Dr Hota is an essayist, critic, columnist and translator. His publications include Kalpana, Anubhav O Sahitya (Essay Collection), Chetanara Anweshana (Essay Collection), Gandhi Kavita (Edited by himself), Astha Suryara Sakala o any a galpa guccha (Translated stories from Original English stories book “Fly on the wall and other stories” by Subha Sharma). He writes columns for reputed newspapers like Samaj, Sambad, Prameya, etc.
He is the recipient of Gokarnika Essay Award, Saraswat Samman, Mahuri Samman, Krushnendu Smruti Samman, Shri Shri Nigamananda Seva Samman, Brahmapur Pustak mela prabandha Samman, Bana Surabhi samman, Swatantra Saraswat Samman by Dasia Sanskrutik Parishad, and most notably the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar-2020 among others. He is currently on the editorial board of Odisha Sahitya Academy’s Literary Magazine ‘Konark’, published both in English and Odia.