A great loss to Indian Animal Taxonomy. He was a very enthusiastic researcher and a dedicated person, On 30th December also he done his research upto 7 pm. His discovery of around 1043 species of insects, which represents nearly 1.7% of insect diversity known from India.
On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 7:44 PM, hortusmalabaricus . <[email protected]>wrote: > It is with great enthusiasm we have informed you all the release of the > latest issue of SAMAGRA (vol. 9) (26 December 2013), which contains five > new curious insects from the Western Ghats by Prof. TC > Narendran. Unfortunately that rejoicing mood ended soon. The eminent > entomologist, Prof. TC Narendran passed away on the early morning of 31st > December, 2013. He was very active and enthusiastic till his death at the > age of 69. The Centre for Research in Indigenous Knowledge Science & > Culture (CRIKSC) lost one of its ever inspiring founder members. > > Prof. TCN has described more than 1000 species of new insects. Most of > them are parasites, which control the population of other insects. He > usually says that all his achievements are due to the blessings of his > guru, Prof. M.S. Mani, the noted Indian entomologist. Trained in the > Natural History Museum (London) and Smithsonian Institution (Washington), > Prof. TCN has maintained high standards in his research. He has been > working in close association with the renounced entomologists such as Dr. > Z. Boucek (UK), Dr. D. Kovac (Germany), Dr. K. Konishi (Japan), etc. > > Major part of his life was as the faculty member of the Zoology > Department of University of Calicut. He also headed the Department for some > period. For the last many years he has been associated with the Western > Ghat Regional Centre of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kozhikode, > Kerala as an Emeritus Scientist. He has published more than 350 research > papers, 9 books, including 6 research monographs. More than 25 students > have so far been awarded doctoral degrees under him. > > He was a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences <http://www.ias.ac.in/>, > and a recipient of the prestigious EK Janaki Ammal Award for Taxonomy > instituted by the Government of India. To promote the studies on insects, > he has established the Prof. TC Narendran Trust for Animal Taxonomy. > > With the sad demise of Prof TCN, India lost a dedicated taxonomist, and a > noble person, who was ready to help the youngsters. > > by > > KP RAJESH > > Links: > > http://www.tcntrust.org/focus.htm > > > http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/taxonomist-tcnarendran-dead/article5523036.ece > > Taxonomy award for T.C. Narendran: > http://hindu.com/2005/09/16/stories/2005091604721600.htm > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- *Prabhu Kumar K M* Scientist Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR) & 'CMPR' Herbarium Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal, Malappuram *E-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
