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Pravat Kumar Padhy has obtained his Masters of Science and Technology and a Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology, ISM Dhanbad. His literary work has been widely anthologized and  referred in Indian Literature, Indian English Writing, Interviews with Indians Writing in English, Anger in Action: Exploration in Indian Writing in English, Quest for Identity in Indian English Writing: Poetry, Spectrum History of Indian Literature in English, Voices of the Present, Alienation in Contemporary Indian English Poetry, Cultural and Philosophical Reflections in Indian Poetry in English, History of Contemporary Indian English Poetry  etc. His Japanese short forms of poetry (Haiku, Haibun, Haiga, Tanka, Tanka Prose, etc.) have been widely published. 

His poems are published in many Newspapers, national and international journals including The Indian Express, The Times of India, American Poetry Anthology, Commonwealth Quarterly, Art and Poetry Today, Poet, Creative Forum, Poetry, Poetcrit, Literary Endeavour, Poets for Living Waters, Sketchbook, The Enchanting Verses Literary Review, The Houston Literary Review, Aphelion, Englyn, Diogen, The Red River Review, Confesiuni, Convorbiri Literature , Poezia, Cyclamens and Swords, Borderless Journal and others.

He is featured in anthologies namely RJES Intercontinental Poetry Number (1979), Modern Trends in Indo-Anglian Poetry, Prevalent Aspects of Indian English Poetry (1983), Anti-War Vol.-II, Canada (1984), The American Poetry Anthology (1988), Pancontinental Premier Poets (1986), Pan-Continental Poets Number (1987), Trapped Word (1987), East-West Voices (1988), Contemporary Indian English Poetry (1988), Snows to the Seas (1989), Best from East & West (1990), Contemporary Indian English Love Poetry (1990), Pan-Continental Poets Number (1990), The Third Eye: An Anthology of Contemporary Indian English Poetry (1991), World Poetry Anthology, (1991,92 & 93), Special Volume on Interviews with Indian Writing in  English  (1992), Writer’s Workshop, Kolkata, A Posy of Poesy (2009), Writers Guild of Indian Poetry Volume (2010), The Poets of Living Water ( 2010),Golden Treasure of Post Independence of Indian English Poetry (2010), The Dance of the Peacock : An Anthology of English Poetry from India (2013), Epitaphs (2014), Open Poetry Archive Anthology (2020), LOCK DOWN 2020, Penning The Covid (2020) , Multifarious Shades of Life: An Anthology of Poems (2020) and others.

His haiku appeared in World Haiku Review, LYNX, Ambrosia, The Notes from the Gean, Simply Haiku, Acorn, Shamrock, Kokako, The Heron’s Nest, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Tinywords, Presence, Bottle Rockets, Lilliput Review, Bones, is/let, Under the Basho, The Cicada’s Cry, A Hundred Gourds, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Akitsu Quarterly, Otata, The Mainichi Daily News, Wales Haiku Journal, The Asahi Shimbun, Proletaria, Haiku Commentary, The Country Roads, The Spillwords Press  and others.

His haiku are featured in many anthologies namely The Temple Bell Stops, A Vast Sky, We Are All Japan, The Light Singing, Behind the Tree Line, 8th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest: Selected Haiku Collection, a hole in the light: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, All the way Home: Aging in Haiku Anthology, behind the mask: haiku in the time of Covid 19, The Helping Hand Haiku, Living Haiku Anthology, and others.

His tanka are published in many international journals including Atlas Poetica, Magnapoets, Skylark, Ribbons, Simply Haiku, Presence, Notes from the Gean, cattails, Undertow Tanka Review, Ekphrastic Tanka, Whispers, Chrysanthemum, Kokako, red lights, Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, Tanka Origins, Eucalypt etc.,  and anthologies namely Fire Pearls 2, One Man’s Maple Moon, Bright Stars, Neon Graffiti, Special Features: Atlas Poetica, Triveni, Every Chicken, Cow, Fish and Frog: Animal Rights Haiku, Earth: Our Common Ground, They Gave Us Life, Stacking Stones, Train-themed Anthology, Anthology of Signature Haiku , and others.

His haibun and tanka prose appeared in Simply Haiku, Haibun Today, The Notes from the Gean , Kernels, Scryptic, Contemporary Haibun Online, Drifting Sands Haibun, Under the Basho, Ribbons, Atlas Poetica, Wordgathering and others. 

