The awards for 1997 and 1998 were given away by noted poet Jayanta Mahapatra at an august meeting held at the Tirthanath Sarma Sabhagriha in Guwahati in 1999. Shri Jatin Goswami from Jorhat spoke about his assciation with Munin Barkotoki at the meeting presided over by Shri Nalinidhar Bhattacharyya. The book 'A Munin Barkotoki Miscellany' edited by Professor Ranjit Kumar Deva Goswami was also released at the meeting.

The awards for 1999 and 2000 were given away at a meeting held on 24th Feb 2001 at the Bishnu Nirmala Trust Auditorium. Noted filmmaker Dr. Bhaben Saikia was the Chief Guest at the meeting presided over by Sri Satya Prasad Barua. Sri Radhika Mohan Bhagabati spoke about his association with Munin Barkotoki.

Noted writer and Jnanpith Awardee Nirmal Verma gave away the prizes for the years 2001 and 2002 at a solemn meeting, presided over by Sri Chandra Prasad Saikia, held at Rabindra Bhawan, Guwahati on the 1st March 2003, which also marked the tenth death anniversary of Munin Barkotoki. Poet Nirmal Verma spoke on the topic 'The relevance of art in our lives today'. At the same meeting Shri Nalinidhar Bhattacharyya was also felicitated.

The awards for the years 2005 and 2006 were given away at a meeting held on 17th March 2007 at the Lakhiram Barooah Sadan. It was presided over by Dr. Birendranath Dutta. Sri Radhika Mohan Bhagawati was the appointed speaker.

The awards for 2011 and 2012 were given away at a meeting held on 3rd March 2013 at the Vivekananda Kendra, Guwahati. Noted literatteur Dr. Nagen Saikia presided over the meeting while Professor Dilip Kumar Barua, formerly from Burdwan University, West Bengal, was the Chief Guest.

The awards for 2013 and 2014 were given away at a well-attended meeting held on 28th Feb 2015 at the Vivekananda Kendra, Guwahati. Distinguished Assamese poet Shri Nilmoni Phukan gave away the awards at a meeting presided over by distinguished folklorist and singer Prof. Birendranath Dutta. Since this was the twentieth anniversary of the Munin Barkotoki Awards, a book exhibition of books written by all past awardees as well as Munin Barkotoki was organised at the venue and a book about the awardees was released by noted poet Shri Hirendranath Dutta.

Noted social scientist and public intellectual Professor Shiv Vishvanathan (O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat) delivered the Munin Barkotoki Memorial Lecture on the subject: " The responsibility of writing between story-telling and truth-telling " at a well-attended ceremony on the 11th March 2017 at the Vivekananda Kendra. The awards for 2015 and 2016 were also given away at the same meeting by distinguished journalist Padmashree D.N. Bezbaruah.

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The Munin Barkotoki Literary awards for the years 2017 and 2018 were given away at a well-attended event held at the Vivekananda Kendra on the 9th March 2019 by distinguished writer Nirupama Borgohain and noted academic Upen Sarma. While Ms. Borgohain spoke about her association with Renuka Devi Barkataki (who passed away in 2017), Sri Sarma spoke about the 'man of letters' Munin Barkotoki. To read his speech click here.

The award ceremony was followed by a very interesting panel discussion titled 'Kobitat Golpo, Golpot Kobita' moderated by Dr. Moushumi Kandali. The panelists were Arindam Borkataki, Sanjib Pol Deka and Anubhav Tulasi

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The Munin Barkotoki Literary Awards for the years 2019 and 2020 were given away by our most respected Prof. Hiren Gohain Sir in a solemn and well attended meeting, where the three award winning books were also released. The awardees spoke with grace and humility and Prof. Gohain gave a powerful speech in which he spoke about some qualities that my father had which have all but disappeared in the present time. To listen to his speech click here. The invited lecture was presented by celebrated Punjabi poet, translator, journalist and art critic Nirupama Dutt from Chandigarh on the theme 'The poetics of protest in India'. Dutt's speech was published in the Hindustan Times. To listen to her speech click here. To watch the event click here. For more details of the event click here.

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Distinguished academic and Sankardev expert Professor Ranjit Kumar Dev Goswami was the Chief Guest at the solemn and very well-attended ceremony held at the Vivekananda Kendra Auditorium on 25th February 2023 to give away the awards for the years 2021 and 2022 to Pradyumna Kumar Gogoi and Upasana Saikia respectively. The event began with a Kavyanjali in memory of recently deceased distinguished poet and Jnanpith awardee Nilmoni Phukan and Dr. Sivanath Barman; Both of these august personalities have been very closely associated with the Trust from its very inception. Prof. Goswami spoke, in his trademark engaging and brilliant style, about some personal traits and qualities of Munin Barkotoki and the times in which he lived while the invited speaker noted journalist and activist Padmashri Patricia Mukhim delivered a very incisive speech on the topic 'The power of words'. The English translation of 2014 awardee Tulika Saikia's historical novel 'Sarixal Gosanir Tez ' was also formally released at the event. To view Prof. Goswami's speech click here; Madam Mukhim's speech is available here.

The link to the video of the entire event is available here.

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