Dr. Manas Kumar Das has obtained his M.A. Degree in History and also M.A. in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. He has qualified UGC NET. He was awarded his Ph.D. on "History of Archaeology in Orissa during the Colonial Period (1803-1947 A.D.)" with the ICHR Fellowship under Utkal University. He has won Prof. Jagannath Pattnaik Memorial "Young Historian Award" from the Odisha History Congress in 2014. He has published two books, five E-learning Study Materials of DDCE, Utkal University and a number of research papers on History and Archaeology of Odisha in different journals and proceedings. Presently, he is working as a Lecturer in the Department of History, D.K. College, Jaleswar, Balsore, Odisha.