Pradip Kumar Panda is a poet, editor, anthologist and research scholar and academic. He served as a member of general council of Odisha Sahitya Academy for six years. He has authored script including research for musical series on Bhima Bhoi’s Adianta Geeta and Gangadhar Meher’sAmrutamaya, produced by All India Radio. Now, he is professor, Bhima Bhoi Research Chair at Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur,Odisha.