Abhishek Tripathy belongs to Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He works with the Government of India, and is currently posted in New Delhi. As a lawyer by training having graduated from NUJS, Kolkata, he previously worked with Amarchand & Mangaldas in Mumbai. His debut poetry collection, Padma & Other Poems, has been recently published. His poems and writings have been featured in 100 Poems are not Enough which was co-published by Pan Macmillan (India) and Walking Book Fairs, the Odisha Review, The Caravan, The Hindu, The Wire, among others.