Narendran, Thekke Kuruppathe (1944-2013)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Born on 24th February 1944 at Trichur, Kerala, India, Dr. T. C. Narendran received his M.Sc degree in Zoology from the St. John’s College, Agra, India. After a short stint of early research career on reproductory biochemistry of insects, his interest shifted to the study of taxonomy of Parasitic Hymenoptera. He obtained his Ph.D degree in Zoology from the University of Calicut, and joined the Zoology faculty of the university in 1972. He became the professor of Zoology and later Head of the Department of Zoology at the University of Calicut (Retired in 2004 March).

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * Sheela, S.; Narendran, T. C. 1997. A new genus and a new species of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. J. Ecobiol. 9: 87-91


 * Sheela, S. and T. C. Narendran. 1998a. On five new species of Tetramorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from India. Entomon 23(1): 37-44.


 * Sheela, S.; Narendran, T.C. 1998b. A new species of the genus Paratopula Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Geobios New Rep. 17(1): 23-26


 * Sheela, S., T. C. Narendran and R. N. Tiwari. 2000. Redescription of a little known myrmicine ant Recurvidris recurvispinosa (Forel) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India 98(2): 93-98