Dr.  Antarjeeta Nayak
                    Dr. Antarjeeta Nayak holds her Ph.D in Economics from National Institute of Technology, 
Rourkela. She is the recipient of ICSSR Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowship. 
Being a researcher, her primary research areas include poverty and development, wherein 
she aims to understand the individual from a holistic perspective through theoretical and 
field based investigations. Her strengths include psycho-socio-economic and cultural 
assessments of the individual to address several social concerns basically related to health, 
education, children, women and environment. She has presented her research work in 
several national and international platforms and has also several research publications. 
Besides being a researcher, Dr. Nayak is a passionate writer who loves to write articles 
addressing several social issues. She is now a well-known columnist contributing with her 
articles to several reputed Odia Daily of Odisha. She has written an English book titled 
“Poverty: By Chance or By Choice” where she delves deep into the human psyche to 
understand why the poor are poor through intriguing case-studies. Poverty: By Chance or By 
Choice is a book that can widen the horizons for a better understanding of the poor and the 
poverty. She has also written two Odia books titled “Mana Katha” where she has boldly come 
up with several problems, their causes and has also tried to put up some possible solutions to combat those. Her second Odia book is “Parikhyare Parikhyar Mulyankan” which is about the Indian Education System and its examination process and how it is creating human machines instead of building good human beings for a better future. Besides this, Dr. Nayak has also 
written eight books for children, which are based on practical needs of a child in his/her 
primary periods of development and learning.
Keeping her research and writings apart, Dr. Nayak is the Founder Director of Abhibyakti Research and Development Foundation (ARDF).  Women, Children, Health, Education and Environment are the pillars of ARDF, where she emphasizes on search, research and work. ARDF is committed to perform all research and development work outreaching every aspect of children and women, and is focused in extending their services to the rural and tribal population. ARDF works at the ground levels for the needy and aims for a better tomorrow for a sustainable growth and development