Award by AWIC, the Indian Chapter of International Board for Books for
Young People. Between 2004-2008, the Government of India appointed him
Director, Jawaharlal Nehru Indian Cultural Centre, Jakarta, and Indian Cultural
Centre, Bali, with the rank of a Counselor in the Indian Embassy, Jakarta,
Indonesia. In 2018, the University of Dibrugarh conferred D. Litt (honoris
causa) on him while the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri.ย
