Narayana Purushothama Mallaya is an Indian author, known for his activism for Konkani language and literature. A recipient of Sahitya Academy Award, he was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. He was born on May 7, 1929 in Mattancherry, Kochi, Kerala, India. He has been honoured the "Padma Shri", the fourth highest Indian civilian award by the Government of India in 2015. He has also been recipient of Sahitya Academy Awards. Mallaya listed a group of words that have different pronounciation but convey the same meaning in Konkani and Marathi to establish that Konkani is distinct from the latter. In the 1970s, his efforts led to the state government according minority language status to Konkani.

Mallaya has authored 21 books including Vedanta Bhushan Guruji Pandit Narayana Anantha Sarma Sastri Satakam, a Konkani poem of 100 verses with English translation and a translation of Tamil epic, Tirukkural into Konkani language, composed of 1330 couplets in 133 chapters. He has translated Jnanappana and several other notable works of Vallathol and Rabindra Nath Tagore besides authoring biographies of N. M. Saraswati Bhai, Suniti Kumar Chatterji and Dr. T. M. A. Pai in verses. Govinda Pai Satakam and Calcutta Nagari Varnana are two of his other notable works.