English: “Professor Dr. T. C. Narendran, is an exemplary academician as well as an insect taxonomist of distinction and repute. He has put in more than 40 years in teaching and research at the Department of Zoology, University of Calicut,Kerala,India. His research contributions to the science of taxonomy have been very substantive in realizing the faunal diversity of the Parasitic Hymenoptera not only of the Indian Region, but also of the other parts of the world. His contributions to the teaching and development of taxonomy have resulted in the training of a large number of taxonomists. He has been very successful in inculcating among the Indian biologists, especially a vast community of students and teachers, a growing interest in taxonomy by offering free expertise as well as identification services. He has discovered and described more 1043 new species of insects, which represent nearly 1.7% of insect diversity known from India. He has to his credit more than 380 research papers published in scientific journals in India and abroad and also 10 books, including 7 research monographs. More than 27 students have so far been awarded doctoral degree under him. ( as taken from TCNTwebsite)