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Prana Krushna Parija

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Nationality
  
Indian

Fields
  
Botany

Died
  
June 2, 1978

Name
  
Prana Parija


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Born
  
1 April 1891Balikuda, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha (
1891-04-01
)

Institutions
  
Ravenshaw UniversityBanaras Hindu UniversityUtkal University

Alma mater
  
Ravenshaw University, Presidency University, Kolkata, University of Cambridge

Institution
  
Ravenshaw University, Banaras Hindu University, Utkal University

Notable awards
  
Padma Bhushan (1955)

Prana Krushna Parija OBE (1 April 1891 – 2 June 1978) at Balikuda, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha. He was a Botanist, academician and former Vice chancellor of Utkal University. He worked as a principal in Ravenshaw University (formerly Ravenshaw College), CuttackPro Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and Vice-Chancellor of Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. The "Parija Library" of the university is named after him. He was working as a scientist for agricultural development in Orissa. He was an elected member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly.

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Awards and recognitions

  • Fearnsides Scholarship (1918), Trinity College, Cambridge, a scholarship to encourage clinical research in the field of organic diseases of the nervous system.
  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), 1944 New Year Honours
  • Padma Bhushan, 1955

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