He teaches literature in the department of English at Anandaram Dhekial Phookan College, Nagaon, Assam. A critic, essayist and editor, Arindam Borkataki has written four books on literary criticism and edited 12 books on short story and poetry. His areas of interests include Poetics, Literary criticism and Conflict studies. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Youth Award and Munin Borkataki award in 2011 for his first book Anusilon. He was formerly editor of Prakah, a literary journal published by Assam Publication Board; Editor, Translation Project, and Associate Editor, History Encyclopaedia Project, Asam Sahitya Sabha. He was a member of Assam Publication Board and Language Advisory committee of Sahitya Akademi.