Rudra Prasad hails from a small village of Rajkanika, Odisha. He has done his masters from Pondicherry University and currently a Research scholar of Dalit literature at Ravenshaw University. He has published his first book at the age of 20. Apart from that book he has written multiple short stories and more than two hundred poems. His area of research includes Dalit literature in the state of Odisha as well as all over the country.