{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=725","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=723","results":[{"id":27613,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Bibhuprasad Mohapatra","bio":"Bibhuprasad Mohapatra (born 1991) is an Odia writer from Odisha, India. He has popularized science in both English and Odia. He began contributing regularly to English and Odia newspapers and magazines in 2012. He is a regular contributor to Press Information Bureau (PIB). Bibhuprasad was born on 14 May 1991 in a pious Brahmin family in Bhogada village, in the Khordha district of the Indian state of Odisha. His primary education was at Bhogada UGME school. He completed his schooling from Bhogada High School in 2007. He secured 150 out of 150 in mathematics on his H.S.C. Examination. He completed 2 years of science from Banki Autonomous College in 2009. He earned a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and computing from the Institute of Mathematics and Applications, Bhubaneswar and master degree in Odia literature from Odisha State Open University (OSOU). He started his columnist career at an early age. He has published over 150 articles, stories, and features in leading newspapers and magazines, including Science Reporter, National Book Trust's Reader's Club Bulletin, The Samaj, Dharitri, Anupama Bharat, Prajatantra, Bigyan Diganta, Science Park, and Science Horizon.","raw_bio":"Bibhuprasad Mohapatra (born 1991) is an Odia writer from Odisha, India. He has popularized science in both English and Odia. He began contributing regularly to English and Odia newspapers and magazines in 2012. He is a regular contributor to Press Information Bureau (PIB). Bibhuprasad was born on 14 May 1991 in a pious Brahmin family in Bhogada village, in the Khordha district of the Indian state of Odisha. His primary education was at Bhogada UGME school. He completed his schooling from Bhogada High School in 2007. He secured 150 out of 150 in mathematics on his H.S.C. Examination. He completed 2 years of science from Banki Autonomous College in 2009. He earned a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and computing from the Institute of Mathematics and Applications, Bhubaneswar and master degree in Odia literature from Odisha State Open University (OSOU). He started his columnist career at an early age. He has published over 150 articles, stories, and features in leading newspapers and magazines, including Science Reporter, National Book Trust's Reader's Club Bulletin, The Samaj, Dharitri, Anupama Bharat, Prajatantra, Bigyan Diganta, Science Park, and Science Horizon.","slug":"bibhuprasad-mohapatra","DOB":"1991-05-14","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/bibhuprasad-mohapatra","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:47:27.195363","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27614,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Laxmikanta_Mohapatra.jpg","name":"Laxmikanta Mohapatra","bio":" Laxmikanta Mohapatra (18 December 1888 – 24 February 1953) was an Indian Odia poet, writer, performance artist and freedom fighter. More than ten of his books have been published. He was a leading campaigner of the Odisha State unification movement and an eminent member of Utkala Sammilani. Laxmikanta was born on 18 December 1888, at Talapada, Tihidi Block of Bhadrak District. His father was zamindar Choudhary Bhagabat Prasad Samantaray Mohapatra and his mother's name was Radhamani Devi. He was native of Talapada village in Bhadrak district which was part of the then Bengal Presidency. His father represented Bihar & Orissa Legislative Council for four times and served as its deputy speaker for twice. Laxmikanta spent his childhood in his maternal uncle's house and studied in Balasore. He studied at Kolkata's Pion College for higher education after passing Intermediate. He returned to Ravenshaw College in 1913 and completed his Bachelor of Arts degree. He was married to Labanga Lata, the daughter of zamindar Lalmohan Das. He was afflicted with leprosy at early in his career and lost his physical movements. However It did not stop him from remaining active in the literary scene. Lakshmikanta created literary works in drama, parody, poetry, short-story, novel genres. His literary style had a nationalistic fervour and sharp satire. He was one of the few writers who made significant contributions to Odia literature during the period when its existence was threatened. As a political critic, his acerbic criticism of politicians and feudal chiefs earned him an adverse reputation. He was also a musician and an actor . He has also contributed enormously to the rich tradition of performing arts in Orissa. He created a dramatic troupe call Gopinath Natya Samaj at his village.\r\nKantakabi's songs like Bande Utkala Janani, Koti Koti Kanthe Aji, Udaee Nisana Bajai Veri were a battle cry of Odia freedom fighters during freedom struggle and state-hood movement. His composition Bande Utkala Janani was adopted as the welcome song for Balasore Session of Utkal Sammilani, the organization which sphere-headed the separate Orissa state movement. This song was accorded the status of state anthem of Odisha in 2020. Laxmikant edited a journal called Dagara, which published articles in various genres such as satire, children's stories, political and societal criticism.","raw_bio":"Laxmikanta Mohapatra (18 December 1888 – 24 February 1953) was an Indian Odia poet, writer, performance artist and freedom fighter. More than ten of his books have been published. He was a leading campaigner of the Odisha State unification movement and an eminent member of Utkala Sammilani. Laxmikanta was born on 18 December 1888, at Talapada, Tihidi Block of Bhadrak District. His father was zamindar Choudhary Bhagabat Prasad Samantaray Mohapatra and his mother's name was Radhamani Devi. He was native of Talapada village in Bhadrak district which was part of the then Bengal Presidency. His father represented Bihar & Orissa Legislative Council for four times and served as its deputy speaker for twice. Laxmikanta spent his childhood in his maternal uncle's house and studied in Balasore. He studied at Kolkata's Pion College for higher education after passing Intermediate. He returned to Ravenshaw College in 1913 and completed his Bachelor of Arts degree. He was married to Labanga Lata, the daughter of zamindar Lalmohan Das. He was afflicted with leprosy at early in his career and lost his physical movements. However It did not stop him from remaining active in the literary scene. Lakshmikanta created literary works in drama, parody, poetry, short-story, novel genres. His literary style had a nationalistic fervour and sharp satire. He was one of the few writers who made significant contributions to Odia literature during the period when its existence was threatened. As a political critic, his acerbic criticism of politicians and feudal chiefs earned him an adverse reputation. He was also a musician and an actor . He has also contributed enormously to the rich tradition of performing arts in Orissa. He created a dramatic troupe call Gopinath Natya Samaj at his village.