Author: Chitrasen Pasayat
Born: 9 June 1962
Bio: Place of Birth: Dalai Pada of Sambalpur. District: Sambalpur, State: Odisha, INDIA. Father: Purandar Pasayat.
Mother: Sushila Pasayat.
Sisters: Pushpalata and Tarulata.
Wife: Sarmistha.
Son: Bishub Millan.

**Education**:
 1. **Ph.D**. in Sociology from the Centre for the Study of Social Systems (CSSS), School of Social Sciences (SSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India in **1992**. Guide: **Prof. T. K. Oommen**.
 2. **M.Phil**. in Sociology from CSSS, SSS, JNU, New Delhi, India in **1986**.
Supervisor: **Prof. Nandu Ram**.
 3. **M.A**. in Sociology from J NU, New Delhi, India in **1984**.
 4. **N.E.T**. (UGC, New Delhi, India) in **1985**.
 5. **LL.B**. from Gangadhar Mohapatra Law College, Puri, Odisha, India in **2004**.
 6. **Graduation** from Gangadhar Meher College, Sambalpur, Odisha, India in **1982**.
 7. **Intermediate Science** from G. M. College, Sambalpur, Odisha in **1980**.
 8. **H.S.C Examination** from C.S.B. Zila School, Sambalpur, Odisha in **1978**.

**Fellowship/Scholarship**:
 1. **UGC Fellowship** (JRF & SRF) from **1985-86** to **1990-91**.
 2. **MCM Scholarship** from **1982-83** & **1983-84**
 3. **National Scholarship** from **1978-79** to **1981-82**.

**Experience**:
 1. Research Associate in the Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies (N.K.C.C.D.S.), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India from February, 1993 to May, 1995.
 2. Joined **Orissa Administrative Service** (OAS) in July, **1995**.

**Publications**:
 1. **18 books** in **English** and **Odia** language.
 2. More than **60 Research Papers** in various National and International Journals namely  ***Man in India***, ***The Eastern Anthropologist***,  ***Journal of Social Research***, ***Man and Development***, ***Man and Life***, ***Orissa Historical Research Journal***, ***Utkal Historical Research Journal***, ***Orissa Review***, ***Adivasi***, ***Lokratna***, etc.

Dr. Pasayat is associated with many Academic Associations. He has also Membership in various Professional Organisations. He is the Life Member of the following bodies:
1. Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi;
2. Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, Lucknow;
3. Institute of Applied Anthropology and Social Research, Kolkata;
4. Orissa Economic Association;
5. The Institute of Oriya Studies, Cuttack;
6. Indian Folklore Association;
7. Indian Academy of Social Sciences, Allahabad;
8. Orissa History Congress.

Some Selected Research Papers:

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