Eminent Odia novelist Paramita Satpathy will be conferred with the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2016 for her novel Prapti.
Satpathy has already received several awards for her valuable contribution in the field of literature.
She has been felicitated with Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award, Bharatiya Bhasa Parishad Yuva Puraskar, Gangadhar Rath Foundation Award and Bhubaneswar Book Fair Award.
Her several novels have been translated into Hindi, English, Bengali, Telugu and Marathi languages.
Paramita joined the Indian Revenue Services in 1989 and is currently posted as a Commissioner of Income Tax.