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{{Short description|Indian zoologist (1943–2019)}}
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'''Keshav Chandra Pandey''' (5 July 1943{{Snd}} 1 December 2019), popularly known as '''K. C. Pandey''', was an Indian [[educationist]] and [[zoologist]] with 55 years research experience, a Fellow of the Zoological Society of India (F.ZSI),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to Zoologycal Society|url=https://zskol.org/|access-date=2020-07-09|website=Welcome to Zoological Society Kolkata|language=en-US}}</ref> and a Fellow of the Helminthological Society of India (FHSI).

==Career==
Pandey started his teaching career in 1967 at Zoology Department, Lucknow University. In 1980 he was selected as [[Professor]] and Head in the Department of Zoology, [[Meerut University]] (now CCS University, Meerut).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut|url=https://www.ccsuniversity.ac.in/default.htm|access-date=2020-07-13|website=www.ccsuniversity.ac.in}}</ref> He rejoined Lucknow University in 1990, and eventually became Dean of the Faculty of Science.{{Citation needed|date= January 2022}}

From 1994 to 1997 Pandey served as the [[Vice Chancellor]] of CCS University, Meerut, and, after his full term as Vice Chancellor,<ref>{{Cite web|date=Mar 21, 2015|title=Will quit if registrar works: CCSU VC {{!}} Meerut News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/Will-quit-if-registrar-works-CCSU-VC/articleshow/46648404.cms|access-date=2020-07-13|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> he rejoined Lucknow University in late 1997. His teaching experience spanned about 50 years, during which he supervised more than 50 [[Ph.D.]] and [[MPhil]] candidates. After his retirement from Lucknow University, he continued with research work and ISCA <ref>{{Cite web|title=K.C.Pandey Indian national science congress - Google Search|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=K.C.Pandey+Indian+national+science+congress|access-date=2020-07-13|website=www.google.com}}</ref> were he got elected as the 98th General President<ref>{{Cite web|title=PM to honour PU V-C for lifetime achievement - Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/pm-to-honour-pu-vc-for-lifetime-achievement/727919/|access-date=2020-07-13|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref> of the [[Indian Science Congress Association]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Government of India,Indian Science Congress|url=http://www.sciencecongress.nic.in/past_general_presidents.php|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.sciencecongress.nic.in}}</ref> in 2010–11.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-01-03|title=Little research taking place in our universities: ISC prez|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/125975/little-research-taking-place-our.html|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> It was inaugurated by Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=PTI|title=Five Nobel laureates to attend Indian Science Congress|url=http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Five-Nobel-laureates-to-attend-Indian-Science-Congress-nid-72276-cid-1.html|access-date=2020-07-08|website=siliconindia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=Jan 4, 2011|title=Avoid redtape, PM tells universities {{!}} India News{{Snd}} Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Avoid-redtape-PM-tells-universities/articleshow/7213985.cms|access-date=2020-07-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> As a Life Member of ISCA, he held various positions before getting elected as the General President (2010–2011), including member of the Executive Council and Recorder (2001–2002) and Sectional President (2005–2006) of Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences.{{Citation needed|date= January 2022}}

Pandey was also member of the Institute Body of [[AIIMS]], New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AIIMS, INSTITUTE BODY|url=https://www.aiims.edu/aiims/admin/institute_body_21_7_14.htm|access-date=2020-07-09|website=www.aiims.edu}}</ref>

Pandey undertook advanced research on Fish parasitology<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pandey|first=K. C.|date=1969|title=Bucephalopsis hexaglandulata sp. n., B. oxygasteri sp. n., and B. multiglandulata sp. n.: Gasterostome Metacercariae from Indian Fishes|journal=Transactions of the American Microscopical Society|volume=88|issue=4|pages=486–491|doi=10.2307/3224242|jstor=3224242|pmid=5372088|issn=0003-0023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=K.C. Pandey's research works {{!}} University of Lucknow, Lucknow and other places|url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2084041129_KC_Pandey|access-date=2020-07-07|website=ResearchGate|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Google Scholar|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&as_vis=1&q=Fish+Parasites+KC+Pandey&btnG=|access-date=2020-07-09|website=scholar.google.co.in}}</ref> and has authored or co-authored about 200 research papers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Google Scholar|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&q=KC+Pandey+zoology&btnG=|access-date=2020-07-07|website=scholar.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Hoberg|first=Jean-Lou Justine, Chahrazed Rahmouni, Delphine Gey, Charlotte Schoelinck, and Eric P.|title=English: Full text: The Monogenean Which Lost Its Clamps, by Jean-Lou Justine, Chahrazed Rahmouni, Delphine Gey, Charlotte Schoelinck, Eric P. Hoberg|date=2013-12-26|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Journal.pone.0079155_Full_Text.pdf|access-date=2020-07-11}}</ref> His work was on biodiversity of [[helminthes]] and [[parasites]] of [[vertebrates]] in general, and fish in particular. His work on new and known species of [[trematode]], [[Cestode]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=editorial Board|url=http://www.scienceandculture-isna.org/july-aug2010.htm|access-date=2020-07-11|website=www.scienceandculture-isna.org}}</ref> [[nematode]], [[monogenea]], and [[acanthocephalan]], which cause mass mortalities.

