Soubhagya Pathy, poet and columnist, occasionally paints. Researching on "Palace Rituals in a Mediaeval Orissan Zamindari of Dharakote in Orissa" as a B.E.F. Foundation Zurich fellow. Continuing Ph.D. project on "Evolution of Pictorial Language" in the Indira Art and Music University, Khairagarh, Chhattisgarh. Published two poetry anthologies, Beaujolais Nouveau, Aditi 1999 and Portraying Myself, Writer's Workshop, Calcutta 2000. Contributed articles to Oddiyan, Six Contemporary Painters, 1997, Continuity in the Flux, Orissa, 1998, Reference Orissa, 2000. Alekh Charan Sahu, studied art at Santiniketan and Art History in M.S. University, Baroda. Teaching at the Government College of Art and Crafts, Khalikote since 1983 and Principal of the same College since 2000. Awarded by the State Lalit Kala Akademi for Terracotta Sculpture. Articles on art published in several journals. Continuing Ph.D. work. Dilip Kumar Tripathy, studied art in Bhubaneswar and Art History at Santiniketan. Worked as Research Assistant in the Crafts Council of Orissa. Done extensive field work in Orissa. Awarded Ph.D. for The Role of Fine Arts in the Folk Theatres of South Orissa by the Berhampur University. Undertook a course in Art Conservation in NRLC, Lucknow. Contributed articles to Oddiyan, Six Contemporary Painters, 1997, Reference Orissa, 2000. Presently working in the Conservation Section, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. Pradosh Kumar Mishra, studied Art History in Bhubaneswar and Chandigarh. Done field work with the stone carvers of Lalitgiri in Orissa. Continuing Ph.D. project. Edited a monograph, Chandrasekhar Rao : Life and Work with Dinanath Pathy. Contributed article to Oddiyan, Six Contemporary Painters, 1997. Presently teaching Art History at the Banaras Hindu University.
