Tapan Kumar Pradhan
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Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan Indian writer and poet in English, Hindi
and Oriya
, is a versatile creative artist in such diverse fields like poetry, short fiction, essays and caricature.
Dr Pradhan is perhaps best known for his translation of the poem Kalahandi
for which he won Sahitya Akademi's Indian Literature
Golden Jubilee Translation Award for Poetry in 2007 along with Rana Nayar
. His other important poems include Equation
and The Hour of Coming
which were published in the November–December 2007 Issue of Indian Literature (No 242). Besides, his poems The Storm, Epitaph and Boddhisattva
published in the Journal of Poetry Society http://www.indianpoetry.org/ have won critical acclaim.
literary champion during 1993-94.
Corporate Cartoon Competition. His cartoons and caricatures have been published in the Without Reserve. He has set to music a number of popular songs and poems in various Indian languages. Although not formally trained in music, he plays the flute, and at present he is compiling a collection of rare folk songs.
in 2001 for his dissertation titled "Dimensions of Integration and Conflict in a Cross-cultural Cross-communal Setting : A Comparative Analysis". He has done path breaking research on the Kandh-Pana conflict in Kandhamal
district, Hindu
-Muslim
relations in Bhadrak
and Harijan
-Savarna
caste
dynamics at Brahmabarada in Jajpur district of Orissa
.He taught Sociology for a while at Fakir Mohan College, Balasore, before joining the Reserve Bank of India
as an officer in 1999.
Presently Dr Pradhan is a Member of Faculty in the ZTC or Zonal Training Centre
of RBI
at CBD Belapur
, Navi Mumbai where he teaches Banking, Finance, Communication, HR Management and Sociology
, besides Yoga
, Alternative Therapy and Stress Management. Dr Tapan, or TKP as he is fondly known, hails from Laxmisagar
in Bhubaneswar
. Dr Pradhan was the sessions coordinator at the Fifth National Hindi Seminar on Agriculture and Banking organised by Canara Bank
at Hyderabad during June 2008.
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
and Oriya
Oriya language
Oriya , officially Odia from November, 2011, is an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is mainly spoken in the Indian states of Orissa and West Bengal...
, is a versatile creative artist in such diverse fields like poetry, short fiction, essays and caricature.
Dr Pradhan is perhaps best known for his translation of the poem Kalahandi
Kalahandi (poem)
"Kalahandi" is perhaps the best known poem of Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan, the Indian writer and poet, and 2007 it won Kendriya Sahitya Akademi's Indian Literature Golden Jubilee Award for Poetry in 2007...
for which he won Sahitya Akademi's Indian Literature
Indian Literature (journal)
Indian Literature is an English-language literary journal published bi-monthly by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. the editor was A. J. Thomas, and Gopi Chand Narang, Sunil Gangopadhyaya and Agrahara Krishna Murthy, inspired by K...
Golden Jubilee Translation Award for Poetry in 2007 along with Rana Nayar
Rana Nayar
Professor Rana Nayar is a translator of poetry and short fiction from Punjabi to English. He has more than forty volumes of poetry and translation works to his credit. He is also a theatre artist and has participated in a number of major full-length productions...
. His other important poems include Equation
Equation (poem)
"Equation" is one of the most original and intriguing poems of Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan, the Indian writer and poet, and it won Kendriya Sahitya Akademi's Indian Literature Golden Jubilee Award for Poetry in 2007. The poem received critical acclaim following its publication in the journal Indian...
and The Hour of Coming
Hour of Coming (poem)
The Hour of Coming is the English translation of the Oriya poem Asibaara Belaa by the noted poet and translator Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan. The poem was selected for the Indian Literature Golden Jubilee Literary Translation Award 1957-2007 of Sahitya Akademi, the National Literary Academy of India...
which were published in the November–December 2007 Issue of Indian Literature (No 242). Besides, his poems The Storm, Epitaph and Boddhisattva
Boddhisattva (poem)
Bodhisattva is a short poem by the Indian English poet and translator Tapan Kumar Pradhan on the theme of Gautama Buddha's attempts at nirvana or liberation through a succession of many births or incarnations...
published in the Journal of Poetry Society http://www.indianpoetry.org/ have won critical acclaim.
Award winning essays
In 2007 Dr Pradhan received the Indian Express http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Winning-views-on-Living-with-Differences/267304/ Citizen for Peace http://citizensforpeace.in/blog/2008/01/10/secular-rethink-essay-contest-results/ Award for his essays on communal harmony. He has also won First Prize in All-India Inter-bank Hindi Essay Competition for 2007-08, a prize he also won in 2006-07 http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/bs_viewcontent.aspx?Id=772 for his essays on micro-finance and financial inclusion. He also won First Prize in the RBIA Silver Jubilee essay competition on Future of Central Banking conducted by Reserve Bank of India in 2007-08. Earlier he had won Third prize in World Habitat Day Essay Competition 2007 for his essay titled Green & Intelligent Buildings and Urban Infrastructure. Before joining Reserve Bank of India, during his student days, he had won Upasika Kamaladevi Award for essay on Buddhism, Shatadru award for short story and Ankur award for poetry etc. He was also the Utkal UniversityUtkal University
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar is the oldest university in Orissa and the 17th oldest university in India. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating university that has produced some of the best brains in Orissa. There are at 26 post-graduate departments at the university campus for studies and research in...
literary champion during 1993-94.
