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| name = Puspashree Pattnaik<br />
| image = Puspashree Pattnaik during relicensing Srujanika's entire publication in scanned form to Odia Wikisource community during the project's 1st anniversary.jpg<br />
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| caption = Pattnaik in Bhubaneswar during a Wikisource event (2015)<br />
| birth_date = 1958<!--{{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|01|09}}--><br />
| birth_place = [[Puri]], [[Odisha]], India<br />
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| alma_mater = [[Utkal University]]<ref name="utkal"/><br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Educator|author|activist|archivist}}<br />
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| spouse = [[Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik]]<br />
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| awards = Pranakrushna Parija Popular Science Award (1997)<ref name="odishabigyanacademy"/><br />
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'''Puspashree Pattnaik''' is an Indian educator, [[popular science]] author, activist and archivist. She is known for her contribution to the fields of science education, popular science, environmentalism, and archiving. ''Exploring Nature'' is a book by her.<ref name="vigyanprasas">{{cite web |title=Exploring Nature |url=https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/exploring-nature/ |website=Vigyan Prasar, Government of India |publisher=Vigyan Prasar |access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref> She co-founded nonprofit [[Srujanika]] that focuses on research and innovation in science, education, and development with an emphasis on the Odia language, along with her husband [[Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik]]. Pattnaik co-founded the children's educational initiative Integral Education Centre at Srujanika and co-edited the organization's magazine ''Bigyana Tarang''. The [[Odisha Bigyan Academy]] awarded her the Pranakrushna Parija Popular Science Award for the book, ''Kahinki Bhai Kahinki'' in 1997.<ref name="odishabigyanacademy">{{cite web |title=Pranakrushna Parija Popular Science Award – Odisha Bigyan Academy |url=http://odishabigyanacademy.in/pranakrushna-parija-popular-science-award/ |website=Odisha Bigyan Academy, Government of Odisha |access-date=9 April 2023 |language=or-IN}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education==<br />
Puspashree Pattnaik was born in [[Puri]], [[Odisha]], India.<br />
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Pattnak studied Master of Science in Zoology from [[Utkal University]]<ref name="utkal">{{cite web |title=List of Members|url=https://management.ind.in/forum/attachments/f2/32859d1513739600-utkal-university-zoology-alumni-association-names-members-alumni-association-department-zoology-utkal-univers.pdf |website=Utkal University — Zoology |publisher=Utkal University Zoology Alumni Association |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> and [[Bachelor of Education]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
She co-founded [[Srujanika]] along with her husband in 1983 with a focus on research and innovation in science, education, and development,<ref name="agragamee">{{cite web |title=Report On District Resource Unit (DRU) Koraput: 1992-1993 |url=http://14.139.60.153/bitstream/123456789/7089/1/REPORT%20ON%20DISTRICT%20RESOURCE%20UNIT%20%28DRU%29%20DORAPU%2CAGRAGAMEE%201992-93_D-8938.pdf |website=Agragamee |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> specifically with an emphasis on the Odia language. She led the Integral Children Education Centre for children, co-edited [[popular science]] magazine ''Bigyan Taranga'' and led Srujanika's teacher and student engagement initiatives. She oversaw the organization's archiving activities including archiving large volume of [[public domain]] and other books and review of the digitized version of the ''[[Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha]]'', and hosting the books on the online portal Odia Bibhaba.<ref name="umich">{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Jeffrey |title=Research Guides: South Asia: Orissa Information and Materials |url=https://guides.lib.umich.edu/c.php?g=282806&p=8474630 |website=guides.lib.umich.edu |publisher=University of Michigan Library |access-date=9 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-11-12 |title=Virtual library carrying Odia literary treasures launched |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/virtual-library-carrying-odia-literary-treasures-launched/articleshow/61617084.cms |access-date=2023-04-25 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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Pattnaik also co-started the Integral Children Education Centre, also known as the Sunday school, in their private house and garden to help children who faced difficulties in getting an education due to various reasons such as lack of interest from parents, financial problems, or belonging to the [[Dalit]] communities. The school was completely voluntary, and the children used to come on Sunday afternoons. Instead of set plans or syllabuses, she and other Srujanika volunteers used teaching aids to teach geometry and science subjects.<ref name="eric">{{cite journal | vauthors=((Hagman, K.)), ((Karlsson, N.)) | title=A Study on Indian Destitutes: Aspects of the Lives of Destitute Children and Women in Orissa, India. Reprints and Miniprints No. 759. | journal=ERIC | date= 1992}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Pattnaik is married to [[Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sahu |first=Diana |date=2016-01-09 |title=Books at a Click — The Centre for Internet and Society |url=https://epaper.newindianexpress.com/687837/The-New-Indian-Express-Bhubaneswar/09012016#page/1/1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618000000/https://epaper.newindianexpress.com/687837/The-New-Indian-Express-Bhubaneswar/09012016#page/1/1 |archive-date=2018-06-18 |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=New Indian Express}} [https://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/new-indian-express-january-9-2016-diana-sahu-books-at-a-click Alt URL]</ref><br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
* 1997, Pranakrushna Parija Popular Science Award, awarded by the Odisha Bigyan Academy, for ''Kahinki Bhai Kahinki''<ref name="odishabigyanacademy"/><br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{cite book |ref=none |last1=Pattnaik |first1=Puspashree |title=Wildlife of Odisha Mammals |date=2022-11-17 |publisher=Binod Bihari Bisoi |location=Cuttack |isbn=9789395000000}}<br />
* {{cite book |ref=none |last1=Pattnaik |first1=Nikhil Mohan |last2=Pattnaik |first2=Puspashree | publisher=Srujanika; Vigyan Prasar | title=Science Writing in Oriya 1850-1950 | date= 2010 | url=http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/science-writings-oriya.pdf |pages=38}}<br />
* {{cite book |ref=none |last1=Pattnaik |first1=Nikhil Mohan |last2=Pattnaik |first2=Puspashree |title=Prakr̥ti Kī Prayogaśālā : Gatividhi Ādhārita Prakr̥ti Adhyayana Ke Lie Mārganirdeśikā |date=2009 |publisher=Sastā Sāhitya Maṇḍala |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788173093951}}<br />
* {{cite book |ref=none |last1=Pattnaik |first1=Nikhil Mohan |last2=Pattnaik |first2=Puspashree |title=Exploring nature : a guidebook on activity based nature study |date=2006 |publisher=Vigyan Prasar |location=Noida, U.P. |isbn=9788174801128 |pages=128}}<br />
* {{cite book |ref=none |last1=Pattnaik |first1=Nikhil Mohan |last2=Pattnaik |first2=Puspashree |last3=Sahoo |first3=Padmaja Nandini |last4=Senapati |first4=Mamata |title=Gijubhāi Śikṣā Nidhi |date=2005-03-01 |publisher=Srujanika |location=Bhubaneswar |pages=194 |url=https://archive.org/details/GijubhaiShikshanidhi-Odiya-Srujanika}}<br />
* {{cite book |ref=none |last1=Pattnaik |first1=Puspashree |last2=Das |first2=Bimal |title=Kāgajaru Ākr̥ti |date=1998-02-01 |publisher=Srujanika |location=Bhubaneswar |pages=84 |access-date=}}<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Pattnaik |first1=Puspashree |title=Kahinki Bhai Kahinki |date=1997 |location=Bhubaneswar}}<br />
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