User:Dillipjnu/Dillip Kumar Maharana

Mr. Maharana, born in the year 1978 at the village Bhanda of Keonjhar (Kendujhar) District. He completed his Graduation with Political Science (Hons) from DD College of Keonjhar (Utkal University), Master in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and M Phil in International Relations from JNU. His M Phil Dissertation Topic is “Sustainable Development in Central Asia: Problems and Prospects”. As a prolific writer he has produced several Research Articles related to composite culture and Impact of globalization on the culture of India. His writing on the Relevance of Gandhi in 21st Century is well acclaimed among the academician and general readers as well. His latest research article is "In Defence of Indian Perspective of Multiculturalism", published in the Jan- March 2010 issue of The Indian Journal of Political Science. The paper highlights the points in defence of Indian perspective of multiculturalism to falsify the arguments of its critics and argue how the spirit of multiculturalism is very much alive in the India's social fabric as well as in its political arrangement, despite the situational aberation of communal conflict and fundamentalism. Earlier he was working as Consultant to Social Division of "Centre for Media Studies" (CMS, www.cmsindia.org ), New Delhi. Currently he is working with the Government of Orissa in his capacity as an Orissa Administrative Service (OAS)officer.