Kamalakanta Jena

Kamalakanta Jena

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Kamalakanta Jena Profile

  • Name:
  • Kamalakanta Jena
  • Born:
  • April 25, 1971

Kamalakanta Jena Biography

Kamalakanta Jena is a noted Oriya writer most known for writing academic books and popular science books. He received Orissa Bigya Academy Award for the year 2011 for his story book Gapare Gapare Bigyan on popular science. He has been honoured by several organizations including Bigyan Prachar Samiti, Orissa and awarded 'Prakruti Bandhu Puraskar' by Government of Orissa.

 

Jena was born on 25 April 1971 in Januganj of Balasore district in the state of Odisha. He passed from Januganj M. E. School in 1983 with ‘O’ grade and stood fourth in Balasore Circle. He completed his matriculation from Remuna High School, Remuna in 1986. He graduated in physics from F. M. College, Balasore. He completed post-graduation in physics from Utkal University campus, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar. Then he joined as Junior Research Fellow in Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar. He was a brilliant student with good academic marks and has also qualified to IIT - GATE and CSIR – NET.

 

Then he joined Orissa Education Service of the Department of Higher Education of Orissa at the age of 28. He started his teaching career from the Department of Physics, Government College, Sundargarh, Orissa in 1999. Currently he is a professor of Department of Physics, Government Women’s Junior College, Sundargarh. Jena is a distinguished academician in the field of Physics and known for his academic books and science articles.

 

He started reporting in 1986 at the age of 15 years for the cine magazine, ‘The Chalachitra Jagat’. His first article was published in Oriya daily ‘The Sambad’ in 1991. The Sambad, The Samaja, The Samaya, The Dharitri, The Pragativadi, Meena Bazar, The Prajatantra, Nandan Kanan, Shisulekha, Sishu Prativa, Pourusha, Bigyanaloka, Sansar, and Yojana are those journals and magazines in which Jena has published articles and columns. He publishes satire articles too and he is fondly known by the name,  Adhapoka in the field of humours.

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Updated: January 21, 2014

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