He has been contributing regularly to a variety of prominent Oriya news papers and magazines since 1973.
Nikhilanand was born on 20 December 1947 in the village of Dhanantar near Aska in Ganjam district of Odisha in India.
Then he passed matriculation from Harihara High School, Aska successfully in 1961.
He retired as Director of Odisha State Bureau of Text Book Preparation and Production".
[5] He began his writings in early age.Over 1500 research papers, articles, stories, features written in leading newspapers, magazines, journals of national and international level which include The Samaj, Dharitri, Sambad, Prameya, Anupam Bharat, Bigyan Diganta, Science Horizon, Paurusha, Jhankar, Barttika, Yojana, Utkal Prasanga, Orissa Review and Katha etc.