Jyoti Prakash Dutta is a Bangladeshi short-story writer. He was awarded

Ekushey Padak Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contribut ...

in 2016 by the

Government of Bangladesh The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Con ...

Career

Dutta has been serving as a Professor of the Department of Economics and the dean of Social Sciences Faculty at the

University of Chittagong The University of Chittagong ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, caṭṭagram bishwabidyalay) is a public research university with multidisciplinary faculties situated across a 1754-acres hilly landmas ...

Personal life

Dutta is married to scientist Purabi Basu.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dutta, Jyoti Prakash Living people Bangladeshi male writers Bangladeshi short story writers Bangladeshi Hindus Recipients of the Ekushey Padak Academic staff of the University of Chittagong Year of birth missing (living people) Government Azizul Haque College alumni People from Kushtia District