
Pattanaik worked on Audible Originals (India)'s audiobook titled Suno Mahabharat Devdutt Pattanaik ke Saath and Revisiting Mahabharata with Devdutt Pattanaik. In December 2016, he made "his debut on the Forbes India Celeb 100 list, on the 93rd spot." In the show, he attempts to demystify and decode the folklore and traditions that accompanies Indian mythology. In 2015, Pattanaik presented the Hindi television series Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik on the "EPIC ON" channel. He has also been the story consultant at Indian television network Star TV, where Devon Ke Dev.Mahadev is based on his work and Epic channel, where he presents Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik. Pattanaik has consulted Star TV network on mythological television series like Mahabharata and Siya Ke Ram these serials have challenged conventional views of the narratives and opened up new avenues of interpretation.

He was a speaker at the first TED conference in India held in November 2009. He also served as the Chief Belief Officer at Future Group, one of India's largest retailers. He has worked as a consultant at Ernst and Young. Pattanaik illustrates most of his own books. His first book Shiva: An Introduction was published in 1997. Pattanaik worked in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry ( Sanofi Aventis and Apollo Group of Hospitals, respectively) for 14 years and spent his spare time writing articles and books on mythology, which eventually became his full-time profession. Pattanaik graduated in medicine ( M.B.B.S.) from Grant Medical College, Mumbai, and subsequently did a course in Comparative Mythology from Mumbai University.


He studied in Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School in Chembur. He spent his childhood and student life in Chembur, Mumbai. ? - ?, ?, ?, ?, ? I ?, ? I ?, ? I ?-?, ? I.Pattanaik is an Odia, born and brought up in Mumbai.
