Dr Pradeep Mahapatra (Brief Profile / Academic)

Dr Pradeep Mahapatra, holds master’s degrees in English Literature, Communication and Ph.D in Odia Literature. He retired as the Head of the Department of Post Graduate Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, Berhampur University in October 2015.

Dr Mahapatra joined as a regular faculty member at Berhampur University in 1990. He also lectured twice during academic sessions 1979-80 and 1997-98 in journalism classes at the University. He had mentored about 700 post-graduate media students during 27 years of teaching carrier. Two scholars were awarded Ph.D. under his supervision.

Dr Mahapatra’s area of interest and research concentrate on Journalism in Odia, a language spoken by over 400,00,000 people in eastern India, which is recognised as a classical language by Government of India. His Ph.D. thesis chronicles the birth and growth of Odia journalism. It is published by Berhampur University as a book.

Dr Mahapatra taught subjects such as print media editing, radio communication, internet journalism, media laws and ethics, mass-communication research, international and inter-cultural communication over the years in his teaching career.

He has authored one book in English, 2 books in Odia, co-authored 3 books on development studies and edited 3 books in Odia language and culture apart from 8 books in regional heritage, all in Odia. His column Berhampur Diary appeared in local daily and weekly newspapers during past three decades between 1982 and 2013, is being published as a blog. ‘Historical Foundations of Berhampur City’ a book of 400 pages in Odia edited by him was published in 1994.