Dr. Paban Kumar Sahariah is a retired teacher. At the time of retirement in 2019, he was the head of the Department of Physics, Cotton University. He was born in Sipajhar, Darrong and did his schooling there. Did his graduation in Physics from Cotton College, M.Sc from University of Delhi and Ph D in High Energy Physics from Gauhati University. He writes popular science articles in Assamese newspapers and periodicals. He strongly believes that our future lies in science and we must make science an integral part of our culture.