2011

Dr. Ajay Parida, Executive Director, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, has been selected for the prestigious TATA Innovation Fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. The award is to honour and encourage translational scientists dedicated to finding solutions by innovative scientific knowledge and platform technologies (source).

2010

In the inaugural session of International Conference on "Eliminating Hunger and Poverty: Priorities in Global Agricultural Research and Development Agenda in an Era of Climate Change and Rising Food Prices", August 7 - 9, 2010 Dr. Ajay K Parida, Executive Director Presented the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation's 2009 - 2010 Highlights of Activities.

International Conference on Biodiversity in Relation to Food & Human Security in a Warming Planet - Ajay K Parida, Executive Director, M S Swaminathan Researach Foundation, Chennai, February 16, 2010.

2009

Interview of Dr Ajay K Parida, Executive Director, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (Chennai) by Prof. Arunachalam in MSSRF, Chennai when gathering material along with Suchit Nanda on the two books "Reaching the Unreached" and "Transformative Impact of ICT" on 9th September, 2009. Location: M S Swaminathan Research Institute (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India.