1/13/2024 0 Comments Postal 2 i am legendHe was the General Secretary of AsamSahitya Sabha from 1973- 1976 and for the second term from 1980-1985. Saikiawasalso a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1986-1992 and was the Vice-Chairman of the Upper House from 1990-1992. He held different positions in different committees and concerns and never shrank from his duties even in spite of his busy academic and research schedule as an eminent Professor of Dibrugarh University. He travelled to England to deliver lectures on Sankardeva in 1998. His visit to China as a member of the five-member delegation of Indian Writers, in 1993, organised by Sahitya Akademi brought lauresl for India. Being invited as the Guest Speaker, he delivered lectures on 'Contributions of American Baptist Missionaries towards the Development of Modern Assamese Literature, in the United States in 1988, under the auspices of Assam Association of North America. He was an Editor of NatunDainik, an Assamese daily in 2003 and Amar Asom in 2004-06. In 1992 Saikia joined as Professor of the LakshminathBezbaroa chair in the department of Assamese in Dibrugarh University. In 1972 he joined as a lecturer in the department of Assamese in Dibrugarh University and continued till 1986. From 1965 to 1971 Nagen Saikia served as a lecturer in Assamese in the Diphu Government College, Jorhat College and the Devicharan Barua Girls' College. He served as an Assistant Editor in Asom Batori in 1965. Nagen Saikia started his professional career as a teacher in Hatiakhowa HE School and Dhekial HE School between19. He did his PhD from Dibrugarh University in 1982 under the supervision of Mahendra Borah for his thesis A Critical Study of the Social and Intellectual Background of Modern Assamese Literature 1826-1903. The book explores the entire spectrum of women's empowerment with an emphasis on the northeastern region.Dr Saikia has been conferred the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, It has also suggested some measures for the uplift of women.It will go a long way in helping the policymakers to formulate necessary schemes to improve the condition of women by empowering them. RupkonwarJyotiprasadRachanabali edited by Dr Nagen Saikia was published in 2020and BharatiyaAtijya(Indian Tradition) was published in 2019, the latter is a collection of essays written in Assamese on Indian traditions, A PragyadhikariMuninBorkotoky written by Dr Nagen Saikia was published by Purbanchal Prakash in 2015, Background of Modern Assamese Literature published in 2011 is a valuable collection of research papers presented by a host of college teachers and scholars at the national seminar organised by the Sociology Department of Dhakuakhana College in Assam.The book has focussed on the various issues, problems and challenges faced by women in the northeastern region. His Doctor Hem Barua-Grantha-Trayeefrom the house of Assam Publishing Company is all about thefiction of Doctor Hem Barua. With Satyendra Narayan Choudhury Dr Nagen Saikia wrote Bangla AssamiyaDwibhasikAbhidhan in 2018. Sahitya Akademi published this book in Bengali, translated by Pallab Bandyopadhyay. His Andharat NijorMukh,an Akademi Award winning Assamese short story collection was published in 1995 containing 26 selected stories of the writer which won a Sahitya Akademi Award in 1997. He has authored 43 original works and 55 edited works to date. His mastery over Assamese literature can be seen in his wide range of works, which mark him as poet, story writer, novelist, researcher, critique, travelogue writer, biographer, autobiographer and opinion maker. Saikia's writings are the evidence of a true writer and a composer in him. DrNagen Saikia is one of the most prominent persons to enrich the Assamese literature. Nagen Saika, the living legend of Assamese language and literature always brings to our mind the name of Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay from Bengal and like the author of ODBL he too will be remembered in Assam as author of the "Background of Modern Assam Literature".
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