| Names |
Thekke Kuruppathe
(T.K.) NARENDRAN |
| Date of Birth |
February 24, 1944 |
| Date of
Death |
December 31, 2013 |
|
Identity |
Indian entomologist |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- His major publications include monographs on:
- 1989: the Oriental
Chalcididae,
- 1994: Torymidae &
Eurytomidae of Indian Subcontinent and
- 1999: Indo-Australian
Ormyridae.
- 2004: He received the
Janakiammal National Award for Taxonomy.
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| Special Achievements
/ Events |
- He specialized in the systematics of parasitic wasps in
the superfamily Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera).
- He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences,
Bangalore (IASc) and the Indian Entomology Academy, Chennai.
- He has to his credit some 300 research papers in
various scientific journals that established 700 new species
and over 50 new genera.
- His lifelong work in Calicut University has resulted in
the training of a large number of taxonomists in India.
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