Tapan Kumar Pradhan is an Indian
writer and researcher from Odisha. His research interests include financial
inclusion, comparative religion, communal harmony and empowerment of people at
grassroots level. He has served as Additional Secretary and Director, Finance
Department, Odisha and also as Director on the Boards of several banks such as
Odisha Gramya Bank and Utkal Grameen Bank. In 2007 he won Sahitya Akademi’s
Golden Jubilee Indian Literature translation prize for his poem collection
“Kalahandi”.His published works include “Kalahandi – The Untold Story” (a vivid
account of economic and sexual exploitation of poor tribal people), and “I, She
and the Sea” (a real life reincarnation mystery). He has
also edited several poetry books based on ancient scriptures such as “Psalms of
Love” and “Songs of Lust and Love”.