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Pabitra Sarkar

Pabitra Sarkar (born 28 March 1937) is an Indian Bengali linguist, writer, Literary critic, and academician. He is also a children's writer, Rabindra Sangeet singer and dramatist. He received the Vidyasagar Award given by the Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi in 2000 for writing proses, and the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration. In 2019, he was honored with the title of the Order of the Rising Sun, Japan's third highest civilian honor.

Sarkar was the Vice-chancellor of Rabindra Bharati University from 1990 to 1997. He was also the president of Bangiya Sahitya Parishat, Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, American Institute of Indian Studies and numerous other literary and cultural institutions throughout his career. Although retired from job, professor Sarkar still teaches at University of Calcutta and few other colleges, and is now vice-president of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, and the newly formed Society for Natural Language Technology and Research, West Bengal. Provided by Wikipedia