Debi Prasanna Nanda is a man of coastal city, Puri in Odisha. Promoting Handicrafts is his profession and art, literature and heritage is his passion. He wrote a few books and several articles on craft and traditional craftsmiths those are associated with Lord Jagannath temple . He also wrote a novel "Ekabarnee' on typical culture of the heritage city. He completed his fellowship under CCRT, Govt. Of India on "epigraphy and artistic engravings in ancient Palmleaf manuscript of odisha".