Work Experience: 24 years

Areas of interest:

Indian Government & Politics, China dynamics, Development Studies, Research Methodology

Research Fellowships (International):

• Chinese Government Senior Visiting Scholarship to East China Normal University, Shanghai in 2016-17
• Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing & ICSSR, New Delhi Fellowship to China in 2010
• National Research Council of Thailand, Bangkok & ICSSR, New Delhi Fellowship to Thailand in 2008

Research Projects

• UGC Minor Research on Governance during Natural Disaster in 2010
• Evaluation Study on Self-Employment of Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scanvengers (SRMS) implemented by Odisha SC & ST Finance Development Corporation Ltd. in 2011-12
• Aspirations & Perception of people in Odisha on Displacement and Resettlement & Rehabilitation funded by Council for Social Development, New Delhi, 2007
• Consortium for Research on Equitable Health System (CREHS) sponsored by DfID and conducted by DHSS, IIT Madras 2006-2008

Publications

Book Publications:

1. Biju Patnaik: Democratic Discourse of a Satrap (2022), Shipra Publications, New Delhi
2. Naxal Movement & State Power (2006), Sarup& Sons, New Delhi.
3. Social Capital & Public Policy (2004), Anmol Publications, New Delhi. Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, provided publication grant.
4. Constitutional & Political Dynamics of India (2006) (ed.), Sarup & Sons, New Delhi.

ORGANISATION OF TRAINING PROGRAMME/SEMINAR/CONFERENCES

1. Director, National Seminar on Development, Demand, Dissent: Democratic Discourses, on 08^th March 2018, organized by Dept. of Political Science & Pub. Admn., Sambalpur University & sponsored by UGC
2. Coordinator, Gender Sensitisation Programme, sponsored by Odisha State Commission for Women, & organized by Sambalpur University, 30^th-31^st August 2017
3. Convenor, National Seminar on Human Rights Education: Dimensions & Rhetoric on 27^th March 2015, organized by Dept. of Political Science & Pub. Admn., Sambalpur University & sponsored by UGC.
4. Director, National Seminar on Development Paradigm: Structure, Policy, Perspective on 17^th March 2015, organized by Dept. of Political Science & Pub. Admn., Sambalpur University & sponsored by UGC.
5. Director, National Seminar on Special Category State status for Odisha: Issues & Dynamics on 17^th February 2014, organized by Dept. of Political Science & Pub. Admn., Sambalpur University & sponsored by UGC.
6. Course Director for the Capacity Building Programme for Social Science Faculty, from 16^th-27^th September 2013, organized by Sambalpur University, Burla, & sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi.
7. Coordinator of Training Workshop on ‘Capacity Building for Resettlement Management’, from 11^th to 15^th June 2007, organized by the Council for Social Development, 53 Lodi Estate, New Delhi 3.

 PRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

• Presented a paper at the Brown Bag discussion of Mekong Sub-region Social Research Centre (MSSRC), Faculty of Liberal Arts, UbonRatchathani University, Thailand, on 20^th August 2008. The title of the paper was ‘People’s Movement & the POSCO project in Orissa, India’.
• Presented a paper in the Satyagraha Centenary International Conference organized by Centre for the Study of Social Systems,JawaharlalNehruUniversity,New Delhi, from 13^th-20^th November 2007. The title of the paper was ‘Satyagraha: A means in the hands of the labouring class’.
• Presented a research paper in an International Conference on Social Capital and Democracy held at Uppsala University, Sweden in 17^th – 22^nd June 1999. The title of the paper was ‘Literacy Policy and its Implementation: The Role of Associations’.

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION

1. Head of the Department of Political Science & Pub. Administration, Sambalpur University in 2013-15, 2017-19, & 2021-23
2. Public Information Officer, Sambalpur University, 2016-2021
3. Coordinator, Centre for Foreign Languages, Sambalpur University, from January 2018-2019
4. Presiding Officer for Booth No. 121 (Aghirapada village) in 40-Nilgiri constituency for the simultaneous Indian General & Odisha Assembly elections 2009 on 23rd March 2009

Ph. D/D. Litt Supervision & Degree Awarded: 02 Ph. D & 01 D. Litt

Orcid Id: 0000-0003-0993-1154

Life Member in Academic Associations

1. Indian Institute of Public Administration
2. Indian Political Science Association
3. North East India Political Science Association
4. Odisha Political Science Association
5. Research & Analysis of Public Policy