Prabhudarsan Sahoo completed his Ph.D. from Department of Psychology, Utkal University in the field of Counselling Psychology. He joined this University as an Assistant Professor of Psychology on December 2021. His area of specialization is in teaching Counselling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Statistics, Research Methodology and SPSS. He has 8 years of teaching and research experience. He was also working as a Counsellor at the University Counselling Centre, Department of Psychology, Utkal University, Vani Vihar. He has worked as a guest faculty in Department of Psychology, Utkal University and Open Learning Systems, Bhubaneswar. He was appointed as a master trainer of Youth Leadership and People skills in Odisha, sponsored by TISS, Mumbai. His current research interests are Substance abuse, Mental health, Positive Psychology, Gender studies and Adolescents Mental Health.