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The felicitation programme was attended by all the executive members of TUTA along with other faculty members from the university.
Digital Desk: Tezpur University Teachers’ Association (TUTA)
felicitated Dr. Juri Dutta, Assistant Professor in the Department of Assamese,
Tezpur University on Friday for bagging the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award
for the year 2022 for translating the Malayalam novel Kocharethi written by
Narayan in 1998 into Assamese Kocharethi: Araya Nari that was published in the
year 2018.
The felicitation programme was attended by all the executive
members of TUTA along with other faculty members from the university.
Secretary, TUTA, Dr. Pranjal Gogoi welcomed all the members, congratulated Dr. Dutta for winning the prestigious award, and mentioned that her achievement was a proud moment for the University fraternity. President of TUTA, Professor
Debendra Chandra Baruah said Dr. Dutta’s hard work and sincere effort have
resulted in her achievement and the news should spread far and wide so that all
the stakeholders including the students of the University get inspiration
from her achievement.
Speaking on occasion, Dr. Juri Dutta said she was
overwhelmed with the response received from the University fraternity and
thanked TUTA members for organizing this felicitation programme and said it
would inspire her to continue to work for the betterment of the Department, the
University and the community at large.
Vice President of TUTA, Dr. Utpal Bora also praised Dr.
Dutta for her work and shared his experience of a couple of instances where he
had closely worked with Dr. Dutta and learned how sincere and hard-working Dr.
Dutta is. Dr. Sanjeev Pol Deka, Assistant Professor in the Department of
Assamese of Tezpur University and winner of Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in
2019 was also present at the event and expressed his appreciation of her work
and shared his experience of working with Dr. Dutta as a colleague in the
Department. Professor Debarshi Prasad Nath of the Department of Cultural
Studies and the spouse of Dr. Juri Dutta also spoke a few words on how Dr. Dutta
inspires him with her disciplined life and work-life balance.
The other members who shared their thoughts included Dr.
Kusum Bania, Dr. Mandakini Baruah, Dr. Rita Moni Narzary, Dr. Arup Kumar Nath.
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