Parshuram Mishra (25 January 1894 – 4 August 1981) was an Indian botanist, educationist and the first vice chancellor of the

Sambalpur University Sambalpur University is located in Burla town, of district Sambalpur, India, in the state of Odisha. Popularly known as Jyoti Vihar, it offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. The governor of Odisha is the chancellor of t ...

. He completed his college studies at the

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in 1961 and secured a doctoral degree (PhD) from the

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, the first person from Odisha to secure a doctoral degree from the university. He is a former member of faculty at Leeds during which period he published several botanical articles. Returning to India, he became the vice chancellor of

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. When the

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started

in 1967, Mishra was made the first vice chancellor. The

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honoured him in 1960, with the award of

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation. Dr. P. M. Institute of Advanced Study in Education, an institution started in 1988 for advanced studies in education is named after him.

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1894 births 1981 deaths Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education Scientists from Odisha 20th-century Indian educational theorists Date of death missing Indian scientific authors Alumni of the University of Leeds People from Bargarh district 20th-century Indian botanists Sambalpur University alumni {{India-scientist-stub

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