Debi Prasanna Pattanayak

Debi Prasanna Pattanayak (born 14 March 1931) is an Indian professor, linguist, social scientist and author. 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. for his contribution to formalize, and adding Bodo language in the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India. He also had a major role to play for Odia language to acquire the status of a "classical language".

Selected works Multilingualism in India Intensive Hindi course: drills Language and Social Issues: Princess Leelavathi Memorial Lectures Papers in Indian Sociolinguistics An Introduction to Tamil Script, Reading & Writing Multilingualism and mother-tongue education Language Policy and Programmes Advanced Tamil Reader, Part 1 An Outline of Kumauni Grammar Language and Cultural Diversity: The Writings of Debi Prasanna Pattanayak, Volume 2 Language, Education, and Culture A Controlled Historical Reconstruction of Oriya, Assamese, Bengali, and Hindi Conversational Oriya Orissa, Oriya and the Multilingual Context Multilingualism and Multiculturalism: Britain and India An Introduction Ti Tamil Script, Reading & Writing An Introduction to Tamil Script, Reading & Writing Rabīndra smaraṇīkā Kabilipi

Honors Kalinga Sahitya Samman 2014 Tigiria Samman 2011 Padma Shri, 1987