N. Kesava Panikkar

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Nedumangattu Kesava Panikkar
N. Kesava Panikkar
Born17 May 1913 (1913-05-17)
Kerala, India
Died24 June 1977 (1977-06-25) (aged 64)
Tiruvanathpuram, India
OccupationZoologist
Known forMarine biological research
AwardsPadma Shri
Galathea Medal of Denmark
ZSI Sir Dorabji Tata Medal
INSA Chandrakala Hora Medal

Nedumangattu Kesava Panikkar (1913–1977[1]) was an Indian zoologist, a former director of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute,[2] a former adviser to the Government of India on fishery development and a former vice chancellor of the Cochin University of Science and Technology.[3] He was a recipient of the Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 1973.[4]

Life sketch

Panikkar was born 17 May 1913 in Kottayam, Kerala. He was the only son of his parents Sankunni Menon and JJanaki. His father was a Headmaster of a Government High School in

Ministry of Agriculture (India), as the director of the International Indian Ocean Expedition, as the director of the National Institute of Oceanography and as a member of the National Commission on Agriculture.[3] He also served as a member of the Indian National Science Academy and the Kerala State Planning Board and sat on the editorial boards of journals such as Journal of the Zoological Society of India, Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, Indian Journal of Marine Science, and Marine Biology.[3]

Panikkar was an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, Royal Society of Arts, London, National Academy of Sciences, India[8] and Indian Geophysical Union.[3] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 1973.[4] He was also a recipient of the Galathea Medal of Denmark (1953) Sir Dorabji Tata Medal from the Zoological Society of India and the Chandrakala Hora Medal by the Indian National Science Academy.[3] Panikkar died on 24 June 1977.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "NEDUMANGATTU KESAVA PANIKKAR" (PDF). Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute". Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute. 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Deceased Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Studies on Brackish Water" (PDF). Zoological Society of London. 1938. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
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  8. ^ "NASI Fellow". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
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