His haiga have been featured in Haigaonline, DailyHaiga, World Haiku Association, Under the Basho, NHK World, 7th Setouchi Matsuyama International Photo-Haiku, Cattails, TanshiArt Gallery, A Hundred Gourds, Failed Haiku, The Mamba, etc. His article, “The Magic of Image and Muse of Words: My Experience” was featured in Positive Vibes. undefined

He was officially invited to participate in the X World Congress of Poets, Bankok Thailand,1988. His poems received many awards, honours, and commendations including the Editors’ Choice Award at Writers Guild of India, Poetry Street e-Journal, Sketchbook, Asian American Poetry, Poetbay, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational, UNESCO International Year Haiku Award of Water Co-operation, Creatrix Haiku Commendation Award, Diogen Spring Haiku award, The Kloštar Ivanić International Haiku Award, IAFOR Vladimir Devide Haiku Award, IRIS Commendation Award, Runners-up Third International Haiku Contest, “Cherry Blossom”-Bulgaria, 2nd Prize: Haiku Society of Constanta Haiku Contest, Rumania, and others. He guest-edited “Per Diem (Celestial Bodies-Monoku)”, The Haiku Foundation, November 2019.

His work is showcased in the exhibition “Haiku Wall”, Historic Liberty Theatre Gallery in Bend, Oregon, USA, and the tanka, ‘I mingle’ is published in the “Kudo Resource Guide”, University of California, Berkeley. His Taiga (Tanka-Photo) is featured in the 20th Anniversary Taiga Showcase of Tanka Society of America. His poem, “How Beautiful” is included in the Undergraduate English Curriculum at the university level. He has seven collections to his credits: Silence of the Seas (Skylark Publication, Aligarh, 1992), The Tiny Pebbles (Cyberwit.Net Press, Allahabad, 2011) Songs of Love- A Celebration (Writers Workshop, Kolkata, 2012), Ripples of Resonance (Authorspress, New Delhi 2017), Cosmic Symphony: A Haiku Collection (Cyberwit.Net Press, Allahabad, 2019),The Rhyming Rainbow: A Tanka Collection (Authorspress, New Delhi 2019) and The Speaking Stone (Authorspress, New Delhi2020).

His poems are translated into different languages like Japanese, Chinese, Serbian, German, Romanian, Italian, Irish, Bosnian, Spanish, Arabic, Balochi, Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu and Odia. He is also showcased in “Freezing the Moment: A Celebration of Haiku by Poets from India”, Scroll.in, April 2018. He holds a place of honour in the World Who’s Who (Europa Biographical Reference, Rutledge, London), Marquis Who’s Who and Who’s Who Emerging Writers 2020. He is Member of World Poets Society, United Minds for Peace Society (UMFPS) and many overseas literary journals.

He has been nominated as an International Panelist for the “Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems’, The Haiku Foundation.

He has created an innovative genre of poetry, “Hainka’, a poetic fusion of haiku and tanka, with the image linking of the ‘fragment of the haiku as the ‘pivot line’ of the following tanka.
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II. Articles by Pravat Kumar Padhy

Haiku: The Art of Words and My Maiden Journey, Living Haiku Anthology

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The Science of Haiku Poetry: My Experience

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Monoku: An Experiment with Minimalism in Haiku Literature, Under the Basho, 2018

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“Cosmic Muse” Haiku Anthology, Vol. 4, 2018 (Print)

Review of Chen-ou Liu’s Haibun, ‘The Distance of Love’, Haibun Today, Vol12, No.4, 2018

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The Garden of Blooming Flowers: My Experience of Tanka Writing, Atlas Poetica, Issue 29, 2019

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Per Diem for November 2019, Celestial Bodies (Monoku), The Haiku Foundation

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Haiku: A Scientific Art, The Haiku Foundation, 2020

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The Craft of Haiku Writing: My Experience, Literary Vibes, Edition LXIII, April 2020

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Haiku Spirit and My Favourite Ku, Positive Vibes, June 2020

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The Magic of Image and Muse of Words: My Experience”, Positive Vibes, May 2020

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Hainka: A Fusion of Haiku and Tanka, Digital Library, The Haiku Foundation, 2020

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Book Review: History of Contemporary Indian English Poetry by PCK Prem, Creation and Criticism, Vol. 5, Joint Issue.16 and 17, 2020

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Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore: Synchronous Philosophy and Dichotomy in Experiment, Reflections on Mahatma Gandhi: The Global Perspectives, Edited by Terry Bietzel and Chandrakant Langare (Rawat Publication, Under Press)

III.Review Articles on Poetry Collections by Pravat Kumar Padhy

“Silence of the Seas”: Reference in ‘Spectrum History of Indian Literature in English’, 1997

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Poems from ‘The Tiny Pebbles’ translated into Rumanian, Convorbiri Literature, 2015

 

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“Songs of Love- A Celebration”

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“Ripples of Resonance”

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Poem ‘Life Circus’ included in Ripples of Resonance: Reference in ‘Alienation in Contemporary Indian English Poetry’, 2002

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“Cosmic Symphony”: Short Review by Modern Haiku, 50.3.2019

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“Cosmic Symphony”: Reviewed by Randy Brooks, Frogpond, 43:2,2020

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“Cosmic Symphony”: Translated into Arabic by Mohammad Helmi Al-Rishah, 2020

