Shyamal Bhattacharya, born in Agartala (1964), holds a Masters degrees in Hindi and Public Administration and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism. Received honorary Doctorate (Vidyabachaspati) from Vikramshila Hindi Vidyapeeth, Ujjawain, Madhya Paradesh. Besides Bengali he knows Hindi, English, Punjabi, Dogri and Rajasthani. He started his career with the Indian Air Force as Aircraft Controller (1981- 2001) and later served the ICFAI University as Academic Monitoring Coordinator (2004 – 2010) and Adamas Institute of Management for a brief period. Thereafter he shouldered the responsibility of Assistant Editor in Sakalbela, a Bengali daily till April 2013. Presently he is working with the Press Information bureau, Akashvani and Doordarshan as Translator. He is an eminent author of Bengali Literature and a linguist of repute. Published a total 56 books so far. His early translations include the poetry of Jugal Parihar from Rajasthani into Bengali, short stories of Amrita Pritam, Kartar Singh Duggal, Ajeet Caur, Omprakash Gaso, RamsarupAnakhi and 42 others from Punjabi into Bengali and short stories of Ved Rahi from Dogri into Bengali. Some of his important indigenous works include novels like Bukhari and Lodravar Kachakachi; short story collections like Chilte Daag, Fulmotir Basantkal, Jamichalang, Aakashe Orar Galpo, Bharong Pakhir Naach etc. Recipient of honours by Jahangirnagar University, Ganobiswabidyalaya and Dhaka University of Bangladesh(2016) Punjabi Lekhak Akademi, Jallandhar, (2000); Punjabi Sahitya Sabha, Sangrur, (2000); Triveni Sahitya Akademi, Jallandar (2000); Viswakarma Literary Society, (2000); Tripura Prabha Honour (2007), Sutapa Roy Chowdhuri Award by Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, Govt. of West Bengal (2010), Amrita Pritam Samman (2015), Siromani Sahityakar Samman, Udaipur, Rajasthan ( 2016), Tathagata Srijan Samman, Siddharthanagar, U.P. ( 2016), Mahatma Fule Talent Search Academy, Nagpur( 2016),Sahitya Akademi,Govt. of Madhya Pradesh ( 2018), Juga Sangnik Sera Galpokar (2018), Manohar Kothari Smriti Samman,by Sahitya Mondal, Shreenathdwara, Rajasthan ( 2019) Sonali Ghoshal Saraswata Samman(2024)Kolkata, DR. Bishnupada Shandilya Smriti Samman(2024)Kolkata, and the Sahitya Akademi Translation Award (2010). He represented the country at Beijing International Book fair in 2010 and attended Brahmaputra Literary Festival(2018), Kokrajhar Literary Festival(2025) and Siliguri Literary Fastival (202
