Abhishek Kumar Dash is a Community Correspondent from Nuapada district, Odisha.

His dream was to become an engineer. Though he enrolled in a B.Sc. program, he was forced to drop out halfway through, as his family faced dire financial circumstances. He then started and gave up a successful business, to become a social activist because he felt the need for a stronger leadership which would be able to work out the different issues prevalent in society. He sees video as a tool that can document the problems faced by his people and help them take action.