At present, he heads the Department of Political Science at Government Women's Jr. College, Jeypore, in the district of Koraput(Orissa). He has authored a book entitled: "Security of small states in South Asia: A security perspective of the Himalayan states." He has presented papers at several international conferences and national seminars. He has several papers published in journals of national repute. His areas of interest are: South Asia especially Nepal and Bhutan, Democracy, Civil Society, Indian politics, Tribal Studies, Coalition politics, Decentralized Planning and Women studies etc. Besides his academic interests he is more known as a poet. He writes poems in both Oriya and English and is also a columnist. He was the editor of the Utkal University yearly journal Vanivikash in 1989-90. He can be contacted at: anilmohapatra68@gmail.com