Ashish Kumar Nayak is an Odia language writer and poet. He started his writings during his college time. He used to write short stories, poems, essays, and research stories and is quite popular on Social media for his storytelling. Some of his stories have been published in Shubhapallaba magazine. His first book, "The Masaka" was published in 2022. His first short film "Chhaya" is released in 2023. Apart from producing the film, he wrote the story, screenplay, and dialogues. Being a storyteller, he shares most of his stories in both audio and video format on YouTube and different podcasting platforms.