Prof{Eng} Mayadhar Swain
Born (1956-02-08) 8 February 1956 (age 68)
Baselihata of Cuttack, Odisha, India
OccupationEditor, Science Horizon, Former Professor and Director, School of Electrical Engineering, KIIT University
Notable awardsNational Award for Outstanding Efforts in Science & Technology Communication through Print Media for year 2022 from NCSTC,DST,GOI

Mayadhar Swain is an Odia writer from Odisha, India.

Early life and education

Mayadhar Swain was born on 8 February 1956 in the village Baselihata of Cuttack district in the state of Odisha, India. He passed matriculation from a rural school, Banshidhar Bidyapith at Kanpur in 1972 with National first class and secured 6th rank in entire Odisha. He passed I.Sc. from Revenshaw College, Cuttack in 1st Division in 1974. He secured B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering UCE Burla in 1979 with distinction of 1st class 1st in Sambalpur University. Then he successfully completed M.E. in Water Resources Development from prestigious I.I.T., Roorkee with 1st class Hons with Distinction in 1989.[1] He is married to Mrs. Abanti Swain who has been a catalyst in his several academic and research pursuits .

Profession

Mayadhar started his career in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC),New Delhi from 1979 to 1982 and later in Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS) from 1982 to 1988 as Assistant Engineer. Then he joined the upper Kolab hydro power plant under the Odisha Hydro Power Corporation and as Assistant Manager and was promoted to Deputy Manager from 1989 to 2000. Later, he quit and joined MECON Limited, Ranchi where he held the post of Deputy General Manager. He has vast expertise in power plant technology. He has published more than 50 papers in various journals & presented in seminars mainly on Power System. He is one of the widely and nationally acclaimed Electrical engineers of India.He is former Professor and former Director of the School of Electrical Engineering of KITT University, Bhubaneswar.[2]

Literary activities

Mayadhar Swain is a freelance science writer of Odisha. He has written articles extensively on science, engineering and mathematics in newspapers, journals and magazines of the State for over three decades. He has written about seven hundred articles on popular science. Several of his talks on science and engineering have been organised on Doordarshan and other TV channels and All India Radio. He has authored nearly 75 books on popular science for the general public from different walks of life, students and children. He writes in vernacular Oriya language for Oriya-speaking people. He was conferred Life Time Achievement Award for popularization of science by All India People's Science Network (AIPSN), Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samti (BGVS) and National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) collectively on the occasion of 16th All India People'S Science Congress, held at NISER Bhubaneswar during Feb 2018,published in leading Odia daily,Dharitri, dated 13th Feb,2018.[3]He is editor of journal,Science Horizon of Odisha Bigyan Academy,Bhubaneswar.<ref>http://odishabigyanacademy.in

Books written

Awards

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Prof.Mayadhar Swain,receiving National Award(2022) for science popularisation, Vigyan BhawanNew Delhi

Membership

References

  1. ^ "Power Engineering: Polarisation". May 2012.
  2. ^ "School of Electrical Engineering : KIIT University". see.kiit.ac.in. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018.
  3. ^ http://www.dharitri.com/e-Paper/Bhubaneswar/130218/images1/13.jpg[bare URL image file]
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