Girij Handique, has been elected as the Vice President of the Sahitya Sabha, while Upendrajit Sarma has been elected as the General Secretary...
Digital Desk: The long wait finally had come to an end as the results of the Asom Sahitya Sabha presidential election were conferred today( 24th December 2022). Dr. Surjya Hazarika is elected as the new President of Asom Sahitya Sabha. Dr. Surjya Hazarika is a Padma Shri Awardee, receiving the honour for Literature and Education in 2008 from then-Indian President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil.
Girij Handique, on the other hand, was elected as the Vice President of the Sahitya Sabha, and Upendrajit Sarma was elected as the General Secretary.
Earlier today, Election Officer Harendra Nath Bora stated that there were 734 ballots in Asam Sahitya Sabha voting boxes.
The famous litterateur, journalist, songwriter, poet, filmmaker, publisher, and educationist Surya Hazarika (Suryakanta Hazarika) has been elected as the president of the state's literary globe. SurJya Hazarika succeeded to win the presidency by leaving everyone behind.
It may be mentioned that the election committee was convened on September 27 by former Assam State Election Commission Commissioner Harendra Nath Bora and Gauhati High Court lawyers Nilanjan Deka and Jitan Payeng.
About Dr. SurjyaKant Hazarika
Padma Shri Suryakanta Hazarika now elected as the new president of The Asom Sahitya Sabha. Suryakanta Hazarika was born in Dibrugarh on May 31, 1956. His father's name is Chandrakant Hazarika, and he is the creator of the well-known 'Bani Mandir' in Dibrugarh. Chandrakanta Hazarika established the 'Bani Mandir' publishing firm in Dibrugarh in 1949. Suryakanta Hazarika's wife Eva Hazarika mother to three boys, Sudipta, Aditya, and Udipta, and they are all successful in their different fields. Surjya is an Indian litterateur, journalist, lyricist, poet, filmmaker, publisher and educationist.
Here below are some of Surya Hazarika's major works in most of the state's creative industries, including media:
Editor: 'Bahniman' (fortnightly newspaper), published from Dibrugarh since 1980
Assistant Editor and Publisher: 'Echo' (Literary Journal), published from Dibrugarh and Guwahati (1986-90)
Publisher: 'New Daily' (newspaper), published from Guwahati (1988-2002)
Editor: 'New Daily' (Newspaper), Guwahati, 1993-94, 1997-98 and 2000-2002
Editor and Publisher: 'Evening News', published from Guwahati, 1990-2001
Editor and Publisher: 'Chitra Sangbad' (Cine Weekly), published from Guwahati, 1990-2002
Editor and Publisher: 'Khel Samachar' (fortnightly sports paper), published from Guwahati since 1998
Editor: 'Asom Sahitya Sabha Samachar' Published by Asom Sahitya Sabha, Jorhat, Guwahati, 1992
Editor: 'Asom Sahitya Sabha Patrika' (Encyclopedia Issue) Published by Asom Sahitya Sabha, Jorhat, Guwahati, 2003
He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bani Mandir, a renowned publishing business in North-East India. He was the chairman and managing director of the new daily newspaper organisation from 1988 to 2002.
He is also the Organizer and Founder Chandrakanta Press Private Limited.
Various parties, groups, and individuals have congratulated Surya Hazarika on his victory as the new president of The Asom Sahitya Sabha.
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