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