Ramesh Chandra Parida was born on 4 January 1947. in a rural village named Jamapara, in Patakura P.S of Kendrapara District. His father Bhramarbar Parida was a Basic School teacher and his mother Satyabhama Parida was a home-maker. First among his three brothers and two sisters, Parida was greatly influenced by his father's Gandhian ideals from his childhood, which generated in him the spirit and confidence to begin a career in writing. As a result, as a school student he wrote and published short stories and poems in various children's magazines and Children's page of newspapers. After completing his high school education at a neighbouring village, Karilopatana, in 1962, Parida obtained B.Sc. degree and M.Sc. in Chemistry degree from the then Ravenshaw College, Cuttack.
Profession
Parida worked as a lecturer in Chemistry at Godavarish College, Banapur, Govt. Arts and Science College, Daman Union Territory. and College of Basic Science and Humanities, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology Bhubaneswar, from which he retired as the Professor of Chemistry in 2007. He also worked as a Scientist, Regional Research Laboratory Jorhat and as the Principal of Aeronautics College, Sunabeda, Odisha.
Research
Parida's main field of research was the study of Rice Protein, for which he was awarded a Ph. D. degree by the Utkal University in 1990. He has published about 20 research papers on the subject.
Writing career
Parida is a prolific popular science writer in Oriya as well as in English. He has written a large number of articles and books to popularize science in both the languages.
Books
Parida has written over eighty numbers of popular science books in Odia literature and edited a number of science magazines and news bulletin. Some of Parida's books are
He has edited a number of science magazines that include the Bigyan O’ Paribesh Barta, the Science & Environment bulletin, the Bigyan Prbha and the Bigyan Digant. He has been writing regular Science articles for Children and general reader in a number of Oriya and English magazines and newspapers. He was also a member of the Orissa Sahity Academy.
