Parasuram Mishra

Parasuram Mishra
Born Odisha, India
Occupation Botanist, educationist
Awards Padma Shri

Parasuram Mishra was an Indian botanist, educationist and the first vice chancellor of the Sambalpur University.[1] He completed his college studies at the University of Kolkata in 1961[2] and secured a doctoral degree (PhD) from the University of Leeds, the first person from Odisha to secure a doctoral degree from the university.[3] He is a former member of faculty at Leeds during which period he published several botanical articles.[4] Returning to India, he became the vice chancellor of Utkal University.[1] When the Government of Odisha started Sambalpur University in 1967, Mishra was made the first vice chancellor.[5]

The Government of India honoured him in 1960, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.[6] Dr. P. M. Institute of Advanced Study in Education, an institution started in 1988 for advanced studies in education is named after him.[7]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "PMIASE". PMIASE. 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  2. "University of Kolkata". University of Kolkata. 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  3. "Blog report". Blog report. 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  4. Allan Allsopp, Parasuram Misra (1940). "The constitution of the cambium, the new wood and the mature sapwood of the common ash, the common elm and the Scotch pine". Biochem. J. 34: 1078–1084.
  5. "Sambalpur University". Sambalpur University. 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  6. "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  7. "Pmiase history". PMIASE. 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.