Tapan Kumar Pradhan

Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan (ଡ. ତପନ କୁମାର ପ୍ରଧାନ ) (born 1972) is an Indian poet from Laxmisagar in Bhubaneswar. He is best known for his poem collection "Kalahandi" which was awarded second place in Sahitya Akademi's Golden Jubilee Indian Literature Translation Prize for Poetry in 2007.[1][2] His other works include "Equation", "I, She and the Sea", "Wind in the Afternoon" and "Dance of Shiva".

Tapan Kumar Pradhan
Born(1972-10-22)22 October 1972
Bhubaneshwar
OccupationPoet, activist, banker
LanguageOdia, English, Hindi
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
EducationDoctorate in Sociology
Alma materUtkal University, BJB College
Notable worksKalahandi
Notable awardsSahitya Academy
SpouseSuvashree H
Children2

Award-winning works

In 2007, Pradhan received the Indian Express[3] Citizen for Peace[4] prize from Shyam Benegal for his essays on communal harmony.[5] He has also won First Prize in All-India Inter-bank Hindi Essay Competition for 2007–08,[6] a prize he also won in 2006–07[7] 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. He was the First Prize winner in RBI Brand Building Competition, 2007 for his bold satirical essay "Dreaming the RBI Brand", which created shock waves in the Reserve Bank fraternity. During his student days he had won many literary prizes including Upasika Kamaladevi Award for essays on Buddhism, Shatadru prize for short story and Ankur prize for poetry etc. He was Utkal University literary champion during 1993–94. Pradhan's poem "The Buddha Smiled" won commendation first prize in All India Poetry Competition 2013[8] conducted by Poetry Society (India).

Pradhan receiving the Inter-Bank Essay First Prize from RBI Governor

Pradhan's poems, essays and short stories have been published in the journals Indian Literature, Journal of Poetry Society, The Statesman, Times of India and The Samaja.

Human rights and crusade against corruption

In 2009, Pradhan petitioned the Central Information Commission of India to increase transparency in the Performance Appraisal System in RBI.[9] Pradhan was first person in RBI and public sector employee to obtain his PAR report through RTI Act. As against CIC's view that PAR was "confidential personal information", Pradhan contended that PAR is the appraisal committee's impersonal evaluation of the public service rendered by public servants in their impersonal capacity in a public organisation; and hence there was nothing "personal" about PAR.[10] Following his petition, RBI began disclosing PAR reports to all employees[11] before moving over to a more objective method of appraisal called Performance Management System. In the words of Smt Usha Thorat, the ex-Deputy Governor of RBI, Pradhan makes "ingenious use of the RTI Act" to redress individual grievances.[12]

Professional career

Under UGC Fellowship, Pradhan was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 2001 for his dissertation on Structural and Economic Dimensions of Communal Conflict.[13] He has researched the Kandh-Pana conflict in Kandhamal district, Hindu-Muslim relations in Bhadrak and Harijan-Savarna caste dynamics at Brahmabarada in Jajpur district of Odisha. He taught Sociology at Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, before joining Reserve Bank of India in 1999 as a Grade-B officer. In 2014, Pradhan left RBI to join Government of Odisha as Director and Additional Secretary in Finance Department. He established transparent score-based ranking of banks on Financial Inclusion parameters for awarding of Government business.[14]

Personal life

In 2001 Pradhan married Suvashree, a trained Odishi dancer. The couple have a son.[15]

Bibliography
  • Kalahandi - The Untold story (2020)
  • I, She and the Sea (2019)
  • Wind in the Afternoon (2017)
  • Kandhamal Riots - Origin & the Aftermath (2015)
  • Kalahandi (2007)
  • Structural & Economic Dimensions of Communal Conflict in India (2002)

See also

Notes
  1. Staff (November–December 2007). "Indian Literature Golden Jubilee Literary Translation Prize Winners". Indian Literature (Golden Jubilee Issue ed.). Sahitya Akademi. 51 (6): 39–65. JSTOR 23347623.
  2. "Sahitya Akademi Indian Literature Translation Award".
  3. "Indian Express Citizen for Peace Short List".
  4. "Citizens for Peace Essays on Secularism".
  5. "Living with Differences : Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan on Communal Harmony in Bhadrak".
  6. "RBI Rajbhasha Shield Awards 2007–08" (PDF).
  7. "Inter Bank Hindi Essay Competition".
  8. "Award Winners – All India Poetry Competition 2013".
  9. "Central Information Commission Award dated August 9, 2010".
  10. Appeal No. 34/ 2009-10/RIA 2831/ 2008–09 against Reserve Bank of India
  11. "CIC Decision on Performance Appraisal Disclosure" (PDF).
  12. Appeal No 77/ 2009-10/ RIA 3284/ 08-09 of Reserve Bank of India (Order dated 13 September 2009)
  13. "Dimensions of Integration and Conflict in a Cross-cultural Cross-communal Setting : A Comparative Analysis", Utkal University, 2001.
  14. "Odisha Selects 15 Banks for Govt Business (Business Standard, 31 May 2016".
  15. "Poet Profile - Tapan kumar Pradhan". Veethi.com. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
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