National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Swarup Kumar Parida
Fellow, Elected 2019

Born in Basta, Balasore, Odisha on 26 May 1979. Educated at Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar, B.Sc. (Agriculture) 2001; Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV), Raipur, M.Sc. (Agricultural Biotechnology) 2004; Jamia Hamdard University and National Institutefor Plant Biotechnology (NIPB), New Delhi, Ph.D. (Biotechnology) 2010.

Scientist V, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, 2022 to date.

Post-doctoral Fellow, National Institute for Plant Biotechnology (NIPB), New Delhi, 2009-11; Scientist, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, 2011-till date.

Awards/Honours: Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Agricultural Sciences, 2024; Department of Biotechnology (DBT) S. Ramachandran-National Bioscience Award for Career Development, 2020; NASI Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award in Biological Sciences, 2019; Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Medal for Young Scientist, 2010; National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award, 2011; National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) Young Scientist Award, 2013-14; NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist Award 2015; NAAS Associate Fellow, 2016-2020; Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research, 2011; NASI Prof. B.K. Bachhawat Memorial Young Scientist Lecture Award, 2018; ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Dr. P.N. Bahl Award-IV for the Biennium, 2018-19; The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) Pran Vohra Award, 2014-15; Member Genetics Society of UK, 2014; Member Crop Science Society of America, 2016; Odisha Bigyan Academy (OBA) Samanta Chandra Sekhar Award in Science & Technology, 2018; OBA Young Scientist Award, 2014; Indian Genetics Congress (IGC) Young Scientist Researcher Award 2015; Associate/Handling Editors of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), BMC Genomics, BMC Plant Biology, PLOS ONE, Frontiers in Plant Science, Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, Molecular Breeding, Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Journal of Plant Genomics.

Fellow: Indian National Science Academy (INSA); National Academy of Sciences India (NASI)

Research Areas: Genomics-assisted Breeding for Crop Improvement, Agricultural Biotechnology, Plant Genomics, Molecular Genetics, Molecular Breeding

Address: Scientist V, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), Lab No. 109, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, P.O. Box No. 10531, New Delhi 110067; H-III/103, NIPGR, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067; [Tel: Off. (011) 26735228; Res. (011) 26735194; Cell: 9968207166; Fax: (011) 26741658; Email: swarupdbt@gmail.com; swarup@nipgr.ac.in]

NAAS Associate, 2016