Namita Laxmi JagaddebDr. Namita Laxmi Jagaddeb is an accomplished academic, a bilingual poet and translator, a scholarly essayist and a committed social activist. She has her Master's Degree, M. Phil and Ph. D in English from Berhampur University and PGCTE from CIEFL, no EFLU, Hyderabad. As a lecturer in English, she has been teaching at Mahima Degree College, Bijapali, Jharsuguda, Odisha. An author of exquisite poems on a variety of themes including womanhood, peace, nature, love and divinity, her poems are widely published in reputed journals and anthologies. She has three books of translation: a collection of poetry from Odia to English; a non-fiction from English to Odia and a fiction from Tamil to Odia. My Love, My Seasons, an English translation of Tapan Pattnaik's Odia collection of poems Rutura Basnare has been published by Black Eagle Books, Dublin, OH, USA in 2019 and included at Columbus Metropolitan Library (US). Ame Sabu Naribadi Heba, an Odia rendering of African feminist writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi's We Should All Be Feminists and Vaadivaasal Maidan, an Odia translation of Tami novelist C. S. Chellappa have been published by Anubad Sahitya Parishad, Bhubaneswar in 2022 and 2023 respectively. Further, Dr. Jagaddeb has edited three volumes of English poetry. The Intimate Whispers has been published by ESN Publications, Tamil Nadu in 2021 as part of World Book of Records, London. Post-Modern Voices, Vol-7 has been published by Earth vision Publication, Gurugaon (Haryana) in 2022. Rock Pebbles Anthology of Poems-2023 has been published by Rock Pebbles Publications (Odisha). She has presented highly valuable research papers in 25 national and international seminars and conferences in India and abroad. Her research articles have been published in several reputed peer-reviewed journals and anthologies.In recognition of her multifarious attainments, Dr. Jagaddeb has been honoured with many a precious national and international award including "Temirqazyq- the Best poet of the World, 2018", "World Laureate in Literature, 2019", "World Poetic Star, 2019" by WNWU, Kazakhstan; "Dr. Hannan Awwad Peace Award, 2019" by The Palestine Centre of International Pen; "Naji Namman Literary Prize, 2020"; "Byotkesh Tripathy Best Paper Award (Runners Up)" in ICPN 2019 by Berhampur University; "Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi Gold Medal, 2018" and "Bharat Ratna Dr. Radhakrishnan Gold Medal, 2019" by GEPRA, Tamil Nadu; "India 100 Women Icon Award, 2021" by FOXCLUES and "Best Woman Academician, 2021" by ESN Publications, Tamil Nadu. Read More Read Less
