Baishnab Charan Parida (15 February 1941 – 22 November 2018), was a BJD politician, writer and social activist.

He completed his Graduation in Kolkata from Bangabasi College and MA In Political Science from the University of Calcutta.

A great follower of Karl Marx and his ideology, he slowly and steadily got involved in trade union and labour movement in West Bengal.

In 1974 Baishnab Parida moved to Moscow with his family for a special assignment for Indo-Soviet coordination.

During that time he was special correspondent of the Samaja [Oriya Daily] and Eastern Media for East European countries.

During his stay in Moscow he read literature on Mohandas K. Gandhi and Ambedkar, slowly and steadily he was attracted towards Gandhian Philosophy and Lohia's ideology.

[4] (i) Caste System in India, (ii) S.A. Dange and Trade Union Movement in India, (iii) Octopus of Corruption, (iv) Political Economy and (v) Jharkhand Movement and the Political Aspirations behind it; translated 31 Russian Classics including Maxim Gorky's 'Mother', Dostoevsky and Chekhov's novels and stories, Leo Tolstoy's Father Sergei and other novels, Pushkin's Captain's daughter ; four volumes of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels' works; theoretical and political treaties of Plekhanov and Vladimir Lenin and many children's books into Oriya; edited books translated by many prominent Oriya writers, translated the 'Matir Manish' of Kalindi Charan Panigrahi, noted Oriya writer and other 28 best Oriya stories into Russian as a co-translator; published Pratinidhi (Oriya fortnightly) from Kolkata, 1963–69; contributed regularly for articles, journals and newspapers, has written numerous poems.