Sri Jagannath Medical College & Hospital, Puri

“Kendra Yuva Sahitya Academy Award” to Dr Dillip Kumar Behera ( SR, Dermatology, SJMCH, Puri)Dr. Dillip Kumar Behera, Senior Resident in the Dept. of Dermatology in Our college is also an Odia short story writer, playwright, and poet who was born on 5 June 1988 in Badampur, Mayurbhan Odisha. He holds MBBS, MD, and also a Master’s Degree in English. He began writing during his school days and published Level Crossing (Poetry) and Panthsala, Ashtray, Lanthan (A collection of short stories), and Saba Satkara & other dramas (A collection of plays). He is the recipient of Katha Nabaprativa Puraskar, Kisori Charan Galpa Puraskar, Justice Harihar Mohapatra Natya Puraskar & Fakir Mohan Galpa Puraskar.