Suryasnata Tripathy, is a 26 year old, pursuing PHD in Electrical engineering from IIT, Hyderabad. His Odia poems- Hazaare Jahna ra Raati (2014,) ,E Samparka Emiti (2015)& Gangashiuli Ra Gapa (2017) have received critical acclaim in the literary circles. His anthology of poems, E Samparka Emiti was awarded Sahithya Akademi Yuva Puraskar(2017). Apart from books he has also written a play in Hindi titled- Bottle Arz Hain , staged by KASH theatre in Bangalore & Hyderababd.