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“The Rhyming Rainbow”: Reviewed by Dr Abnish Singh Chauhan

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“The Speaking Stone”

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IV.Interviews and Citations

Blogging Along Tobacco Road

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India Saijiki, World Kigo Database

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Haiku Reality, Vol. 8 No. 14 Summer 2011,

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Starry Night Walk with Contemporary Haijin Dr PK Padhy, Boloji.com, 2011

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Sketchbook, Vol. 7, No.3, May-June 2012

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Sketchbook , Vol. 7, No.4 , Issue 43, July-August 2012

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Sketchbook Vol. 7, No. 4 ~ Issue 43, 2012

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Top Ten Haiku, Asahi Haikuist Network, 2.11.2012

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Sanjuktaa Asopa in Conversion, Boloji.com, 2013

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The Indian Haiku Honoured in Japan, Boloji.com, 2013

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Issa’s Untidy Hut, Lilliput Review 2014

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Haiku India-10, Muse India, Issue 60, 2015

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Tinywords, 24 March 2015

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Haiku Reality, Vol. 12, No.20, 2015

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UGC NET/JRF/SET English Literature (Paper - II & III), 2015 

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English-language Haiku Poets in India Part-I, 2018

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English Syllabus, 2018 ‘How Beautiful’ by P K Padhy

 

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Tinywords, 2 April 2018

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The Renku Sessions: Jûnicho – Week 9, The Haiku Foundation, 2018

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The Renku Sessions: Imachi – Week 19 Wrap-up,The Haiku Foundation, 2018

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Pradeep Biswal’s A House Within by Bhaskaranand Jha Bhaskar, 2019

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Haiku Commentary : 2018,2020

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Freezing the Moment: A Celebration of Haiku by Poets from India,14 August 2020

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Pandemic Haiku: Alipore Post, 2020

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A History of Indian Haiku, The Haiku Foundation

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V.Blog/Poetry Websites

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Four Seasons Haiku

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Kritya

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All Poetry

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Poetbay.com

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Dreamer’s Reality

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World Haiku Series, Akita International Haiku Network, 2019

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VI.Professional Career

Pravat Kumar Padhy has obtained his Masters of Science and Technology and a Ph.D in Applied Geology from Indian Institute of Technology, ISM Dhanbad. He was associated with the state-owned enterprise, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India as an Exploration Geologist.

He has carried out extensive geo-scientific interpretation work on various petroliferous basins of India He published number of scientific papers in national and international journals. He is amongst the earliest pioneer in evolving the concept of Oil Shale Exploration and Scope for “Neoproterozoic Oil Exploration” in India.  He was invited to present technical papers in the International Conference and Exhibition organized by AAPG in Vienna, 1995 and UNO sponsored UNITAR International Conference, Beijing, 1998. His scientific research on ‘Biogenic Gas of Neogene age in Krishna-Godavari Shallow Offshore basin due to Gas Hydrate Destabilization’ attracted international accolade. His special paper on Shale Oil in Cambay Basin featured in the Procc. Indian Science Academy, 2016. He has also postulated for the first time possibility of occurrence of Shallow Biogenic Gas in Mahanadi onland basin. His scholarly work on the “Concept of Petroleum Geology” records large number of viewers on Google.

He has been associated with various collaborative projects including one with the Melbourne University, Australia. His papers are cited in various journals and scientific books including  AAPG, Organic Geochemistry, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Fuel, Journal of Petroleum Geology, ‘The Biomarker Guide: Biomarkers and Isotopes in Petroleum Systems and Earth History’, published by Cambridge University Press, 2005, USGS Bibliography etc. His scientific work has been referred in research domains at MIT USA, Melbourne University, Texas A&M University, IIT-Khargapur and others. He is credited with a Special Mentions in “World Shale Gas Resources: An Initial Assessment of 14 Regions outside the United State, EIA Report, USA, 2011; Shale Gas: Exploration and Environmental and Economic Impacts, 2017; The Fossil Fuel Revolution: Shale gas and Tight Oil, 2019.

He is honoured with "Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, 2017 for Professional Excellence”.

He visits Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar for delivering Guest lecture.

Presently he is working on an innovative research project on “The Geology of Mars”.

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His Thoughts:

“The essence of poetry nestles in the diligent fragrance of the flower, simplicity flow of the river, gentle spread of leaves, calmness of the ocean and the embellishment of soothing shadow. Poetry unveils the physics behind light and sound, chemistry of colour and aroma, and geological expression of the landscapes.

I aspire to present unison of scientific effervescence in poetry to usher in a pristine social renaissance and wish celebration of a beautiful tomorrow of the universal truism. The doctrine of ‘haikuism’ will usher in building a planet of nature’s paradise and abode of peace and brotherhood. Everything is in existence. I am merely a tiny part of consciousness of the stretch of time and space. I am a tiny bird dwelling in my nest, and singing songs for others and to the surroundings.”

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