Dr. Saroj K. Padhi, an Associate Professor of English in the Govt. of Odishais at present working at Sailabala Women’s College, Cuttack. 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 Studyand about 12 research articles in different journals and seven anthologies of poetry in English namely Pearls of Dew, Shattered I Sing, Rhyming Ripples, Petals in Prayer, Silent Sight, Moon Momentsand A Slice of Silence. 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.

You can reach him atskpadhi407@gmail.com