EMINENT POET IAS OFFICER OF ODISHA JAGANNATH PRASAD DAS PASSED AWAY

* NOTED POET, AUTHOR, RETIRED IAS OFFICER SHRI JAGANATH PRASAD DAS PASSED AWAY ON 4TH JUNE 2026 

* A NOVELIST, PLAYWRIGHT,POET, IAS OFFICER 

* BORN IN 1936 ( PURI, ODISHA) 

* HE GRADUATED FROM REVENSHAW UNIVERSITY, CUTTACK.

* HE JOINED THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN 1958.

* HIS FIRST POETRY COLLECTION  

PRATHAM PURUSH (1971) 

* SABA SESHA LOKA ( THE LAST MAN)

* NOVEL LIKE 

* DESA 

* KALA 

* PATRA 

AWARDS - 

* 1991 - SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD ( FOR AHINIK ( 

* 1963- SERVED IAS OFFICER IN KALAHANDI DISTRICT