Mr. Nishikanta Dwibedi, he has completed his M.A in Ancient Indian History Culture & Archaeology from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in First class first in the year 2014. He also did his Post-Graduate Diploma in Archaeology (PGDA) from Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India, Red Fort Complex, Delhi in 2016. He has qualified UGC- NET in Archaeology for Six times (November 2017 onwards). He is also awarded as a OURIIP Research Fellow by Odisha State Higher Education Council, under Department of Higher Education, Government of Odisha in 2019.  He has Awarded M. Phil Degree from Department of History, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack in 2018 on the topic “Mapping the Archaeology of Middle Baitarani River valley: A Study on Cultural Landscape” under the Supervision of Prof. Laxmikanta Mishra. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph. D. Degree from Department of History, Ravenshaw University on the topic entitled “Archaeology of the Upper Baitarani valley”, under the Guidance of Prof. Subrata Kumar Acharya. Presently he is serving as a Guest faculty in the Department of History, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack. He has Published Six research papers in different National & State level Proceedings/Journals and also one chapter in an Edited book. He also participated in a number of national and international Seminar, conferences and workshops. And he is also participated in paper presentations in different state level, national & international seminars and conferences.