Sameer Tanti (born 6 February 1955) is an Assamese language poet, storyteller, translator, painter and social worker from India.

In 2024, he won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his book of poems “Foringbure Bator Kotha Jane”.

[2] Sameer Tant was born on 6 February 1955 at Behora, Mikirchang tea estate in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam, India.

[3] He studied at Bihora Mikirchang P primary school in Golaghat, higher secondary from Haflong Government College, graduation in English literature from Dergaon college and Master's degree in English from Gauhati University in 1983.

He worked as a faculty member at Saraighat College before working as a translator with an English daily newspaper in Guwahati and then as a tourist information officer in the Department of Tourism, Government of Assam.