\r Kantakabi's songs like Bande Utkala Janani, Koti Koti Kanthe Aji, Udaee Nisana Bajai Veri were a battle cry of Odia freedom fighters during freedom struggle and state-hood movement. His composition Bande Utkala Janani was adopted as the welcome song for Balasore Session of Utkal Sammilani, the organization which sphere-headed the separate Orissa state movement. This song was accorded the status of state anthem of Odisha in 2020. Laxmikant edited a journal called Dagara, which published articles in various genres such as satire, children's stories, political and societal criticism.","slug":"laxmikanta-mohapatra","DOB":"1888-12-09","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/laxmikanta-mohapatra","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:47:34.703468","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27615,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Ramakrushna_Nanda.jpg","name":"Ramakrushna Nanda","bio":" Ramakrushna Nanda (15 February 1906 – 28 October 1994) was an Indian writer, educator and author of children's literature. He composed the song Ahe Dayamaya Biswa Bihari, a favourite of Mahatma Gandhi when Gandhi was at Sabarmati Ashram. This song was included in his Odia-language textbook Sahitya Sopana. Nanda's father was Madhusudan Nanda (d. 1892). His mother died in 1951. In 1925, Nanda married Soudamini Devi (d. 13 August 1988). They had eight daughters and one son. Nanda's elder brother was Balakrushna Nanda (teacher) and younger brothers were Radhakrushna Nanda (an eminent Drama writer cum artist and owner of Ichhapur Jatra Mandali, writer of many drama books and Niyati songs) and Dinakrushna Nanda. His son is Er Prabhat Kumar Nanda, a retired Chief Engineer (RWSS). His daughter-in-law is Smt Anasuya Nanda, who is an eminent writer and singer. She is the editor of the Odia Children's magazine Sansar (founded by Ramakrushna Nanda).
Nanda was born at Bairoi village of Cuttack District in Odisha and educated in the village of Kantapada, and at the Revenshwa collegiate school, Cuttack. He wrote for a school magazine, Chandrika. At the time of Independence of India, Nanda was inspired by a local leader, Gopobandhu and became a Swecha Sebaka, a volunteer. He stayed in Alkasrama,[]until continuing his studies at Satybadi Jatiya Bidyalaya, where he learnt Devnagiri, a type of Indian alphabet. Nanda also matriculated from the English medium school and later received a bachelor of education. Nanda began his career as a teacher at Banki school. He was then, for six years, an assistant teacher at Baripada high school. In 1933, Nanda became a social worker. He began a local welfare organization called Narayan Samiti. He was also a headmaster at Bhingarpur high school. Nanda's first textbook in the Odia language was Sahitya Sopana. In 1946, he left his job and came back to Cuttack. On 21 July 1947, Nanda opened Parijata press. In August 1952, he began the Sansar magazine. The press closed in 1961. In retirement, Nanda wrote children's books and songs. Of the form nanabaya, (nonsense rhyme), Nanda said,\" Nanda's lyrics for Aahe Dayamaya Bishwa Bihari and Holi Holi Re Holi Ranga Rangeli Nali. were used in the 1978 film, Balidaan .","raw_bio":"Ramakrushna Nanda (15 February 1906 – 28 October 1994) was an Indian writer, educator and author of children's literature. He composed the song Ahe Dayamaya Biswa Bihari, a favourite of Mahatma Gandhi when Gandhi was at Sabarmati Ashram. This song was included in his Odia-language textbook Sahitya Sopana. Nanda's father was Madhusudan Nanda (d. 1892). His mother died in 1951. In 1925, Nanda married Soudamini Devi (d. 13 August 1988). They had eight daughters and one son. Nanda's elder brother was Balakrushna Nanda (teacher) and younger brothers were Radhakrushna Nanda (an eminent Drama writer cum artist and owner of Ichhapur Jatra Mandali, writer of many drama books and Niyati songs) and Dinakrushna Nanda. His son is Er Prabhat Kumar Nanda, a retired Chief Engineer (RWSS). His daughter-in-law is Smt Anasuya Nanda, who is an eminent writer and singer. She is the editor of the Odia Children's magazine Sansar (founded by Ramakrushna Nanda). Nanda was born at Bairoi village of Cuttack District in Odisha and educated in the village of Kantapada, and at the Revenshwa collegiate school, Cuttack. He wrote for a school magazine, Chandrika. At the time of Independence of India, Nanda was inspired by a local leader, Gopobandhu and became a Swecha Sebaka, a volunteer. He stayed in Alkasrama,[]until continuing his studies at Satybadi Jatiya Bidyalaya, where he learnt Devnagiri, a type of Indian alphabet. Nanda also matriculated from the English medium school and later received a bachelor of education. Nanda began his career as a teacher at Banki school. He was then, for six years, an assistant teacher at Baripada high school. In 1933, Nanda became a social worker. He began a local welfare organization called Narayan Samiti. He was also a headmaster at Bhingarpur high school. Nanda's first textbook in the Odia language was Sahitya Sopana. In 1946, he left his job and came back to Cuttack. On 21 July 1947, Nanda opened Parijata press. In August 1952, he began the Sansar magazine. The press closed in 1961. In retirement, Nanda wrote children's books and songs. Of the form nanabaya, (nonsense rhyme), Nanda said,\" Nanda's lyrics for Aahe Dayamaya Bishwa Bihari and Holi Holi Re Holi Ranga Rangeli Nali. were used in the 1978 film, Balidaan .","slug":"ramakrushna-nanda","DOB":"1906-02-15","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/ramakrushna-nanda","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:47:41.992053","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27616,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Gayatribala_Panda.jpg","name":"Gayatribala Panda","bio":" Gayatribala Panda (born 17 April 1977) is an Indian poet, fiction writer and journalist from Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Panda started composing poems at the age of eight and her first poem was published at the age of 12. She studied library and information science from Utkal University and emerged as a topper. Later, she studied journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkenal. She is the editor of Anyaa, an Odia literary magazine. In 2011, she won Kendriya Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar. In 2015, she was chosen for the 'Writers in-residence' programme, along with Bikram Sampath, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. In 2021 she was chosen for the Times Power Women. In 2022, she received Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Odia for her poetry Dayanadi. In 2000, she won the Odisha state Youth Award for poetry. In 2011, Panda won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar literary honour in the poetry genre for Gaan, a collection of poems. In 2021 she was chosen for the Times Power Women.","raw_bio":"Gayatribala Panda (born 17 April 1977) is an Indian poet, fiction writer and journalist from Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Panda started composing poems at the age of eight and her first poem was published at the age of 12. She studied library and information science from Utkal University and emerged as a topper. Later, she studied journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkenal. She is the editor of Anyaa, an Odia literary magazine. In 2011, she won Kendriya Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar. In 2015, she was chosen for the 'Writers in-residence' programme, along with Bikram Sampath, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. In 2021 she was chosen for the Times Power Women. In 2022, she received Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Odia for her poetry Dayanadi. In 2000, she won the Odisha state Youth Award for poetry. In 2011, Panda won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar literary honour in the poetry genre for Gaan, a collection of poems. In 2021 she was chosen for the Times Power Women.","slug":"gayatribala-panda","DOB":"1977-04-17","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/gayatribala-panda","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:47:46.052892","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27617,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Kalindi_Charan_Panigrahi.jpg","name":"Kalindi Charan Panigrahi","bio":" Kalindi Charan Panigrahi (2 July 1901 – 15 May 1991) was a noted Odia poet, novelist, story writer, dramatist, and essayist. He is famous for