Dibakar Maharana graduated from the premier Agriculture University of Odisha ,OUAT,Bhubaneswar in 1971, served for few months under Govt of Odisha as Agriculture Officer. He then switched over to State Bank of India and worked in different capacities and retired in 2009 as Chief Manager. His last assignment was Chief Manager Lead Bank. During his tenure in SBI, he was deputed to Samanwita Gramya Unnayan Samiti ,Udaygiri as it’s Project Director which is the only institution in India co sponsored by SBI and Sate Govt After retirement He joined as Bank Linkage Officer in TRIPTI a world Bank aided project of Govt of disha run by Panchayatiraj dept and then worked as Project Executive Bank Linkage under the flagship programme of Govt of India,NRLM (OLM).