Background
Mahapatra, Swapna was born on July 13, 1960 in Cuttack, Orissa, India. Daughter of Chandrasekhar and Jyotsna Mahapatra.
Mahapatra, Swapna was born on July 13, 1960 in Cuttack, Orissa, India. Daughter of Chandrasekhar and Jyotsna Mahapatra.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Utkal University, Cuttack, 1979. Master of Science in Physics, Utkal University, 1981. Predoctoral diploma, Institute Physics, India, 1983.
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Institute Physics, India, 1990.
Postdoctoral fellow Tata Institute, Mumbai, 1990-1992, Matscience, Chennai, India, 1992-1994. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research pool officer Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India, 1994-1997, faculty department physics, since 1997. Regular associate The Abdus Salam International Center Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, since 1996.
Married Karmadeva Maharana, February 25, 1987.