Apurba Kumar Saikia

Apurba Kumar Saikia is an Indian writer from Assam. He was the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award (2020).^[1][2]

Apurba Kumar Saikia
Born	(1962-10-21) 21 October 1962 (age 62) Diphalu Satra, Nagaon, Assam
Occupation	Chief Medical Officer [NFSG], [ESIC], Under Labour and Employment Department, Government of India
Years active	1998–present
Notable awards	Sahitya Akademi Award
Spouse	Mrs Nilakshi Changkakati Saikia
Children	Miss Arhana Purba Saikia (daughter) Mr Ayanabh Saikia (son)
Parents	Mr. Purnadhar Saikia Mrs. Phulmai Saikia

Early life and education

Saikia was born in Diphalu Satra, Nagaon to parents Mr. Purnadhar Saikia and Mrs. Phulmai Saikia. He is an eye specialist and chief medical officer (Non-Functional Selection Grade) at the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Model Hospital, Khanapara, Assam.^[3]

Bibliography

Story collections

• Bengsata
• Byortho Nayak
• Lingamukto Prithivir Xadhu Eta
• Chotor Urohi
• Bojarot Edin
• Bixoi: Premor Xangbidhan
• Maati Akhora
• Randhani Beli
• Manar Daaktor

Article collections

• Asomiya Manuhor Gene

Translated short story collections

• Deshi-Bideshi Galpa Sambhar Editing [published by ASAM SAHITYA SABHA ]

Awards

Saikia was awarded with Sahitya Akademi Award (2020) for his short stories collection Bengsata.^[4] Earlier significant Awards are : Jadav Sarma Literary Award, Literary Excellence Award by Indian Medical Association, Antarlipi Sahitya Bota, Kathasandhi Sanman by Sahitya Akademi, Ambikagiri Roychoudhury Award for the best book on creative writing [Chotor Urohi, Short Story Collection] by Asam Sahitya Sabha.