He continued his training under Guru Damodar Panda and Adiguru Singhari Shyamsundar Kar.

He served as a lecturer in the Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya from 1972 onwards, and as the head of the Odissi music department from 1984 to 1998.

[2][8][1] Panda has also composed all the ashtapadis of Jayadeva's Gitagovinda following the original Raga-Tala indications of the 12th-century poet, in an attempt to approximate a reconstruction of the same.

[2] Gopal Chandra Panda was born in the village of Ramakrusnapura in the Bhadrak district of Odisha in 1940.

The academy has brought out several volumes of his research publications and accompanying audio recorded renditions by vocalists.