T. C. Narendran, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

T. C. Narendran

entomologist

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1944

Place of Birth: Thrissur, Kerala, India

Date of Death: 31-Dec-2013

Profession: university teacher, entomologist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Thekke Curuppathe Narendran (24 February 1944 – 31 December 2013; middle name sometimes written Kuruppathe) was an Indian entomologist specializing in the systematics of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Narendran is the recipient of Janakiammal National Award for Taxonomy (2004) and is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (IASc) and the Indian Entomology Academy, Chennai. His major publications include monographs on the Oriental Chalcididae (1989), Torymidae & Eurytomidae of Indian Subcontinent (1994) and Indo-Australian Ormyridae (1999) - and some 300 research papers in various scientific journals have established 700 new species and over 50 new genera.
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Narendran's lifelong work in Calicut University has resulted in the training of a large number of taxonomists in India. He died of a heart attack on 31 December 2013, aged 69.