Nikhilanand Panigrahy

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Nikhilanand Panigrahy
Born (1947-12-20) 20 December 1947 (age 77)
Dhanantar, Ganjam, Odisha
Language Odia
Education M.Sc., Ph.D. (Physics), Kovida (Hindi)
Alma mater National Institute of Technology Rourkela, [1] Rourkela
Genre Popular Science

Nikhilanand Panigrahy is an Indian science writer [2] and columnist [3] from Odisha. He has been contributing regularly to a variety of prominent Oriya news papers and magazines since 1973.

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Early life and education

Nikhilanand was born on 20 December 1947 in the village of Dhanantar near Aska in Ganjam district of Odisha in India. He was born to Padmanav Panigrahy and Annapurna Panigrahy. He had primary education at village school in Dhanantara. Then he passed matriculation from Harihara High School, Aska successfully in 1961. He secured Bachelor of Science(B.Sc) with Physics Honours from Khallikote College, Berhampur with distinction and Honours in 1965. Then he completed M.Sc in Physics with specialization in X-rays from Regional Engineering College (REC), now known as National Institute of Technology Rourkela, [4] [ failed verification ] 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". [5]

References

  1. "Alumni". Archived from the original on August 12, 2014.
  2. "CONTENTS OF THE 3RD YEAR (2013) 'SCIENCE HORIZON'" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2014.
  3. "Sahareekaran O Jalayogan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2014.
  4. "National Institute of Technology(NIT)".
  5. "Director Lists". 11 June 2022. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014.