Bhubaneswar, Nov. 11 -- Acclaimed Odia poet and writer Suryasnata Tripathy will be honoured with the SOA Yuva Sahitya Puraskar 2025 during the valedictory session of the 3rd SOA Literary Festival to be held at Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, on November 30.

Tripathy has been unanimously nominated by the Jury Board for his short story collection 'Thia Puchi Naranga', published by Barsha Publication in 2024.

The collection features twelve finely crafted stories that reflect his keen insight into human emotion and contemporary experience. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at IIT Ropar.

Born in 1991, Suryasnata Tripathy is the author of seven poetry antholo...