Nayanjyoti Sarma | |
Birth Date: | 3 June 1993 |
Birth Place: | Kamarkuchi, Nalbari district |
Occupation: | Writer, Physician |
Nationality: | Indian |
Ethnicity: | Assamese |
Language: | Assamese |
Alma Mater: | Government Ayurvedic College, Guwahati |
Notableworks: | Jaal Kota Jui, 2022 |
Spouse: | Mridushmita Bharadwaj |
Awards: | Munin Borkotoky Literary Award, 2023[1] Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar, 2024[2] |
Nayanjyoti Sarma (born June 3, 1993) is an Assamese short story writer, author, Wikimedian and physician. He is currently working at Sushrusa Hospital in Nalbari. Sarma received the Munin Borkotoky Literary Award in November 2023 for his collection of short stories, Jaal Kota Jui.[3] For same book he received Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for Assamese in 2024.[4] [5] Additionally, he was awarded the Pragjyotishpur Literature Award-2023 at the Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival, held from September 29 to October 1 in 2023.[6]
Dr. Sarma was born on June 3, 1993, in Kamarkuchi village, Nalbari district.[7] His father is Khanindra Sharma, and his mother is Usha Devi. In 2010, he passed his High School Leaving Certificate Examination from Assam Academy, Nalbari. He completed his Higher Secondary education from Nalbari College in 2012. In 2017, he graduated with a BAMS degree from Government Ayurvedic College, Guwahati, and in 2021, he earned an MS in Shalya Tantra from the same college under Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences.[8]