Paramita Satpathy, born on 30 August 1965, is an Indian writer. She is the daughter of Pratibha Satpathy, a poet who won the Sahitya Akademi Award, and Nityananda Satpathy. Her first short-story was published in 1985 in the 'Jhankar' magazine. Paramita has authored seven short-story collections and was selected for the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2016 for her work in the Odia language. She won the award for her 2012 short-story collection "Prapti," which was released in a compact disc (CD) in August 2015. Many of her novels have been translated into Hindi, English, Bengali, Telugu, and Marathi. Paramita joined the Indian Revenue Service in 1989 and is currently serving as the commissioner of the Income Tax department.