Ranjan Kumar Bezbaruah is an Indian singer, lyricist, translator and academic engaged in promoting Modern Sanskrit Lyrical Literature. He is a vocal artiste of ‘Sanskrit songs’ contributing to All India Radio, Delhi Doordarshan & other regional & national platforms. He was honoured with 'Rashtriya Sanskrit Geetikavi' in 2020.
Personal life Ranjan Bezbaruah was born on 1 August 1971 in Chakalaghat, Hatichong, Nagaon district of Assam. His father Rohit Chandra Bezbaruah was an educationist, and writer. They have two children, a son Jishnu and a daughter Mayukhi.
Cultural and academic activity Sanskrit made versions of a number of patriotic Indian songs of the maestros like Rabindranath Tagore & Md. Iqbal, Kazi Nazrul, Kavi Pradeep .
He has been translating popular and patriotic songs from Assamese, Bengali and Hindi into Sanskrit and singing them since 1999.
Presented the Sanskrit rendition of the patriotic song- Md. Iqbal's 'Sare Jahan se Accha' which was produced and published by the national media, DDNews, Delhi for the first time, on the grand occasion of India's 70th independence day, on 14 August 2016. It was translated and sung by Ranjan Bezbaruah along with other vocalists.
He started 'Prachyaa', the first Sanskrit band from North East India and second in India in 2017.
Awards Award Place Year Notes Xudhakantha Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Memorial Integration Award Jorhat, Assam 2014 Sanskrita Gayaka Tripura University 2019 Rashtriya Sanskrit Geetikavi Lokbhasha Prachar Samitih, Bhubaneswar 2020 Sadhana Award Asam Sahitya Sabha, Nagaon Chapter 2023
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