Panigrahi was a research scholar specialising in pottery in the
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1937 to 1944. He then joined the
Orissa Educational Service as a lecturer in history until 1947. He then switched careers again to become the curator of the
Orissa Museum between 1947 and 1951 before returning to teaching again. He rejoined the ASI as an Assistant Superintendent. He retired as a professor of history. He got award sahitya academy for his biography
Mo samaya ra odisha. His famous Story is Puspabara re barshabarana. ==Works==