He did his graduation from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack & completed his master's in sociology from University of Hyderabad in 1992.

He has done a specialization course in musical theater direction from Guildford School of Acting, London under a Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship.

[8] He has acted in Hindi movies Delhi 6, Fantom, Sandar, Talvar, and Tera mera tedha medha.

He also played the negative character in the latest ALT Balaji and ZEE5 web-series M.O.M - Mission Over Mars (2019).

[10] On 6 October 2023, Chittaranjan Tripathy became the Director of his own alma mater, National School of Drama.