Asit Mohanty began his literary career as Managing Editor of Samabesha, an acclaimed journal for literature in Odia published in Bhubaneswar; weekly magazine of once-upon-a-time- largely-circulated daily Prajatantra and presently working with Eastern Media Group, a media house of repute in Odisha. He is an acclaimed editor, a brilliant research scholar; a prolific translator and author of few Children’s books.