Meet the Artist (MTA) is a permanent in-house program of JDCA, where invited artists, craft persons or scholars through their illustrated presentations create an appreciation of all forms of visual art. 

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Since 2001, such MTAs have taken place on the second Saturday of every month. 

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286 Meet the Artist 
Prabir K. Pattanaik 

Buddhist Scholar

at  5:30 pm, Saturday, 10 January 2026

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​About the Artist and the Talk

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Prabir Kumar Pattanaik (b. 1949 at Udayapur, Nayagarh, Odisha, India) came from a rural agricultural and freedom fighter’s family in a remote village. As a literary and social worker and development researcher, he engaged in development research and worked for several years as a consultant with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and other global development agencies in the field of rural accessibility. He represented various international forums in that field and worked in many Asian, African, European and North and South American countries. During his assignment with the UN and international agencies, he authored many research reports/ papers, most of which were published. He self-retired in 2010 and built up a rich Indological library. 
During his work tenure, he visited several Buddhist places and monuments, which inspired him to know more about Buddhism. He engaged himself in Buddhist studies with a focus on Padmanabha and authored several research papers and articles on Padmasambhava, which are published in books, compendiums, journals and newspapers worldwide.
In his upcoming talk, he will discuss the "Diamond Triangle" of Odisha, which consists of the ancient Buddhist sites of Ratnagiri, Udayagiri, and Lalitagiri. The session explores how these sites near the Jajpur region represent the evolution of Buddhist beliefs. 

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