	Satish Chandra Kakati was an Indian journalist, writer, the editor of The Assam Tribune, an Assam based English language daily, and one of the founders of "Assam Bani", a vernacular weekly started in 1955 by The Assam Tribune group. He was the vice president of the "Editors' Guild of India" and authored seven books in Assamese and English. A 2005 recipient of the Kanaklata Barua and Mukunda Kakati Memorial Award, Kakati was awarded the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1991.