Dr Sahoo devoted his full carrier for the research and development of refractory and allied materials. He obtained his Ph D degree on Refractory Science in 1982. He developed 45 refractory products and processes, which have been commercialized and out of which 25 have been patented. He has received three times Import Substitution Award in All India Industrial Exhibitions at Hyderabad. Dr Sahoo, to his credit, has published 112 technical papers on various refractories and their applications.

Four scientists have been awarded Ph D degree under the guidance of Dr Sahoo. He visited UK, Japan, USA, Russia, German, Spain, China and a number of countries for various seminars on refractory. Dr Sahoo was the Chairman in one Technical session of UNITECR, 1997 held at New Orlean, USA. Dr Sahoo is the life time member of Indian Ceramic Society, Indian Institute of Ceramics, Indian Institute of Refractory Engineers and Indian Science Congress Associations.