his magnum opus Matira Manisha. He has been awarded Padma Bhushan and Sahitya Akademi award for contribution to Odia literature. Kalindi Charan was born on 2 July 1901 at Biswanathpur, Puri District. His father was Swapneswar Panigrahi and mother was Saraswati Panigrahi. His father was a lawyer and freedom fighter. He studied at Puri Zilla School. After completing high school he studied at Ravenshaw College , Cuttack. During which he started his literary career While he was studying at Ravenshaw college he was founder of a club called \"Nonsense Club\". He along with his writer friends of the club published a handwritten magazine called “Abakash” which was later renamed to “Shakti Sadhana”. \r\nKalindi Charana Panigrahi, younger brother, Bhagabati Charana Panigrahi, the founder of Marxist trend in Odisha, formed a group in 1920 called \"Sabuja Samiti\". Two of his writer friends Annada Shankar Ray and Baikuntha Patnaik were also members. They were influenced by the romantic thoughts of Rabindranath Tagore. The word 'sabuja' was inspired from the Bengali magazine Sabujpatra published by Pramatha Chaudhuri. This ushered in a short lived but influential movement in Odia literature called Sabuja Juga.During the life time of this movement, he wrote seven poems for ‘Sabuja Kabita’. His other important works are of the period were ‘Chhuritiye Loda’, ‘Mo Kabita’, ‘Kshyanika Satya’. During the 1930s the progressive Marxist movement was in full swing in Odia Literature.Sabuja movement later gave way to the progressive movement known in Odia as pragati age. Later Kalindi Charana Panigrahi wrote his famous novel Matira Manisha, being influenced by Gandhian thought. He was for a period, the editor of English Journals, Bhanja Pradipa and Mayurbhanja Chronicle. His eldest daughter Nandini Satpathy née Panigrahi was born in 1931, who later went on to become the Chief Minister of Odisha. His younger brother Bhagabati Charana Panigrahi was the founder of Communist Party in Odisha. Bhagabati's great contribution for the Independence of India is underplayed in the history, because he was illegally imprisoned, and slow-poisoned by the British. His grandson Tathagata Satpathy is a politician and a newspaper owner who had been elected to the Parliament of India for four times. His great grandson Suparno Satpathy is a noted columnist, a political leader and an awarded social activist who is the incumbent Chairman of SNSMT as well as the Cidevant Chair of PMSA-Odisha, Government of India He was honoured with the fellowship of Sahitya Academy in 1971. In the same year, he was honoured with Padma Bhushan by Government of India. In 1976, Sambalpur University conferred on him an honorary D.Litt. degree. His major works include: The Odia film Matira Manisha (1966) directed by Mrinal Sen is based on his novel of same name.","raw_bio":"Kalindi Charan Panigrahi (2 July 1901 – 15 May 1991) was a noted Odia poet, novelist, story writer, dramatist, and essayist. He is famous for his magnum opus Matira Manisha. He has been awarded Padma Bhushan and Sahitya Akademi award for contribution to Odia literature. Kalindi Charan was born on 2 July 1901 at Biswanathpur, Puri District. His father was Swapneswar Panigrahi and mother was Saraswati Panigrahi. His father was a lawyer and freedom fighter. He studied at Puri Zilla School. After completing high school he studied at Ravenshaw College , Cuttack. During which he started his literary career While he was studying at Ravenshaw college he was founder of a club called \"Nonsense Club\". He along with his writer friends of the club published a handwritten magazine called “Abakash” which was later renamed to “Shakti Sadhana”. \r Kalindi Charana Panigrahi, younger brother, Bhagabati Charana Panigrahi, the founder of Marxist trend in Odisha, formed a group in 1920 called \"Sabuja Samiti\". Two of his writer friends Annada Shankar Ray and Baikuntha Patnaik were also members. They were influenced by the romantic thoughts of Rabindranath Tagore. The word 'sabuja' was inspired from the Bengali magazine Sabujpatra published by Pramatha Chaudhuri. This ushered in a short lived but influential movement in Odia literature called Sabuja Juga.During the life time of this movement, he wrote seven poems for ‘Sabuja Kabita’. His other important works are of the period were ‘Chhuritiye Loda’, ‘Mo Kabita’, ‘Kshyanika Satya’. During the 1930s the progressive Marxist movement was in full swing in Odia Literature.Sabuja movement later gave way to the progressive movement known in Odia as pragati age. Later Kalindi Charana Panigrahi wrote his famous novel Matira Manisha, being influenced by Gandhian thought. He was for a period, the editor of English Journals, Bhanja Pradipa and Mayurbhanja Chronicle. His eldest daughter Nandini Satpathy née Panigrahi was born in 1931, who later went on to become the Chief Minister of Odisha. His younger brother Bhagabati Charana Panigrahi was the founder of Communist Party in Odisha. Bhagabati's great contribution for the Independence of India is underplayed in the history, because he was illegally imprisoned, and slow-poisoned by the British. His grandson Tathagata Satpathy is a politician and a newspaper owner who had been elected to the Parliament of India for four times. His great grandson Suparno Satpathy is a noted columnist, a political leader and an awarded social activist who is the incumbent Chairman of SNSMT as well as the Cidevant Chair of PMSA-Odisha, Government of India He was honoured with the fellowship of Sahitya Academy in 1971. In the same year, he was honoured with Padma Bhushan by Government of India. In 1976, Sambalpur University conferred on him an honorary D.Litt. degree. His major works include: The Odia film Matira Manisha (1966) directed by Mrinal Sen is based on his novel of same name.","slug":"kalindi-charan-panigrahi","DOB":"1901-07-02","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/kalindi-charan-panigrahi","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:47:53.634910","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27618,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Krishna Chandra Panigrahi","bio":" Krishna Chandra Panigrahi (1 December 1909 – 25 February 1987), often referred to as K.C. Panigrahi, was a notable Indian historian, archaeologist and literary expert from Odisha. He was born in Khiching, the former capital of the Bhanj dynasty, in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha where his father Sagar Panigrahi was a priest in the Kichakeshwari Temple. He completed his B.A in history from Ravenshaw College and in 1937, an M.A in Ancient Indian History and Culture from Calcutta university. He received his Ph.D. from Calcutta University in 1954 for his seminal work, The Archaeological Remains at Bhubaneswar. Panigrahi was a research scholar specialising in pottery in the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1937 to 1944. He then joined the Orissa Educational Service as a lecturer in history until 1947. He then switched careers again to become the curator of the Orissa Museum between 1947 and 1951 before returning to teaching again. He rejoined the ASI as an Assistant Superintendent. He retired as a professor of history. For his contribution to Odia literature, he has received several awards from Orissa Sahitya Academy. He received the Padma Shri, an award by Government of India for his contribution to literature and education.\r\nHe got award sahitya academy for his biography Mo samaya ra odisha\".His famous Story is Puspabara re barshabarana. K.C. Panigrahi authored a large number of articles and books on history and archaeology. Krishna Chandra Panigrahi died in 1987 at the age of 78. He had two sons and two daughters.