Awards2025 Taburam Taid Memorial Literary Awards
The inaugural Taburam Taid Memorial Literary Awards ceremony was successfully conducted on 1 August 2025 at Gogamukh, Dhemaji district, Assam. Organized by the Taburam Taid Memorial Trust, this landmark event celebrated the profound literary, linguistic, and cultural legacy of Late Prof. Tabu Ram Taid by honoring three towering figures who have made exceptional contributions to Assamese and Mising literature.
The ceremony brought together prominent authors, traditional scholars, leaders of the Mising community, and educational visionaries from across North East India, serving as a vital forum for linguistic preservation.
🏆 Award Categories & Distinguished Recipients
The Trust established three prestigious categories of awards to recognize literary merit, academic scholarship, and lifetime contributions.
1. Taburam Taid Memorial Literary Award (Assamese)
- Recipient: Padmashri Yese Dorjee Thongchi
- Significance: Conferred for outstanding contributions to Assamese literature. An eminent novelist and former bureaucrat, Thongchi has built bridges between different communities of Northeast India through his writings in Assamese, capturing the socio-cultural fabric of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
2. Taburam Taid Memorial Mising Literary Award
- Recipient: Dr. Bidyeswar Doley
- Significance: Conferred for exemplary work in the study, enrichment, and lexicography of the Mising language, promoting standardized orthography in alignment with the goals set forth by Prof. Tabu Ram Taid.
3. Taburam Taid Memorial Lifetime Achievement Literary Award
- Recipient: Late Pankaj Kumar Dutta (Conferred Posthumously)
- Significance: Honoring a lifetime of dedicated service, scholarship, and writings that preserved regional histories and supported the core mission of institutional language teaching.
📖 Souvenir Collection Launch
An integral part of the event was the official release of the Taburam Taid Memorial Souvenir Collection. This publication features essays, personal letters, research papers, and memoirs documenting the life, administrative career, and linguistic discoveries of Prof. Taid.
The souvenir serves as a valuable resource for research students studying the Tibeto-Burman language family and the evolution of Mising literature.
📅 Programme Schedule
| Time | Session | Key Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30 AM | Flag Hoisting & Tribute | Memorial Trust Executives & Public |
| 10:30 AM | Inaugural Session | Welcome Address & lighting of ceremonial lamp |
| 11:30 AM | Award Ceremony | Presentation of Citations, Shawls, and Plaques |
| 01:30 PM | Souvenir Launch | Official release of the Memorial Souvenir |
| 02:30 PM | Guest Lectures | Speeches by Yese Dorjee Thongchi & Guests of Honour |
| 03:45 PM | Cultural Showcase | Traditional Mising folk dances and musical recitals |
📂 Institutional Archives & Downloads
The following documentation assets have been scanned, cataloged, and made available for public research and institutional archiving. You can view these directly in the photo gallery lightbox below:
- Award Certificates: Authentic certificates in Assamese and Mising language formats.
- Welcome Letter: Official statement from the Trust Executive Committee.
- Invitation Letters: Invitation cards distributed to community leaders and scholars.
- Programme Schedule: Full day-wise time outline.
- Congratulations Letters: Official messages of congratulations from regional literary bodies.
- Mising Correspondence Letter: Historical records detailing standard orthography and trust meeting announcements.