As a researcher,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pandey|first=K. C.|date=1969|title=Bucephalopsis hexaglandulata sp. n., B. oxygasteri sp. n., and B. multiglandulata sp. n.: Gasterostome Metacercariae from Indian Fishes|journal=Transactions of the American Microscopical Society|volume=88|issue=4|pages=486–491|doi=10.2307/3224242|jstor=3224242|pmid=5372088|issn=0003-0023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lenis|first1=Carolina|last2=Garcia-Prieto|first2=Luis|s2cid=37940484|date=2009|title=Polystomoides magdalenensis n. sp. (Monogenoidea: Polystomatidae), a Parasite of Buccal Cavity of Trachemys callirostris callirostris (Testudinata: Emydidae) from Colombia|journal=The Journal of Parasitology|volume=95|issue=4|pages=850–854|doi=10.1645/GE-1977.1|jstor=27735671|pmid=20049992|issn=0022-3395}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pandey|first=K. C.|date=1970-10-01|title=Studies on metacercaria of freshwater fishes of India|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03050378|journal=Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B|language=en|volume=72|issue=4|pages=162–170|doi=10.1007/BF03050378|s2cid=198143328|issn=0370-0097}}</ref> he presented various research papers like one in International Symposium on Monogenea.<ref>http://www.gyrodb.net/ISM6_Final_Circular.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
His last book<ref>{{Cite web|title=Textbook of Ichthyology|url=http://astralint.com/bookdetails.aspx?isbn=9789389719413|access-date=2020-07-14|website=www.astralint.com}}</ref> was released after his death.

In 2010, Pandey was selected as Emeritus Professor at the Department of Zoology, CCS University. He remained in this post until his death.<ref>{{Cite web|title=प्रो.केसी पांडेय को दी श्रद्धांजलि|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/lucknow/development/tribute-to-prof-kc-pandey/articleshow/72370651.cms|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Navbharat Times|language=hi}}</ref>

==Medals and awards==
* BS Chauhan Gold Medal by Zoological Society of India (1980 ){{Citation needed|date= January 2022}}
* Bhalerao Gold Medal by Helminthological Society of India (1991){{Citation needed|date= January 2022}}
* Indian Society of Life Sciences Gold Medal (1981){{Citation needed|date= January 2022}}
* K.N. Bahl Memorial Gold Medal by Indian Society of Biosciences (1994–1995){{Citation needed|date= January 2022}}
* Congress of Zoology Gold Medal by Zoological Society of India (2005){{Citation needed|date= January 2022}}
* Sir Dorba Ji Tata Gold Medal by Zoological Society of India (1995–1997){{Citation needed|date= January 2022}}
* E.P. Odum Gold Medal by International Society for Communication (2007){{Citation needed|date= January 2022}}
* Sarswati Samman by Government of Uttar Pradesh (2010)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Govt felicitates teachers {{!}} Lucknow News |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Govt-felicitates-teachers/articleshow/5048740.cms |date=24 September 2009 |agency=[[Times News Network|TNN]] |access-date=2020-07-07 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en }}</ref>
* Great World Earth Legend Award (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-24|title=Day in Photos: April 22, 2017|url=https://www.news18.com/photogallery/world/day-in-photos-april-22-2017-today-1381745.html|access-date=2020-07-12|website=News18}}</ref>

