Dainik Prantojyoti’s Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha in JAFA’s list of Achiever’s Awardee – Rural

Journalist Association for Assam (JAFA) announced its list of winners of Achiever’s Award 2022 – Rural Journalism. A list of 20 journalists from different parts of Assam has been disclosed. President of the Association, Abhideep Choudhury, Working President Pankaj Deka, Secretary Kushal Saikia among others held a joint press conference and announced the list.

What comes as a matter of pride for the people of Barak Valley, Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha of Dainik Prantojyoti has made it into the list. A seasoned journalist from Silchar, Purkayastha is among the 20 journalists to get the award. Apart from Prantojyoti, he also contributes to Hindustan Times Newspaper and in the past was associated with Indian Express too. Among the digital publications, he has done notable contribution to Firstpost. Purkayastha was also associated with Barak Bulletin and played a pivotal role in making the publication one of the most read ones in Northeast.

Speaking with Barak Bulletin, Purkayastha said, “Running behind stories in rural part of Barak Valley is my favourite part of being a journalist. There are unreported stories across this Valley, and I believe, I’ll keep searching for that for many years to come. This recognition is a token of love to the journalists working from grassroots in rural part of Barak Valley and I thank JAFA for recognising this.”

He added, “I am thankful to the entire team of Dainik Prantajyoti for allowing me to write important stories representing common people. My special thanks to Niloy Paul and Ratnadip Deb.”

It is worth mentioning here that JAFA had conferred Niloy Paul of Prantojyoti with the young editor award in 2021.