User talk:Tarun2019

Tarun Kanti Rout (b.1964) was born in Balasore, Odisha. He took a first in Post Graduation in English from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack and subsequently completed M.Phil. in Commonwealth Literature in Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. He also passed P.G. Diploma in Journalism from IIMC, New Delhi in 1988. In 2009 he was awarded Legum Baccalaureus by Utkal University.Before joining All India Radio, Rout taught English in a Degree College in Odisha from 1989 to 1991.He received a fellowship under Colombo Plan of Govt. of India and studied radio production in great depth at RNTC, Hilversum, the Netherlands in 2000. His radio plays have won critical acclaim in India and he has been nominated for PRIX ITALIA twice. Rout attended the 14th Iranian Radio Festival at Teheran in 2019 and was awarded for his Public Service Announcement. Presently he is working as Assistant Director at All India Radio Cuttack.