Dr. Nagendra Nath Pradhan is acclaimed as an authority on religious and philosophical literature. His critical analysis of the works of Gangadhar Meher, Dinakrushna Das and Jayadev, Geet Govind and other 15 books are trend setters. His insightful, exhaustive and impeccably research accounts have been revealed in his pioneering work on the long forgotten Saraswati River and Vedic Civilization. He is considered as a doyen of "Nirguna Sahitya" and the Odisha Text Book Bureau and the Odisha Sahitya Academy have published his books on "NIRGUNA SAHITYA".

Dr. Nagendra Nath Pradhan was born in 1936, was educated at Revenshaw College and got his D. Litt. as the youngest scholar of Utkal University. He was the H.O.D. of Odia Literature, Department of Regional College of Education (Now RIE of N.C.E.R.T) Bhubaneswar: He has successfully supervised 20 scholars for their Ph.D. and D. Litt. research. He has travelled extensively in India and delivered talks on the emerging trends and initiative methodologies in education and research; especially in Buddhist studies and on the lost river Saraswati, which gave birth and nourished Vedic Civilization.