[]","raw_bio":"Krishna Chandra Panigrahi (1 December 1909 – 25 February 1987), often referred to as K.C. Panigrahi, was a notable Indian historian, archaeologist and literary expert from Odisha. He was born in Khiching, the former capital of the Bhanj dynasty, in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha where his father Sagar Panigrahi was a priest in the Kichakeshwari Temple. He completed his B.A in history from Ravenshaw College and in 1937, an M.A in Ancient Indian History and Culture from Calcutta university. He received his Ph.D. from Calcutta University in 1954 for his seminal work, The Archaeological Remains at Bhubaneswar. Panigrahi was a research scholar specialising in pottery in the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1937 to 1944. He then joined the Orissa Educational Service as a lecturer in history until 1947. He then switched careers again to become the curator of the Orissa Museum between 1947 and 1951 before returning to teaching again. He rejoined the ASI as an Assistant Superintendent. He retired as a professor of history. For his contribution to Odia literature, he has received several awards from Orissa Sahitya Academy. He received the Padma Shri, an award by Government of India for his contribution to literature and education.\r He got award sahitya academy for his biography Mo samaya ra odisha\".His famous Story is Puspabara re barshabarana. K.C. Panigrahi authored a large number of articles and books on history and archaeology. Krishna Chandra Panigrahi died in 1987 at the age of 78. He had two sons and two daughters.[]","slug":"krishna-chandra-panigrahi","DOB":"1909-12-01","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/krishna-chandra-panigrahi","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:47:57.451857","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27619,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Nikhilanand Panigrahy","bio":"Dr. Nikhilanand Panigrahy is a popular Indian Science writer and columnist from Odisha, who popularized science in the Odia language. He has been contributing regularly to a variety of prominent Oriya news papers and magazines since 1973. Nikhilanand was born on 20 December 1947 in a pious Brahmin family in the village of Dhanantar near Aska in Ganjam district of Odisha in India. He was born to Padmanav Panigrahy and Annapurna Panigrahy. He grew up in a disciplined family environment. He had primary education at village school in Dhanantara. Then he was admitted into Harihara High School, Aska and successfully completed matriculation in 1961. He took up Bachelor of Science(B.Sc) with Physics Honours in Khallikote College, Berhampur and was awarded the bachelor's degree with distinction and Honours by Utkal University in 1965. Then he completed M.Sc in Physics with specialization in X-rays from the then prestigious Regional Engineering College (REC), now known as National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela. He earned Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof Prashanta Kumar Mishra. His Ph.D. thesis was about theoretical Solid State Physics. He retired as Director of Odisha State Bureau of Text Book Preparation and Production\". He began his writings in early age. He took an interest in Literature, science and physics from very early on in his life. He derived inspiration from scientists, writers and other eminent personalities. Over 1500 research papers, articles, stories, features written in leading newspapers, magazines, journals of national and international level which include The Samaj, Dharitri, Sambad, Prameya, Anupam Bharat, Bigyan Diganta, Science Horizon, Paurusha, Jhankar, Barttika, Yojana, Utkal Prasanga, Orissa Review and Katha etc. Mentioned below:","raw_bio":"Dr. Nikhilanand Panigrahy is a popular Indian Science writer and columnist from Odisha, who popularized science in the Odia language. He has been contributing regularly to a variety of prominent Oriya news papers and magazines since 1973. Nikhilanand was born on 20 December 1947 in a pious Brahmin family in the village of Dhanantar near Aska in Ganjam district of Odisha in India. He was born to Padmanav Panigrahy and Annapurna Panigrahy. He grew up in a disciplined family environment. He had primary education at village school in Dhanantara. Then he was admitted into Harihara High School, Aska and successfully completed matriculation in 1961. He took up Bachelor of Science(B.Sc) with Physics Honours in Khallikote College, Berhampur and was awarded the bachelor's degree with distinction and Honours by Utkal University in 1965. Then he completed M.Sc in Physics with specialization in X-rays from the then prestigious Regional Engineering College (REC), now known as National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela. He earned Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof Prashanta Kumar Mishra. His Ph.D. thesis was about theoretical Solid State Physics. He retired as Director of Odisha State Bureau of Text Book Preparation and Production\". He began his writings in early age. He took an interest in Literature, science and physics from very early on in his life. He derived inspiration from scientists, writers and other eminent personalities. Over 1500 research papers, articles, stories, features written in leading newspapers, magazines, journals of national and international level which include The Samaj, Dharitri, Sambad, Prameya, Anupam Bharat, Bigyan Diganta, Science Horizon, Paurusha, Jhankar, Barttika, Yojana, Utkal Prasanga, Orissa Review and Katha etc. Mentioned below:","slug":"nikhilanand-panigrahy","DOB":"1947-12-20","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/nikhilanand-panigrahy","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:48:00.545641","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27620,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Ramesh Chandra Parida","bio":" Ramesh Chandra Parida is an Indian chemist, academic and writer. He was a professor of chemistry at the College of Basic Science and Humanities. He has authored over 90 Popular science books in Odia and English. Ramesh Chandra Parida was born on 4 January 1947. in a rural village named Jamapara, in Patakura P.S of Kendrapara District (Odisha state). His father Bhramarbar Parida was a Basic School teacher and his mother Satyabhama Parida was a home-maker. First among his three brothers and two sisters, Parida was greatly influenced by his father's Gandhian ideals from his childhood, which generated in him the spirit and confidence to begin a career in writing. As a result, as a school student he wrote and published short stories and poems in various children's magazines and Children's page of newspapers. After completing his high school education at a neighbouring village, Karilopatana, in 1962, Parida obtained B.Sc. (Hons) degree (1966) and M.Sc. in Chemistry degree (1968) from the then Ravenshaw College, Cuttack (now a unitary University). Parida worked as a lecturer in Chemistry at Godavarish College, Banapur (1968–70), Govt. Arts and Science College, Daman Union Territory. (1970–1976) and College of Basic Science and Humanities, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology Bhubaneswar (1976–1996), from which he retired as the Professor of Chemistry in 2007 (Associate Professor -1996-1999 and Professor and Head, 1999–2007). He also worked as a Scientist, Regional Research Laboratory Jorhat (1983-1983) and as the Principal of Aeronautics College, Sunabeda, Odisha (1988–1990). Parida's main field of research was the study of Rice Protein, for which he was awarded a Ph. D. degree by the Utkal University in 1990. He has published about 20 research papers on the subject. Parida is a prolific popular science writer in Odia as well as in English. He has written a large number of articles and books to popularize science in both the languages (in Odia about 3000 articles and 80 books in English about 300 articles 11 books). Parida has written over eighty numbers of popular science books in Odia literature and edited a number of science magazines and news bulletin.