Dr. Siba Prasad Parida presently serving in Centurion University of Technology and Management as Professor and former Head, Department of Zoology having  specialization in  entomology in M.Sc  and developmental biology in M.Phil. His area of interest is Animal Taxonomy, Wildlife biology, Biodiversity conservation. He did his MSc , M.Phil and Ph.D  from Utkal University. He has published 93 research papers  in the journals of national and international repute and published 3 books in his credit.  He is one of the resource person in various Govt, and non-govt organizations and also different academic institutions. Presently he is teaching B.Sc., M.Sc. and M.Phil students and guiding five number of PhD students .