==Selected bibliography==
* K. C. Pandey (1988). ''Concepts of Indian Fisheries''. Shree Publishing House. p. 146. {{ISBN|9788183294782}}
* K. C. Pandey (1996). ''Functional Morphology Of Wallago Attu (schneider).'' Shree Publishers & Distributors. p. 320. {{ISBN|8170711614}}, 9788170711612.
* K. C. Pandey (2018). ''Trematode Fauna of Freshwater Fishes of India''. Zoological Survey of India. p. 388. {{ISBN|9788181715098}}
* K. C. Pandey (2020). T''extbook of ICHTHYOLOGY''. Daya Publishing House . p. 554. {{ISBN|9789389719413}}

==Selected research papers==
* {{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s12639-013-0391-5|title=A new species of an interesting amphistome Pseudodiplodiscoides Murty, 1970 in Bellamya bengalensis Lamarck, 1882 from water bodies near district Barabanki, U.P.|year=2015|last1=Ray|first1=Shailendra|last2=Pandey|first2=K. C.|last3=Agrawal|first3=Nirupama|journal=Journal of Parasitic Diseases|volume=39|issue=3|pages=536–538|pmid=26345066|pmc=4554574}}
* {{cite journal |doi=10.1654/4236.1|title=A Monogenoid from the Gills of Freshwater Garfish, Xenentodon cancila (Teleostei: Beloniformes: Belonidae) in India, with Proposal of Xenentocleidus n. G. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae)|year=2007|last1=Tripathi|first1=Amit|last2=Agrawal|first2=Nirupama|last3=Pandey|first3=Keshav C.|s2cid=85800301|journal=Comparative Parasitology|volume=74|issue=2|pages=260–263}}
* {{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.parint.2006.10.004|title=The Status of Quadriacanthus Paperna, 1961 and Anacornuatus Dubey et al., 1991 (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) with Redescription of Q. Kobiensis Ha Ky, 1968, new geographical records for Q. Bagrae Paperna, 1979 and Q. Clariadis Paperna, 1961 from India and a Note on Speciation in Monogenoidea|year=2007|last1=Tripathi|first1=Amit|last2=Agrawal|first2=Nirupama|last3=Pandey|first3=Keshav C.|journal=Parasitology International|volume=56|issue=1|pages=23–30|pmid=17234447}}
* {{cite journal |doi=10.14411/fp.2004.036|title=Monogenoids from the gills of spiny eels (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae) in India and Iraq, proposal ''Of mastacembelocleidus'' gen. n., and status of the Indian species of Actinocleidus, Urocleidus and Haplocleidus (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae)|year=2004|last1=Kritsky|first1=Delane C.|last2=Pandey|first2=K.C.|last3=Agrawal|first3=Nirupama|last4=Abdullah|first4=Shamall M.A.|journal=Folia Parasitologica|volume=51|issue=4|pages=291–298|pmid=15729940|doi-access=free}}
* {{cite journal |doi=10.1023/A:1022633208319|title=Redescription of some Indian species of Thaparocleidus Jain, 1952 (Monogenea), with aspects of the developmental biology and mode of attachment of T. Pusillus (Gusev, 1976)|year=2003|last1=Pandey|first1=K.C.|last2=Agrawal|first2=Nirupama|last3=Vishwakarma|first3=Pushpa|last4=Sharma|first4=Jaya|s2cid=22304082|journal=Systematic Parasitology|volume=54|issue=3|pages=207–221|pmid=12652072}}
* {{cite journal |doi=10.1017/S0022149X00000584|title=On a Rare Cercaria, Cercaria soparkari n.sp., (Transversotrematidae) from Lucknow, India|year=1971|last1=Pandey|first1=K. C.|journal=Journal of Helminthology|volume=45|issue=4|pages=321–326}}
* {{cite journal |doi=10.1017/S0022149X00008762|title=Inorganic elements in the adults of Ascaridia galli (Schrank, 1788)|year=1989|last1=Pandey|first1=K. C.|last2=Choudhry|first2=Sangeeta|journal=Journal of Helminthology|volume=63|issue=1|pages=75–76|pmid=2723388}}

==References==
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===General references===
*{{cite news |title=2nd International River Summit {{!}} International River Basin Foundation |url=https://iribaf.org/Internationalriversummit2019/download/IRS-2019International.pdf |access-date=6 July 2020 |work=iribaf |date=September 28, 2019 |language=en}}
*http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=727821

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