\r\nSome of Parida's books are He has edited a number of science magazines that include the Bigyan O’ Paribesh Barta, the Science & Environment bulletin, the Bigyan Prbha and the Bigyana Diganta. He has been writing regular Science articles for Children and general reader in a number of Odia and English magazines and newspapers. He was also a member of the Odisha Sahitya Academy.","raw_bio":"Ramesh Chandra Parida is an Indian chemist, academic and writer. He was a professor of chemistry at the College of Basic Science and Humanities. He has authored over 90 Popular science books in Odia and English. Ramesh Chandra Parida was born on 4 January 1947. in a rural village named Jamapara, in Patakura P.S of Kendrapara District (Odisha state). His father Bhramarbar Parida was a Basic School teacher and his mother Satyabhama Parida was a home-maker. First among his three brothers and two sisters, Parida was greatly influenced by his father's Gandhian ideals from his childhood, which generated in him the spirit and confidence to begin a career in writing. As a result, as a school student he wrote and published short stories and poems in various children's magazines and Children's page of newspapers. After completing his high school education at a neighbouring village, Karilopatana, in 1962, Parida obtained B.Sc. (Hons) degree (1966) and M.Sc. in Chemistry degree (1968) from the then Ravenshaw College, Cuttack (now a unitary University). Parida worked as a lecturer in Chemistry at Godavarish College, Banapur (1968–70), Govt. Arts and Science College, Daman Union Territory. (1970–1976) and College of Basic Science and Humanities, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology Bhubaneswar (1976–1996), from which he retired as the Professor of Chemistry in 2007 (Associate Professor -1996-1999 and Professor and Head, 1999–2007). He also worked as a Scientist, Regional Research Laboratory Jorhat (1983-1983) and as the Principal of Aeronautics College, Sunabeda, Odisha (1988–1990). Parida's main field of research was the study of Rice Protein, for which he was awarded a Ph. D. degree by the Utkal University in 1990. He has published about 20 research papers on the subject. Parida is a prolific popular science writer in Odia as well as in English. He has written a large number of articles and books to popularize science in both the languages (in Odia about 3000 articles and 80 books in English about 300 articles 11 books). Parida has written over eighty numbers of popular science books in Odia literature and edited a number of science magazines and news bulletin.\r Some of Parida's books are He has edited a number of science magazines that include the Bigyan O’ Paribesh Barta, the Science & Environment bulletin, the Bigyan Prbha and the Bigyana Diganta. He has been writing regular Science articles for Children and general reader in a number of Odia and English magazines and newspapers. He was also a member of the Odisha Sahitya Academy.","slug":"ramesh-chandra-parida","DOB":"1947-01-04","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/ramesh-chandra-parida","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:48:03.711025","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27621,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Bibhuti_Patnaik.jpg","name":"Bibhuti Patnaik","bio":" Bibhuti Pattnaik (born 25 October 1937) is an Odia novelist and columnist. Entered as a college lecturer in the Dept.of Odia Language and literature[] in the year 1970 and retired as a Reader, in the year 1995. He has more than 150 books to his credit.","raw_bio":"Bibhuti Pattnaik (born 25 October 1937) is an Odia novelist and columnist. Entered as a college lecturer in the Dept.of Odia Language and literature[] in the year 1970 and retired as a Reader, in the year 1995. He has more than 150 books to his credit.","slug":"bibhuti-patnaik","DOB":"1937-10-25","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/bibhuti-patnaik","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:48:11.234389","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27622,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Kalicharan_Pattnaik.jpg","name":"Kalicharan Pattnaik","bio":" Kalicharan Pattnaik also known by his sobriquet Kabichandra was an eminent literary and artistic figure of Odisha. He had contributions in the field of Odissi music, Odissi dance and Odia theatre. He had significant contributions to development early Odia cinema as well. He was born on 23 December 1898 in the then princely state of Badamba. His compositions in various traditional ragas are widely sung in the field of Odissi music and dance. Kalicharan Pattnaik was born on 23 December 1898 in the then princely state of Badamba. He got his early education from Charchika school of Banki. After his education in Banki, he got into Khurda High School and after matriculation for higher education he went to Ravenshaw College Cuttack, but untimely death of his father in 1919 put a stop to his further educational career. After his end of his forma education he took up a job as a Sub-inspector of Schools at Khandapara, Ganjam. Kalicharan had a keen interest in drama during his school days. He produced a play Babaji and with the help of his school friends. It was inspired from another play Kanchi Kaveri by Ramashankar Ray. In his childhood, he trained in Odissi classical music from legends such as Pt Basudeb Mahapatra and Khanu Mian. Later he learned under Madhava Rao while in College. He came to Cuttack after serving as Sub-inspector of Schools at Khandapara for few years. After the death of Sudam Charan Nayak he was involved with Odia newspaper Utkala Dipika. He was also the Assistant editor of 'Mukura' of Brajasundar Das. In the year 1922 he left Utkala Dipika and Mukura and went to Mayurbhanj. There he became a dramatist. A drama group was founded in Mayurbhanj under his guidance. Kalicharan became very much interested in the traditional Chhau dance of Mayurbhanj. He introduced several new features in it from the Odisha's classical dance style Odissi. After his marriage he came to Puri and became a royal Odissi musician and advisor of Puri Raja Gajapati Ramachandra Deba. During his stay at Puri he edited a weekly, Puribasi. By his efforts in Puri Sangita Prabha was published for the first time as a monthly musical magazine. He was honoured by the Gajapati as Kabichandra for his musical compositions. In 1925 during his stay in Puri he started a Rasa Lila to introduce new energy to Odishi music and plays. From 1926 to 1939 his version of Rasa Lila gained wide popularity statewide for the performances in the famous cultural events like Utkala Sahitya Samaj and others. Thereafter he focused his attention towards social and historical plays. His first famous social play titled Pratisodha was staged in 1937. By 1939 he had published numerous compositions on Rasalila and plays, several devotional songs and children literature. From 1939 to 1950 a theatre group named as New Odisha Theatre became famous under his stewardship. In Odia literature Drama was mostly focussed on some restrictive categories such as mythology. Kalicharan broke this restriction with his dramas with socially relevant topics. Some of his major published works are as per below.","raw_bio":"Kalicharan Pattnaik also known by his sobriquet Kabichandra was an eminent literary and artistic figure of Odisha. He had contributions in the field of Odissi music, Odissi dance and Odia theatre. He had significant contributions to development early Odia cinema as well. He was born on 23 December 1898 in the then princely state of Badamba. His compositions in various traditional ragas are widely sung in the field of Odissi music and dance. Kalicharan