M.A, M.Phil. (Ravenshaw University)

PhD (Utkal University)

African American Drama

PMEC – Since 04.10.2010

Post-Colonial Literature

1. Adarsh Vidya Saraswati Rastriya Puraskar, awarded by Global Management Council in 2011
2. Dr. S P Radhakrishnan National Teacher Award, awarded by Anusuchita jati Vikas Parishad, Chattisgarh in 2019
3.  Plaque of Honour, awarded by India Theatre Olypiad, Cutttack in 2003.

Administrative Positions

1.Head,Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,from 20.4.2015 to 1.8.2016

2.Editor-in Chief ,DARBAR,College magazine from 4.10.10 to till date.

3.Hostel Asst.Super-in-tendent functioning at Berhmapur University Campus from 4.10.10 to 30.5.15

4.Co-ordinator of Students’ Council,P.M.E.C.Berhmapur(continuing)

5.Co-ordinator of Flag-hoisting ceremony (independence and Republic Day Celebration)

6.Faculty in-charge of Communicative Practice Laboratory,P.M.E.C.Berhmapur

English Education for Social Service

1. Teaching the life and philosophy of Swami Vivekananda for the children nourished at Ramakrishna Mission,Ambapua,Berhmapur on every Sunday.

[1] S. Sahoo, “Manju Kapur’s Difficult Daughters: A Critique,” in Myriad Motifs in Indian English Fiction, 2025.

[2] S. Sahoo, “Reconnecting the Influences of B’s in the Plays of August Wilson: A Study of Separation and Migration,” 2025.

[3] S. Sahoo, “Fragmentation and Reconnection in the Plays of Adrienne Kennedy and August Wilson,” International Journal of Current Research and Academic Review, vol. 13, 2025.

[4] S. Sahoo, “The Poetry of John Keats: A Study of Environmental Ethics,” LangLit: An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, 2024.

[5] R. Mishra, P. Das, S. Sahoo, L. D. Thomas, and P. Bhanja, “Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise: An Integration of Blacks and Whites,” Library Progress International, vol. 44, no. 3, 2024.

[6] R. Mishra, P. Das, S. Sahoo, L. D. Thomas, and P. Bhanja, “Locating the Self: An Analysis of Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery,” Library Progress International, vol. 44, no. 3, 2024.

[7] S. P. Bhanja, P. Das, and S. Sahoo, “Engineering Students Dealing with Distractions: Challenges, Strategies and Implications,” ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, vol. 5, no. 6, 2024.

[8] S. Sahoo, “Fragmentation and Reconnection in the Plays of Adrienne Kennedy and August Wilson,” ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, vol. 118, 2024.

[9] S. P. Bhanja, P. Das, and S. Sahoo, “The Impacts of Artificial Intelligence Driven Internet and Social Media on Book Reading Habits: A Case Study of Two Institutions in Southern Districts of Odisha,” ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, vol. 5, no. 4, 2024.

[10] S. Sahoo, “Difficult Daughters: A Feminist Approach to Partition of India,” Daath Voyage: An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2024.

[11] S. Sahoo, “Lorraine Hansberry’s To Be Young, Gifted and Black: A Critique,” Library Progress International, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 24021–24026, 2024.

[12] S. Sahoo, “Locating the Self: An Analysis of Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery,” Library Progress International, vol. 44, no. 3, 2024.

[13] S. Sahoo, “Reconnecting the Selves: August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson,” Quaderns Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 2023.

[14] S. Sahoo, “Diasporic Experience and Survival Strategies in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake,” in Contemporary Indian Writing in English: Themes, Genres and Narrative, 2023.

[15] S. Sahoo, “August Wilson and Four B’s Influences,” Communication on Applied Nonlinear Analysis, vol. 29, no. 3, 2022.

[16] S. Sahoo, African American Literary Tradition (E-book), 2022.

[17] S. Sahoo, “The Intersection of Identity and Slavery: A Critical Examination of Frederick Douglass’ My Bondage and My Freedom,” presented at the International Seminar, Bon Secours College for Women, Tamil Nadu, 2024.

[18] S. Sahoo, “Representation of Women in Action in Lorraine Hansberry’s Les Blancs,” presented at the International Seminar, Bon Secours College for Women, Tamil Nadu, 2024.

[19] S. Sahoo, “Reconnecting the Selves: The Plays of August Wilson,” presented at the National Seminar, National College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, 2022.

[1] “Life and Achievements of Sri Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Dev,” Invited Lecture, Exodium 2023, PMEC, Berhampur, India, 2022–23.

[2] “Bridge Course in English,” Invited Lecture, Exodium 2024, PMEC, Berhampur, India, 2023–24.

[3] “Centenary Celebration of T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land,” Invited Lecture, Binayak Acharya College, Berhampur, India, Dec. 10, 2022.

[4] “Life and Teachings of Swami Vivekananda: An Insightful Analysis,” Invited Lecture, Exodium 2022, PMEC, Berhampur, India, 2021–22.

