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| name = Jatin Goswami
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| caption = Tileswar tamuli with Padmashri Jatin Goswami jointly organised a sattriya development workshop at [[Digboi]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|08|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = Adhar Sattra, [[Dergaon]], [[Golaghat district]], [[Assam]], India
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| occupation = Classical dancer Stage personality
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| known for = [[Sattriya]]
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| parents = Dharanidhar Dev Goswami Chandraprova Devi
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] Nrityaachaarya Bharatiyam Samman Silpi Divas Award Sangeet Jyoti Award Assam Natya Sanmilon Award Best Dance Director Award Hiraprova-Chandrakanta Award Nritya Siromoni Award Leo-Expo Award Sankaracharya Avatar Award Anand Mohan Bhagawati Nartan Award Bhabendra Nath Saikia Mobile Theatre Award (2013) Moghai Ojah Srijan Award,2015.<ref name="Bio-Data of Jatin Goswami" />
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'''Jatin Goswami''' is an Indian dancer and choreographer, known as one of the prominent exponents of the classical dance form of [[Sattriya]].<ref name="Spotlight on Sattriya dance">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/spotlight-on-quotsattriyaquot-dance/article3105110.ece | title=Spotlight on Sattriya dance | publisher=The Hindu | date=15 July 2006 | access-date=6 February 2016}}</ref> He is the founder director of Sattriya Akademi, [[Guwahati]], a sitting member of its Advisory Committee,<ref name="Sattriya Kendra - Advisory Committee">{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/sattriya-advisory.htm |title=Sattriya Kendra - Advisory Committee |publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi |date=2016 |access-date=6 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207045004/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/sattriya-advisory.htm |archive-date=February 7, 2016 }}</ref> and a former member of the General Council of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]].<ref name="Bio-Data of Jatin Goswami">{{cite web | url=http://sattriyaakademi.com/a_j_g.htm | title=Bio-Data of Jatin Goswami | publisher=Sattriya Akademi | date=2016 | access-date=6 February 2016}}</ref> He is also the founder of ''Alok Shilpi Sangha'', a dance academy and ''Pragjyoti Kala Parishad'', a cultural organization,<ref name="Dance, a path to inner happiness">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120828/jsp/northeast/story_15906479.jsp#.VrYjovl97IU | title=Dance, a path to inner happiness | publisher=The Telegraph | date=28 August 2012 | access-date=6 February 2016}}</ref> and is a recipient of the 2004 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]].<ref name="SNA Awardees">{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |title=SNA Awardees |publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi |date=2016 |access-date=6 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331060603/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-date=31 March 2016 }}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2008, for his contributions to Sattriya dance.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Jatin Goswami was born on 2 August 1933 to Dharanidhar Dev Goswami and Chandraprova Devi at Adhar Sattra, a village near [[Dergaon]] in [[Golaghat district]], in the Northeast Indian state of [[Assam]].<ref name="Bio-Data of Jatin Goswami" /> His early training in [[Sattriya]] was under his father but later, he trained under Gopiram Bayan and Babula Bayan, two known Sattriya masters, as well as Bishnuprasad Rabha, Dutta Muktiyar and Raseswar Saikia Barbayan at different points of time.<ref name="Bred on beauty">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/bred-on-beauty/article3333564.ece | title=Bred on beauty | publisher=The Hindu | date=20 April 2012 | access-date=6 February 2016}}</ref> In 1953, he established his own dance academy, ''Alok Shilpi Sangha'', at his native place, but continued his dance training, learning [[Kathak]] from Ganesh Hiralal and [[Manipuri dance]] from Atomba Singh.<ref name="Dance, a path to inner happiness" />

Turning his focus back to [[Sattriya]], he founded ''Pragjyoti Kala Parishad'', a cultural organization for promoting dance, in 1962, along with Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha and Roxeswar Saikia Barbayan.<ref name="Dance, a path to inner happiness" /> Goswami is known to be the only Sattriya performer to be engaged in conducting workshops and performances in various parts of the country.<ref name="Spotlight on Sattriya dance" /><ref name="The seventh surprise">{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/the-seventh-surprise/ | title=The seventh surprise | publisher=Indian Express | date=4 November 2011 | access-date=6 February 2016}}</ref> In 1994, he was nominated as a member of the General Council of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] in 1994 and he contributed to the efforts in getting Sattriya declared as a [[Indian classical dance|classical dance form]] by the Akademi in 2000.<ref name="Bred on beauty" /> He has performed in many places in India and abroad<ref name="Jatin Goswami and Troupe">{{cite web|url=https://www.zomato.com/events/ncr/jatin-goswami-and-troupe-100002897 |title=Jatin Goswami and Troupe |publisher=Zomato |date=2016 |access-date=6 February 2016 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and is credited with the publication of five books on Sattriya viz. ''Maati Akhora'', ''Nritya Paribhasik Sabda and Sangya'', ''Jhumura Nach – Nadu Bhangee'' ''Nrityar Sikshya'' and ''Nrityar Prathamik Hasta Parichaya''. When Sattiya Akademi was started in 2000, in [[Guwahati]], under the aegis of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], he was selected as the first director of the institution.<ref name="Bio-Data of Jatin Goswami" />

Goswami, holder of NrityaCharya title of the Sankari Sangeet Vidyapith, received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for Sattriya dance in 2004.<ref name="SNA Awardees" /> Four years later, the Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2008.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> He is also a recipient of honours such as Bharatiyam Samman of the [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Department of Tourism and Culture]], Silpi Divas Award (1994), Sangeet Jyoti Award (2004), Assam Natya Sanmilon Award (1997), Best Dance Director Award of the Government of Assam (1997–98), Hiraprova-Chandrakanta Award (2006), Nritya Siromoni Award of the Asom Sattra Mohasobha, Leo-Expo Award (2010), Sankaracharya Avatar Award (2010), Anand Mohan Bhagawati Nartan Award (2012), Bhabendra Nath Saikia Mobile Theatre Award (2013) and Moghai Ojah Srijan Award (2015)<ref name="Bio-Data of Jatin Goswami" />

== See also ==
* [[Sattriya]]
* [[Ghanakanta Bora]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckS7LugGcDs | title=Nrityacharya Jatin Goswami speaking on Rakheswar Saikia Borbayan | publisher=Sangeet Sattra | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=15 May 2012 | access-date=6 February 2016}}
* {{cite web | url=http://debadhara.co.in/events/2015/september/bharat-utsav/bharat-utsav-2015-jatin-goswami.html | title=Padmashree Guru Jatin Goswami | publisher=Debadhara Odissi | work=Phot gallery | date=2016 | access-date=6 February 2016}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book | title=Sattriya: Classical Dance of Assam | publisher=Marg Foundation | editor=Sunil Kothari | year=2013 | pages=148 | isbn=9788192110660}}

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