Pattnaik was born on 23 December 1898 in the then princely state of Badamba. He got his early education from Charchika school of Banki. After his education in Banki, he got into Khurda High School and after matriculation for higher education he went to Ravenshaw College Cuttack, but untimely death of his father in 1919 put a stop to his further educational career. After his end of his forma education he took up a job as a Sub-inspector of Schools at Khandapara, Ganjam. Kalicharan had a keen interest in drama during his school days. He produced a play Babaji and with the help of his school friends. It was inspired from another play Kanchi Kaveri by Ramashankar Ray. In his childhood, he trained in Odissi classical music from legends such as Pt Basudeb Mahapatra and Khanu Mian. Later he learned under Madhava Rao while in College. He came to Cuttack after serving as Sub-inspector of Schools at Khandapara for few years. After the death of Sudam Charan Nayak he was involved with Odia newspaper Utkala Dipika. He was also the Assistant editor of 'Mukura' of Brajasundar Das. In the year 1922 he left Utkala Dipika and Mukura and went to Mayurbhanj. There he became a dramatist. A drama group was founded in Mayurbhanj under his guidance. Kalicharan became very much interested in the traditional Chhau dance of Mayurbhanj. He introduced several new features in it from the Odisha's classical dance style Odissi. After his marriage he came to Puri and became a royal Odissi musician and advisor of Puri Raja Gajapati Ramachandra Deba. During his stay at Puri he edited a weekly, Puribasi. By his efforts in Puri Sangita Prabha was published for the first time as a monthly musical magazine. He was honoured by the Gajapati as Kabichandra for his musical compositions. In 1925 during his stay in Puri he started a Rasa Lila to introduce new energy to Odishi music and plays. From 1926 to 1939 his version of Rasa Lila gained wide popularity statewide for the performances in the famous cultural events like Utkala Sahitya Samaj and others. Thereafter he focused his attention towards social and historical plays. His first famous social play titled Pratisodha was staged in 1937. By 1939 he had published numerous compositions on Rasalila and plays, several devotional songs and children literature. From 1939 to 1950 a theatre group named as New Odisha Theatre became famous under his stewardship. In Odia literature Drama was mostly focussed on some restrictive categories such as mythology. Kalicharan broke this restriction with his dramas with socially relevant topics. Some of his major published works are as per below.","slug":"kalicharan-pattnaik","DOB":"1898-12-23","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/kalicharan-pattnaik","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:48:15.852018","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27623,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Manasi_Pradhan.jpg","name":"Manasi Pradhan","bio":" Manasi Pradhan (born 4 October 1962) is an Indian women's rights activist and author. She is the founder of Honour for Women National Campaign, a nationwide movement to end violence against women in India. In 2014, she was conferred with Rani Laskhmibai Stree Shakti Puraskar by the President of India. Along with Mary Prema Pierick, global head of the Missionaries of Charity, she won the 'Outstanding Women Award' in 2011. Pradhan is frequently featured by international publications and organizations. In 2016, the New York–based Bustle named her among 20 most inspiring Feminists Authors and Activists. In 2017, the Los Angeles–based Welker Media Inc. named her among 12 most powerful feminist change makers. In 2018, the Oxford Union of University of Oxford invited her to address the union. She is the founder of Nirbhaya Vahini, Nirbhaya Samaroh and OYSS Women. She has served on the panel of Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board) for India and Inquiry Committee of the National Commission for Women. Born to a poor family in a remote village of Odisha, she fought successfully the widely prevalent social taboo against educating women, walked 15 km daily amidst hilly terrain and swamp to the only high school in the entire region to emerge as first woman matriculate of her village and subsequently the first woman law graduate of her region. The life story of Manasi Pradhan has been adopted as documentaries in United States and Israel. Pradhan was born to a poor family in a remote village called Ayatapur in Banapur block of Khordha district, Odisha. She was the eldest among two daughters and a son born to Hemalata Pradhan and Godabarish Pradhan. Her father was a farmer and mother a house wife. Female education was considered a major taboo in most rural areas of Banapur then. Girls were rarely allowed to attend high school. After completing her middle school in the village, there was strong pressure to end her studies. Further, there was no high school in the nearby areas. She walked 15 km daily, amidst hilly terrain and swamp, to the only high school in the entire region, to emerge as the first woman to pass high school examination in her village. After completing her schooling from Patitapaban High School in Gambharimunda, the family shifted to Puri for her college education. With little earning from the village farmland, it became difficult to sustain. Soon after passing the intermediate examination, she had to work to support her family and her studies. She earned a B.A. in economics from Government Women's College, Puri, and M.A. in Odia literature from Utkal University. She obtained Bachelor of Laws from G.M. Law College, Puri. She worked with the finance department, Govt. of Odisha and Andhra Bank for a short period but left both to pursue her own passion. In October 1983, at the age of 21, she began her own printing business and a literary journal. In few years time, the business grew exponentially, putting her in the league of few successful women entrepreneurs of her time. In 1987, she founded OYSS Women. The initial motive was to help girl students achieve higher education and develop them as future leaders in the society. OYSS Women has been organizing leadership workshops, education and vocational training camps, legal awareness and self-defense camps, nurturing thousands of young women as prospective leaders in their chosen field. Apart from the above, the organization undertakes numerous activities and events and is widely credited for pioneering contribution in empowering women. The organization is also spearheading the Honour for Women National Campaign. In November 2009, she launched the Honour for Women National Campaign, a nationwide movement to end violence against women in India. The movement has been instrumental in galvanizing the nation against women atrocities. The movement employs a multi-pronged strategy to fight the menace of violence against women in India. It uses a plethora of vehicles i.e. women's rights stall, women's rights festival, women's rights meets, women's rights literature, audio-visual displays, street plays etc. to raise awareness on legal and institutional provisions to fight atrocities on women. On the other hand, it puts pressure on the state by mobilizing public opinion and sustained campaigning for institutional changes and correctional measures to contain violence against women. In 2013, after a four-year long churning involving a series of national seminars, workshops and consultations involving stakeholders from across India, the movement came up with a detailed draft charting its fight to end violence against women. In 2014, the movement released a Four-Point Charter of Demand for all state governments of India. In the same year, it launched Nirbhaya Vahini, consisting of over 10,000 volunteers spread across India to mobilize public opinion and engage in a