[5] “William Shakespeare’s Tragic Conception: A Critique,” Invited Lecture, English Literature Summit 2024, Virtual International Conference, International Society for Educational Leadership, Jul. 26–27, 2024.

[6] “English Communication Skill: Need of the Hour,” Invited Lecture, PMEC, Berhampur, India, Apr. 12, 2022.

1. Author, “Claiming Rights to English: A Case Study of Fictions of Richard Wright,” Golden Jubilee and 14th International Conference on Rights to English, ELT@I & Amity University, New Delhi, India, Oct. 9–12, 2019.
2. Author, “Black on Earth: African American Ecocritical Tradition,” Ecology, Environment and Literature, Ekamra College, Bhubaneswar, India, Jan. 11–12, 2020.
3. Author, “Self-Evaluation in Online Teaching English,” Online Teaching and Testing of English Language: Challenges and Solutions, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India, Dec. 3–4, 2020.
4. Author, “Richard Wright’s Black Boy: An Acute Hunger,” Globalization: Prospects and Challenges, Indian Society for Commonwealth Studies & OUCIP, Hyderabad, India, Mar. 3–5, 2020.
5. Author, “Online Assessments in Teaching English,” Online University Education and English Language Teaching: Scope and Challenges, VIT, Chennai, India, 2020.
6. Author, “Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery: A Study of Nation Building,” Role of Language, Literature and Culture in Nation Building, NIT, Chhattisgarh, India, Feb. 22–23, 2020.
7. Author, “African American Women Playwrights: A Study,” Resistance and Revolutions: The Politics of Marginality, Dayal Singh Evening College, University of Delhi, India, Dec. 15–16, 2021.
8. Author, “Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: A Critique,” Gender Studies and Women Empowerment, NIT, Agartala, India, Apr. 16–18, 2021.
9. Author, “Lord Balabhadra, God Jagannath and Goddess Laxmi: Incarnations in Balaram Das’s Laxmi Puran,” Overlapping of Aryavarta and Ramayan Parikrama Across South Asia, Bharatiya Sikhya Mandal & PCMSD College, Jalandhar, India, May 25–27, 2021.
10. Author, “Jaydev Goswami’s Gita Govinda: A Critique,” Ancient Indian Knowledge System, Bharatiya Sikhya Mandal & SSME College, Dinanagar, India, Aug. 21, 2021.
11. Author, “Ability in Disability: J.M. Coetzee’s Life & Times of Michael K,” English Language, Literature and Culture in Digital Age, VIT, Chennai, India, Dec. 16–17, 2021.
12. Author, “Digital Texts to Promote Fluent Reading,” SICI Golden Jubilee International Conference on Electronic Textual Cultures, EFLU, Hyderabad, India, Mar. 9–12, 2021.
13. Author, “Alice Walker’s The Color Purple: Quest for Identity,” Language, Literature, Criticism and Theory, Deogiri College, Aurangabad, India, Aug. 9–11, 2021.
14. Author, “A Critical Analysis of Major Novels of Toni Morrison,” Pan-NIT Humanities and Social Sciences Research Conclave, NIT, Warangal, India, Jan. 8–10, 2021.
15. Author, “Myth and Reality: A Study of Girish Karnad’s Naga-Mandala,” Postmodernism: Time for Reappraisal, O.P. Jindal Global University, India, 2021.
16. Author, “Reconnecting the Selves: The Plays of August Wilson,” Learning Language and Literature for Life, National College, Tiruchirappalli, India, Sept. 9–10, 2022.
17. Author, “Langston Hughes’s ‘The Negro Speaks of Rivers’: An Ecocritical Reading,” Ecocriticism and Environmental Ethics, Ganjam Degree College, Ganjam, India, Oct. 26–27, 2022.
18. Author, “Mahesh Dattani’s Tara: The Dynamics of Human Relationship,” India in the Literary Imaginary, O.P. Jindal Global University, India, 2022.
19. Author, “Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class: The Decadent Family and the American Dream,” English Literature Summit 2022, MIT ADT University, Pune, India, Jan. 22–23, 2022.

20. Social Sciences and Literature: Transdisciplinary Approach,” Session Chair, Stewart Science College, Cuttack, India, Nov. 24–25, 2022.

21.  “Ethnicity, Identity and Nationalism in Indigenous Literature,” Session Chair, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (Deemed University), Bhubaneswar, India, Oct. 3–4, 2023.

22.  “The Myriad Motif of Indian English Fiction (1970–2020): Theory and Praxis,” Session Chair, Department of English, Khallikote Unitary University, Berhampur, India, Nov. 22–23, 2024.

23.  “Is William Shakespeare Relevant Today,” Convenor, PMEC, Berhampur, India, Mar. 2, 2024.

24. “English: Styles and Strategies for Employments,” Convenor, PMEC, Berhampur, India, Mar. 16, 2024.

25.  “Effective Communication Skill for Building Personality,” Convenor, PMEC, Berhampur, India, Jul. 20, 2024.

Humanities and Social Sciences, 

Parala Maharja Engineering College, Sitalapalli, Berhampur – 761003.