- Ph.D. in English, Utkal University.
- M.A. (English), Ravenshaw College(Now Ravenshaw Deemed University), Utkal University
- Former Professor of English, Berhampur University (1993-2003).
- Former Director, Women’s Studies Research Centre, Berhampur University (1998).
- ormer Director, Centre for Canadian Studies, Berhampur University (1999-2003).
- Senior Fulbright Fellowship (1991-92) at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.
- Canadian Academic Fellowship (1992) at the University of Regina, Saslatcjewam (Canada).
- U.G.C. Visiting Associatship (1992-94) at the Utkal University.
- Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme (2000) at Maison des Sciences de la Homme, Paris.
- Canadian Academic (Women-and-Development) Research Fellowship (2002) at the University of Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada).
- Deputy Principal Investigator (Honorary) of the UGC Major Research Project on “Folklore and Mythology of the Tribals of Orissa” ( Principal Investigator: Prof. Biyot Kesh Tripathy ) (1997-2001).
- U.G.C. Teacher Fellow (1977-80) at the Utkal University.
- “Meritorious Award” for the Ph. D. Thesis (1985).
- Twentieth Century African American Literature.
- Twentieth Century Native American Literature.
- Twentieth Century Canadian Literature.
- Twentieth Century Indian English Fiction.
- Feminism and Twentieth Century Women Writing.
- Post-colonialism and Marginal Writing.
- Literary Theory
- Derridaen Construct and Human Resource Development
- Post-graduate teaching experience in Berhampur University for about 20 years.
- Under-graduate teaching experience in Government Colleges for about 14 years.
- Fiver years’ teaching experience in the field of Communicative English and Business Communication at the Post-Graduate Centre for Management Studies, S.M.I.T., Ankushpur, Berhampur.
- Produced 9 (Nine) Ph.D. scholars and 30 (Thirty) M.Phil. scholars.
- Life Member: American Studies Research Centre (IACIS), Hyderabad.
- Life Member: Indian Association for Canadian Studies, New Delhi.
- Life Member: Forum for Contemporary Thought and General Semantics, Vadodara.
- Vice-President: Orissa Association for American Literature (OAAL) (2000-2003).
- President: Orissa Association for American Literature (OAAL) (2005- ).
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