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Bollywood adapts Dr. Arnab Jan Deka’s Assamese Novel as Hindi TV serial
It is quite rare an event for Assamese literature to witness India government owned Doordarshan National (DD1) TV channel telecasting award winning Assamese storywriter-novelist-filmmaker Dr.…
Dr. Arnab Jan Deka
Dr. Arnab Jan Deka is an award-winning Indian author, river engineer, filmmaker and mass communication scholar based in Guwahati, Assam. He is recognized as a polymath whose diverse professional contributions span fields as contrasting as creative literature and eco-technology management. Authored over 150 books in English, Assamese, Bengali and Hindi till 2026.
His Half A Century as a Published Writer was celebrated at iconic Aligarh Muslim University LitFest2025.
Dr. Arnab Jan Deka is an award-winning Indian author, river engineer, filmmaker, mass communication scholar, and actor based in Guwahati, Assam. He is recognized as a polymath whose diverse professional contributions span fields as contrasting as creative literature and eco-technology management.
Literary Accomplishments
- Authored over 150 books in English, Assamese, Bengali and Hindi till 2026.
- His Half A Century as a Published Writer was celebrated at iconic Aligarh Muslim University LitFest2025 with official launching of two books in his honour at the inaugural ceremony by the hands of legendary Indian top historian and author Professor Emeritus Dr Irfan Habib and Somerset Maugham awardee Booker nominated popular British novelist Dr Simon Andrew North on 23 February 2025.
- Honored as the youngest Indian writer included in the Who’s Who of Indian Writers (1999 End Century Edition) by the Sahitya Akademi, the apex literary body of India Government.
- His short stories are incorporated in the MA(English) degree course syllabus of several South Indian Universities including MS University, Tirunelvelli, Tamilnadu.
- Awarded the Katha-Goriyoshi Literary Award (2003) for his short fiction Himalayan Mystic Meeting at Katha International Short Story Festival in New Delhi.
- Won the Assam Government Publication Board Award (2006) for his biographical novel Bhaba Ananda Sangbad, which chronicles the life of his father, the pioneer Assam economist, heritage scholar and legendary academic of the state of Assam Principal Bhabananda Deka.
- Authored Childhood Dreams, a novel against child slavery that was adapted into the popular TV series Soisobote Dhemalite.
Scientific & Engineering Career
- Known globally as River Engineer for critical research focusing heavily on environmental impact of Chinese Dams being built over Yarlung Tsangpo or Brahmaputra river in Tibet.
- Authored the landmark book Brahmaputra and Beyond: Linking Assam to the World to bridge local intellectual, cultural, artistic, historical, literary and ecological knowledge with international scientific standards.
Cinema & Media Work
- Directed and wrote screenplays of several documentary films and TV series screened nationally at pan-India and internationally, including in the USA, Europe and Canada.
- His novels and short stories are adapted at Bollywood for Hindi film and television productions, that includes ‘Naya Kurukshetra’ based on his epic novel ‘Natun Kurukhetra’ which had its Weekend Primetime Premier at India Government owned national television channel ‘Doordarshan National’ (DD1).
- His directorial debut trilingual feature film ‘A Sweetheart in Mexico’ is under production with starcasts originating from countries Great Britain, Italy, India and Mexico.
- Acted in prominent television and film projects, such as playing a lead psychiatrist role in the English TV drama Character of an Artist (2008), and other productions like Kolijar Aamothu and Xoixobote Dhemalite.
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Aligarh Muslim University LitFest Celebrates Dr Arnab Jan Deka’s 50 years’ writer’s journey
Aligarh(U.P.): Popular Assamese short story writer, novelist, columnist and scholar Dr Arnab Jan Deka’s completion of half a century as a published creative writer has…
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চুইডেনৰ চিত্ৰশিল্পীৰ চিত্ৰ-প্ৰদৰ্শনী, আন্তৰ্জাতিক সহযোগিতাৰে নিৰ্মিত তথ্যচিত্ৰৰে অসমীয়া গল্পকাৰৰ সাহিত্যযাত্ৰাৰ অদ্ধৰ্শতাব্দী উদযাপন
ওঠৰ ছেপ্তেম্বৰ দুহেজাৰ পঁচিশৰ পৰা চুইডেনত অনুষ্ঠিত হোৱা প্ৰখ্যাত চুইডিছ চিত্ৰশিল্পী হেইকো বাস্তেনৰ তৈলচিত্ৰৰ প্ৰদৰ্শনীত তেওঁৰ বাছকবনীয়া কিছু চিত্ৰকলাৰ লগতে অতি শেহতীয়াকৈ তেওঁ অসমীয়া জনপ্ৰিয়…
Dr. Arnab Jan Deka launched his newest novel ‘BHUPENDA : XAHAJATRA * AASTHA * BIRAMBANA’ in company of the publisher Dr. Amrit Kumar Upadhyay of Purbayon Publication on 8th of September 2026 coinciding with the birth centenary of legendary Assamese singer-musician-songwriter and great humanist Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika. The book is available at the office-cum-bookselling counter of the publisher at Panbazar, Guwahati-781001, as well as in Amazon and the publisher’s website.
The Vice President of India officially launched a book on Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika co-edited by the Vice-Chancellor and Head of Communication & Journalism Department of Gauhati University and published by the Gauhati University Press on 7th of September 2026 commemorating Birth Centenary of the legendary musician, which contains the Chapter-29 completely devoted to Dr. Arnab Jan Deka’s nostalgic write-up reminiscing about his quarter of a century long co-journey with the legend in his formative years in last part of the 20th Century.
Dr. Arnab Jan Deka 