Publications
Dr Pradhan's poems, essays and short stories have been published in a wide range of journals like Indian Literature (Sahitya Akademi), Journal of the Poetry Society http://www.indianpoetry.org/Journal.htm (India), The Statesman, Times of India, Without Reserve and The Asian Age etc. The most popular among his short stories include Orphan, My German Friend, A Cab for Seventeen, A Taste for Rats, Faster Way to Youth and How I Became A Writer. He has also written a full length play Victim Number Ninety-nine.Contribution to Music & Visual Art
In 2006 Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan won a prize in RBI'sReserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India is the central banking institution of India and controls the monetary policy of the rupee as well as US$300.21 billion of currency reserves. The institution was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of...
Corporate Cartoon Competition. His cartoons and caricatures have been published in the Without Reserve. He has set to music a number of popular songs and poems in various Indian languages. Although not formally trained in music, he plays the flute, and at present he is compiling a collection of rare folk songs.
Research and other activities
A holder of UGC Fellowship of University Grants Commission of India, Dr Pradhan was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Utkal UniversityUtkal University
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar is the oldest university in Orissa and the 17th oldest university in India. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating university that has produced some of the best brains in Orissa. There are at 26 post-graduate departments at the university campus for studies and research in...
in 2001 for his dissertation titled "Dimensions of Integration and Conflict in a Cross-cultural Cross-communal Setting : A Comparative Analysis". He has done path breaking research on the Kandh-Pana conflict in Kandhamal
Kandhamal
Kandhamal is a district of the state of Orissa, India. The district headquarters of the district is Phulbani.-History:The Kandhmal district was created on 1 April 1993 from the former Boudh-Kandhmal district as a result of district reorganization in the state of Orissa.-Communal unrest and...
district, Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
-Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
relations in Bhadrak
Bhadrak
Bhadrak is a city and a municipality in Bhadrak district in the state of Orissa, India.-Demographics: India census, Bhadrak had a population of 1,33,4000. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Bhadrak has an average literacy rate of 73.86, higher than the national average of...
and Harijan
Harijan
Harijan was a term used by Gandhi for Dalits. Gandhi said it was wrong to call people 'untouchable', and called them Harijans, which means children of God...
-Savarna
Savarna
Savarna are considered part of the Hindu Varna system. Communities which belong to one of the four varnas i. e. Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Sudra are called "Savarna". In the present-day context, they include all the forward castes and Other backward communities...
caste
Caste
Caste is an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation and political power. It should not be confused with race or social class, e.g. members of different castes in one society may belong to the same race, as in India...
dynamics at Brahmabarada in Jajpur district of Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
.He taught Sociology for a while at Fakir Mohan College, Balasore, before joining the Reserve Bank of India
Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India is the central banking institution of India and controls the monetary policy of the rupee as well as US$300.21 billion of currency reserves. The institution was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of...
as an officer in 1999.
Presently Dr Pradhan is a Member of Faculty in the ZTC or Zonal Training Centre
Zonal Training Centre
Zonal Training Centre, or ZTC as it is commonly known, is the training centre of Reserve Bank of India for its officers and staff. RBI has four such training centres, the biggest and most prominent of them being at CBD Belapur. The other three are at New Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai...
of RBI
Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India is the central banking institution of India and controls the monetary policy of the rupee as well as US$300.21 billion of currency reserves. The institution was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of...
at CBD Belapur
CBD Belapur
CBD Belapur is the third most developed node of Navi Mumbai after Vashi and Nerul. CBD Belapur has a fairly vibrant Central Business District that is moving some of the economy out of congested central Mumbai into the hinterland. Belapur is also one of the largest assembly constituencies from this...
, Navi Mumbai where he teaches Banking, Finance, Communication, HR Management and Sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
, besides Yoga
Yoga
Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...
, Alternative Therapy and Stress Management. Dr Tapan, or TKP as he is fondly known, hails from Laxmisagar
Laxmisagar
Laxmisagar or Laxmi Sagar is a famous place in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa. Etymologically the name is derived from the words "Laxmi", meaning the Hindu Goddess of Wealth, and "Sagar", which in Sanskrit means the sea or ocean...
in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...
. Dr Pradhan was the sessions coordinator at the Fifth National Hindi Seminar on Agriculture and Banking organised by Canara Bank
Canara Bank
Canara Bank is a state-owned financial services company in India. It was established in 1906, making it one of the oldest banks in the country. As on 2009 November, the bank had a network of 3057 branches, spread across India...
at Hyderabad during June 2008.
See also
- Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan's Website
- Indian LiteratureIndian Literature (journal)Indian Literature is an English-language literary journal published bi-monthly by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. the editor was A. J. Thomas, and Gopi Chand Narang, Sunil Gangopadhyaya and Agrahara Krishna Murthy, inspired by K...
- Sahitya Akademi AwardSahitya Akademi AwardSahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
- Indian PoetryIndian poetryIndian poetry, and Indian literature in general, has a long history dating back to Vedic times. They were written in various Indian languages such as Vedic Sanskrit, Classical Sanskrit, Oriya, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali and Urdu. Poetry in foreign languages such as Persian and English also have a...
- [Articles in Citizen For Peace http://citizensforpeace.in/blog/2008/01/10/secular-rethink-essay-contest-results/]
- Articles in Citizens For Peace