New Delhi, April 28 -- Professor Anil Kumar Boro, a Bodo poet and folklorist who is currently serving as the Head of the Department of Folklore Research at Gauhati University, has been conferred with Padma Shri at a ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The country's fourth-highest civilian award has been presented to him by President Droupadi Murmu.

Anil Kumar Boro has contributed to bringing Bodo literature's folk tales to the global platform. He has authored and released more than 30 books so far, spanning multiple literary genres, including poetry, literary criticism, novels, children's literature, travelogues, and folklore studies.

His landmark books, such as Folk Literature of the Bodos: An Introduction, A History of Bodo Literature, T...