Background
Er Mayadhar Swain was born on 8 February 1956 in the village Baselihata of Cuttack district in the state of Odisha, India.
Er Mayadhar Swain was born on 8 February 1956 in the village Baselihata of Cuttack district in the state of Odisha, India.
Then he successfully completed Mechanical Engineering in Water Resources Development from prestigious Institute of Information Technologies, Roorkee with 1st class Honours with Distinction in 1989.
He passed matriculation from Banshidhar Bidyapith at Kanpur in 1972 with National first class and secured 6th rank in Odisha. He passed I.Sc. from Revenshaw College, Cuttack in 1974. He got Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering UCE Burla in 1979 with 1st class 1st in Sambalpur University.
Er Swain worked in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) from 1979 to 1982 and in Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS) from 1982 to 1988 as Assistant Engineer.
Then he joined the upper Kolab hydro power plant under the Odisha Hydro Power Corporation and as Assistant Manager and was promoted to Deputy Manager from 1989 to 2000. As of 2014 he works in MECON Limited, Ranchi and holds the post of Deputy General Manager.
He has expertise in power plant technology. He has published more than 50 papers in various journals & presented in seminars mainly on Power System.
Er Mayadhar Swain is a well known popular science writer in Odisha.
He has been writing popular articles on science, engineering and mathematics in leading newspapers and magazines of the State for over three decades. He has written about seven hundred articles on popular science. He has broadcast several science talks on All India Radio.
Fellow of Institution of Engineers.
Member, Odisha Bigyan Academy Member, Utkal Sahitya Samaj Member, Bigyan Prachar Samiti, Cuttack.
Fellow of Institution of Engineers.
Member, Odisha Bigyan Academy
Member, Utkal Sahitya Samaj
Member, Bigyan Prachar Samiti, Cuttack.