ସ୍ଵୟଂପ୍ରଭା ପାଢ଼ୀ, ସମଧ୍ୱନି ପତ୍ରିକାର (ପ୍ରିଣ୍ଟ ଓ ଡିଜିଟାଲ) ସମ୍ପାଦକ, ଗାୟିକା, ଲୋକ ସଂସ୍କୃତି ଗବେଷିକା. Ms Swayamprava Parhi is a vocal Artist, cultural journalist and folk cultural researcher. She is based out of Bhubaneswar and edits her cultural magazine, Samadhwani. The magazine is available both in print and digital formats. Swayamprava has been involved in the Village Biography Writing Initiatives with school students since 2005. During Covid-19, she initiated a new approach to work with school students. She shifted her village biography work online while tying up with different schools in Odisha. She edited a book comprising the writings of village biographies of school students written during Covid-19. The name of the book is “Chota Ama Gaan Ti”. She has extensively documented issues like the Food culture of Odisha, Syncretism in India, and Music of the Marginalized Artists. Now, she is focusing on the role of Women in the Performing Folk Art forms of Odisha. She also happens to be a Documentary Filmmaker. She produced her documentary “Ganda Baja” in 2022. She has been working closely with noted organic farmer Sri Natabar Sarangi since 2008 in the Narisho/Niali areas and documenting his childhood memories, life experiences and food history of coastal Odisha particularly of Puri and Cuttack district, both in written and video formats.