sustained campaign for implementation of its four-point charter of demand. In 2014, the Honour for Women National Campaign headed by Manasi Pradhan released a four-point charter of demand for all state governments of India. The charter forms a cornerstone of the movement and has led several state governments to make suitable amendments. Manasi Pradhan is an acclaimed author and poet. Her fourth book Urmi-O-Uchchwas (ISBN 81-87833-00-9) has been translated into eight major languages. Media related to Manasi Pradhan at Wikimedia Commons","raw_bio":"Manasi Pradhan (born 4 October 1962) is an Indian women's rights activist and author. She is the founder of Honour for Women National Campaign, a nationwide movement to end violence against women in India. In 2014, she was conferred with Rani Laskhmibai Stree Shakti Puraskar by the President of India. Along with Mary Prema Pierick, global head of the Missionaries of Charity, she won the 'Outstanding Women Award' in 2011. Pradhan is frequently featured by international publications and organizations. In 2016, the New York–based Bustle named her among 20 most inspiring Feminists Authors and Activists. In 2017, the Los Angeles–based Welker Media Inc. named her among 12 most powerful feminist change makers. In 2018, the Oxford Union of University of Oxford invited her to address the union. She is the founder of Nirbhaya Vahini, Nirbhaya Samaroh and OYSS Women. She has served on the panel of Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board) for India and Inquiry Committee of the National Commission for Women. Born to a poor family in a remote village of Odisha, she fought successfully the widely prevalent social taboo against educating women, walked 15 km daily amidst hilly terrain and swamp to the only high school in the entire region to emerge as first woman matriculate of her village and subsequently the first woman law graduate of her region. The life story of Manasi Pradhan has been adopted as documentaries in United States and Israel. Pradhan was born to a poor family in a remote village called Ayatapur in Banapur block of Khordha district, Odisha. She was the eldest among two daughters and a son born to Hemalata Pradhan and Godabarish Pradhan. Her father was a farmer and mother a house wife. Female education was considered a major taboo in most rural areas of Banapur then. Girls were rarely allowed to attend high school. After completing her middle school in the village, there was strong pressure to end her studies. Further, there was no high school in the nearby areas. She walked 15 km daily, amidst hilly terrain and swamp, to the only high school in the entire region, to emerge as the first woman to pass high school examination in her village. After completing her schooling from Patitapaban High School in Gambharimunda, the family shifted to Puri for her college education. With little earning from the village farmland, it became difficult to sustain. Soon after passing the intermediate examination, she had to work to support her family and her studies. She earned a B.A. in economics from Government Women's College, Puri, and M.A. in Odia literature from Utkal University. She obtained Bachelor of Laws from G.M. Law College, Puri. She worked with the finance department, Govt. of Odisha and Andhra Bank for a short period but left both to pursue her own passion. In October 1983, at the age of 21, she began her own printing business and a literary journal. In few years time, the business grew exponentially, putting her in the league of few successful women entrepreneurs of her time. In 1987, she founded OYSS Women. The initial motive was to help girl students achieve higher education and develop them as future leaders in the society. OYSS Women has been organizing leadership workshops, education and vocational training camps, legal awareness and self-defense camps, nurturing thousands of young women as prospective leaders in their chosen field. Apart from the above, the organization undertakes numerous activities and events and is widely credited for pioneering contribution in empowering women. The organization is also spearheading the Honour for Women National Campaign. In November 2009, she launched the Honour for Women National Campaign, a nationwide movement to end violence against women in India. The movement has been instrumental in galvanizing the nation against women atrocities. The movement employs a multi-pronged strategy to fight the menace of violence against women in India. It uses a plethora of vehicles i.e. women's rights stall, women's rights festival, women's rights meets, women's rights literature, audio-visual displays, street plays etc. to raise awareness on legal and institutional provisions to fight atrocities on women. On the other hand, it puts pressure on the state by mobilizing public opinion and sustained campaigning for institutional changes and correctional measures to contain violence against women. In 2013, after a four-year long churning involving a series of national seminars, workshops and consultations involving stakeholders from across India, the movement came up with a detailed draft charting its fight to end violence against women. In 2014, the movement released a Four-Point Charter of Demand for all state governments of India. In the same year, it launched Nirbhaya Vahini, consisting of over 10,000 volunteers spread across India to mobilize public opinion and engage in a sustained campaign for implementation of its four-point charter of demand. In 2014, the Honour for Women National Campaign headed by Manasi Pradhan released a four-point charter of demand for all state governments of India. The charter forms a cornerstone of the movement and has led several state governments to make suitable amendments. Manasi Pradhan is an acclaimed author and poet. Her fourth book Urmi-O-Uchchwas (ISBN 81-87833-00-9) has been translated into eight major languages. Media related to Manasi Pradhan at Wikimedia Commons","slug":"manasi-pradhan","DOB":"1962-10-04","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/manasi-pradhan","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:48:28.419880","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27624,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Tapan_Kumar_Pradhan.jpg","name":"Tapan Kumar Pradhan","bio":" Tapan Kumar Pradhan (born 1972) is an Indian poet, writer and translator from Odisha. He is best known for his poem collection \"Kalahandi\" which was awarded second place in Sahitya Akademi's Golden Jubilee Indian Literature Translation Prize for Poetry in 2007. His other works include \"Equation\", \"I, She and the Sea\", \"Wind in the Afternoon\" and \"Dance of Shiva\". Pradhan was born on 22 October 1972 at Shahid Nagar in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and spent his childhood in Kalahandi, Nuapada, Keonjhar and Laxmisagar. He studied at Laxmisagar Highschool, BJB College and Utkal University. He also studied briefly at University of Hyderabad, TISS and IIT Kanpur where he discontinued. His father Arakshit Pradhan was an engineer under Government of Odisha but left job in protest against rampant corruption in Government projects. After Arakshit Pradhan left for Himalayas, the family was brought up by his wife Kumudini Pradhan. In 2007, Pradhan received the Indian Express Citizen for Peace prize from Shyam Benegal for his essays on communal harmony. He has also won First Prize in All-India Inter-bank Hindi Essay Competition for 2007–08, a prize he also won in 2006–07 for his essays on micro-finance and financial inclusion. He also won First Prize in the RBIA Silver Jubilee essay competition on Future of Central Banking conducted by Reserve Bank of India in 2007–08. He was the First Prize winner in RBI Brand Building Competition, 2007 for his bold satirical essay \"Dreaming the RBI Brand\", which