. . . . . "Ajay Kumar Parida"@en . . . . . . . . "42875458"^^ . . . . . "1100803156"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Ajay Kumar Parida (12 December 1963 \u2013 19 July 2022) was an Indian biologist noted for his contributions in the fields of agriculture, plant molecular biology and biotechnology. In 2014, Parida was awarded the Padma Shri Award by the President of India for his contribution in the field of Science and Technology. Parida, who was born and raised in Bhagabanpur, a village in the Jajpur district of Odisha, was the Director of the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. ILS (www.ils.res.in) is an autonomous institution of the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. He served as the Executive Director of the M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai during 2009\u20132017. He died from a heart attack on 19 July 2022 at the age of 58 in Guwahati."@en . . . . . "5925"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ajay Kumar Parida (12 December 1963 \u2013 19 July 2022) was an Indian biologist noted for his contributions in the fields of agriculture, plant molecular biology and biotechnology. In 2014, Parida was awarded the Padma Shri Award by the President of India for his contribution in the field of Science and Technology."@en . . . . . .