Saroj Padhi Biography

BIODATA

Dr. Saroj K. Padhi is a retired Professor of English from the Govt. of Odisha. Born in 1962, he has been writing poems in English and Odia since his school days. Till date he has published innumerable poems in most of the leading magazines of the country and abroad. He has published two books of criticism: 1. JAYANTA MAHAPATRA'S RELATIONSHIP: A CRITICAL STUDY 2. ENGLISH ESSAYISTS: A CRITICAL STUDY and about 12 research articles in different journals and 16 anthologies of poetry in English namely PEARLS OF DEW, SHATTERED I SING, RHYMING RIPPLES, PETALS IN PRAYER, SILENT SIGHT, MOON MOMENTS, A SLICE OF SILENCE, ELUSIVE SPRING, MONSOON MEMORIES, WHERE BUDS REFUSE TO BLOOM, THE ENDLESS FLUTTER….SELECTED POEMS, EMBERS FROM OLD FIRE, WHISPERING ASHES (the latest) …

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He has done his doctorate on Indian English Poetry from Berhampur University, Odisha under the guidance of eminent poet and Prof. Dr. Niranjan Mohanty. He is also an active member of various poetry communities on the website where he regularly posts his poems. He also has his poetry blog www.sarojpadhi.blogspot.in and his poetry page ‘ Saroj Poetry' where he regularly posts his poems.
He has been designated as AMBASSADOR OF PEACE, INDIA BRANCH by World Institute of Peace in 2016 and this year 2017 he has received ROCK PEBBLES NATIONAL LITERARY AWARD and the International Enchanting Muse Award by PENTASI INDIA WORLD POETRY FESTIVAL-2017.

Some of his poems are included in college syllabus.

At present he is in the editorial board of ROCK PEBBLES.

YOU can reach him at: Email address: skpadhi407@gmail.com
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Mobile: 09861160236,7008375307