Priyambada Mohanty Hejmadi is an Indian classical dancer, scientist, academician, art writer, and biologist.

[1][2] Born on 18 November 1939, she mastered the Indian classical dance form of Odissi from an early age under Ban Bihari Maiti.

Her Odissi performance at the Inter-University Youth Festival in New Delhi in 1954 is reported to have helped the dance form to gain international attention through Charles Fabri, the renowned art critic from Hungary, who was present at the function.

[4] She has written numerous articles[3] and books on both dance and zoology, including, Odissi: An Indian Classical Dance Form,[5] elaborating the history and evolution of the Indian classic form of Odissi.

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