Nivedita Mohanty

Nivedita Mohanty was Indian Odia writer. She awarded PhD from the Heidelberg University, Germany and a well-known scholar of modern Indian history and historiography, has contributed extensively to the socio-political history of Odisha. One of her books, Ravenshaw  college: Orissa’s oldest institution of higher education. Imaging odisha, co-edited by Dr Mohanty, is an acclaimed work on the socio-cultural history of  the land. The biography of Bipin Bihari Choudhury, The Eloquent silence co-authored with her son Dr. Subhanjoy, is another seminal contribution to the study of the lives of the artists of Odisha. Fakir Mohan University and Ravenshaw University have conferred D.Litt. (honoris  causa) on Dr Mohanty.  Recently she is written bilingual book which named Odia Jatiyata in Odia and Oriya Nationalism in English language.