created shock waves in the Reserve Bank fraternity. During his student days he had won many literary prizes including Upasika Kamaladevi Award for essays on Buddhism, Shatadru prize for short story and Ankur prize for poetry etc. He was Utkal University literary champion during 1993–94. Pradhan's poem \"The Buddha Smiled\" won commendation first prize in All India Poetry Competition 2013 conducted by Poetry Society (India). Pradhan's works encompass both secular and spiritual literature. His poems, essays, sketches and short stories have been published in the journals Indian Literature, Journal of Poetry Society, The Statesman, Times of India and The Samaja. His book “Kalahandi” has been included in literature syllabus of several colleges and universities. He has also co-authored, edited and commented on the spiritual works of German Christian poet Antony Theodore and mystic Kashmiri poet Lalitha Iyer showing the underlying unity of all world religions. In 2009, Pradhan petitioned Central Information Commission of India to increase transparency in the Performance Appraisal System in RBI. Pradhan was first person in RBI and public sector employee to obtain his PAR report through RTI Act. As against CIC's view that PAR was \"confidential personal information\", Pradhan contended that PAR is the appraisal committee's impersonal evaluation of the public service rendered by public servants in their impersonal capacity in a public organisation; and hence there was nothing \"personal\" about PAR. Following his petition, RBI began disclosing PAR reports to all employees before moving over to a more objective method of appraisal called Performance Management System. In the words of Smt Usha Thorat, the ex-Deputy Governor of RBI, Pradhan makes \"ingenious use of the RTI Act\" to redress individual grievances. Under UGC Fellowship, Pradhan was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 2001 for his dissertation on Structural and Economic Dimensions of Communal Conflict. He has researched the Kandh-Pana conflict in Kandhamal district, Hindu-Muslim relations in Bhadrak and Harijan-Savarna caste dynamics at Brahmabarada in Jajpur district of Odisha. He taught Sociology at Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, before joining Reserve Bank of India in 1999 as a Grade-B officer. In 2014, Pradhan left RBI to join Government of Odisha as Director and Additional Secretary in Finance Department. He established transparent score-based ranking of banks on Financial Inclusion parameters for awarding of Government business. In 2001 Pradhan married Suvashree, a trained Odishi dancer. The couple have a son and a daughter. Hemangi Sharma, a woman officer of NIRDPR Hyderabad lodged complaint with Cyberabad Police that Pradhan had harassed her while delivering a guest lecture at her institute. Pradhan lodged counter complaint against Hemangi for cybercrime, stalking, impersonation and online frauds. Investigation showed that Hemangi Sharma had lodged false case.","raw_bio":"Tapan Kumar Pradhan (born 1972) is an Indian poet, writer and translator from Odisha. He is best known for his poem collection \"Kalahandi\" which was awarded second place in Sahitya Akademi's Golden Jubilee Indian Literature Translation Prize for Poetry in 2007. His other works include \"Equation\", \"I, She and the Sea\", \"Wind in the Afternoon\" and \"Dance of Shiva\". Pradhan was born on 22 October 1972 at Shahid Nagar in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and spent his childhood in Kalahandi, Nuapada, Keonjhar and Laxmisagar. He studied at Laxmisagar Highschool, BJB College and Utkal University. He also studied briefly at University of Hyderabad, TISS and IIT Kanpur where he discontinued. His father Arakshit Pradhan was an engineer under Government of Odisha but left job in protest against rampant corruption in Government projects. After Arakshit Pradhan left for Himalayas, the family was brought up by his wife Kumudini Pradhan. In 2007, Pradhan received the Indian Express Citizen for Peace prize from Shyam Benegal for his essays on communal harmony. He has also won First Prize in All-India Inter-bank Hindi Essay Competition for 2007–08, a prize he also won in 2006–07 for his essays on micro-finance and financial inclusion. He also won First Prize in the RBIA Silver Jubilee essay competition on Future of Central Banking conducted by Reserve Bank of India in 2007–08. He was the First Prize winner in RBI Brand Building Competition, 2007 for his bold satirical essay \"Dreaming the RBI Brand\", which created shock waves in the Reserve Bank fraternity. During his student days he had won many literary prizes including Upasika Kamaladevi Award for essays on Buddhism, Shatadru prize for short story and Ankur prize for poetry etc. He was Utkal University literary champion during 1993–94. Pradhan's poem \"The Buddha Smiled\" won commendation first prize in All India Poetry Competition 2013 conducted by Poetry Society (India). Pradhan's works encompass both secular and spiritual literature. His poems, essays, sketches and short stories have been published in the journals Indian Literature, Journal of Poetry Society, The Statesman, Times of India and The Samaja. His book “Kalahandi” has been included in literature syllabus of several colleges and universities. He has also co-authored, edited and commented on the spiritual works of German Christian poet Antony Theodore and mystic Kashmiri poet Lalitha Iyer showing the underlying unity of all world religions. In 2009, Pradhan petitioned Central Information Commission of India to increase transparency in the Performance Appraisal System in RBI. Pradhan was first person in RBI and public sector employee to obtain his PAR report through RTI Act. As against CIC's view that PAR was \"confidential personal information\", Pradhan contended that PAR is the appraisal committee's impersonal evaluation of the public service rendered by public servants in their impersonal capacity in a public organisation; and hence there was nothing \"personal\" about PAR. Following his petition, RBI began disclosing PAR reports to all employees before moving over to a more objective method of appraisal called Performance Management System. In the words of Smt Usha Thorat, the ex-Deputy Governor of RBI, Pradhan makes \"ingenious use of the RTI Act\" to redress individual grievances. Under UGC Fellowship, Pradhan was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 2001 for his dissertation on Structural and Economic Dimensions of Communal Conflict. He has researched the Kandh-Pana conflict in Kandhamal district, Hindu-Muslim relations in Bhadrak and Harijan-Savarna caste dynamics at Brahmabarada in Jajpur district of Odisha. He taught Sociology at Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, before joining Reserve Bank of India in 1999 as a Grade-B officer. In 2014, Pradhan left RBI to join Government of Odisha as Director and Additional Secretary in Finance Department. He established transparent score-based ranking of banks on Financial Inclusion parameters for awarding of Government business. In 2001 Pradhan married Suvashree, a trained Odishi dancer. The couple have a son and a daughter. Hemangi Sharma, a woman officer of NIRDPR Hyderabad lodged complaint with Cyberabad Police that Pradhan had harassed her while delivering a guest lecture at her institute. Pradhan lodged counter complaint against Hemangi for cybercrime, stalking, impersonation and online frauds. Investigation showed that Hemangi Sharma had lodged false case.","slug":"tapan-kumar-pradhan","DOB":"1972-10-22","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/tapan-kumar-pradhan","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:48:33.759634","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13}],"description":"
The Great Poets and Writers in Indian and World History!