Debi Prasanna Pattanayak
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AlmamaterCornell University, New York, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack
OccupationsProfessor, linguist, social scientist and author
Organization(s)Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore
Debi Prasanna Pattanayak | |
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| Born | 14 March 1931 |
| Alma mater | Cornell University, New York, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack |
| Occupations | Professor, linguist, social scientist and author |
| Organization(s) | Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore |
| Notable work | Adding Bodo language to the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India, classical language status for Odia |
| Parent(s) | Madhusudan Pattanayak, Minamali Debi |
| Relatives | Akshaya Mohanty (brother-in-law) |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
Debi Prasanna Pattanayak (born 14 March 1931) is an Indian professor, linguist, social scientist and author.[1] He was the founder-director of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore and former chairman of Institute of Odia Studies and Research, Bhubaneswar. Pattanayak was awarded Padma Shri in 1987.[2] for his contribution to formalize, and adding Bodo language in the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India. He also take a major role led Odia language to acquire the status of a "classical language".[3]
- Multilingualism in India[4]
- Intensive Hindi course: drills[5]
- Language and Social Issues: Princess Leelavathi Memorial Lectures[6]
- Papers in Indian Sociolinguistics[7]
- An Introduction to Tamil Script, Reading & Writing[8]
- Multilingualism and mother-tongue education[9]
- Language Policy and Programmes[10]
- Advanced Tamil Reader, Part 1[11]
- An Outline of Kumauni Grammar[12]
- Language and Cultural Diversity: The Writings of Debi Prasanna Pattanayak, Volume 2[13]
- Language, Education, and Culture[14]
- A Controlled Historical Reconstruction of Oriya, Assamese, Bengali, and Hindi[15]
- Conversational Oriya[16]
- Orissa, Oriya and the Multilingual Context[17]
- Multilingualism and Multiculturalism: Britain and India[18]
- An Introduction Ti Tamil Script, Reading & Writing[19]
- An Introduction to Tamil Script, Reading & Writing[20]
- Rabīndra smaraṇīkā[21]
- Kabilipi[22]
