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 Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology (NRCPB), New Delhi, Ph.D. (Biotechnology) 2010.

Staff Scientist IV, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, 2018 to date.

Post-doctoral Fellow, National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology (NRCPB), New Delhi, 2009-11; Staff Scientist, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, 2011-18.

Awards/Honours: 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; 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 Science Academy (OBA) Young Scientist Award, 2014; Indian Genetics Congress (IGC) Young Scientist Researcher Award 2015; Academic & Associate Editors of Scientific Reports, BMC Genomics, PLOS ONE, Frontiers in Plant Science, Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology.

Fellow: National Academy of Sciences India (NASI), India

Research Areas: Agricultural Biotechnology, Plant Genomics, Molecular Genetics, Molecular Breeding

Address: Staff Scientist IV, 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: swarup@nipgr.ac.in; swarupdbt@gmail.com]

; NAAS Associate, 2016