Bagepalli Ramachandrachar Seshachar (9 January 1908 – 25 January 1994) was a renowned zoologist and the President of Indian National Science Academy from 1971–72.[1][2]
He joined the University of Mysore in 1926 as a demonstrator in Zoology and was a tenured professor until his retirement in 1960.[3] Post-retirement, he was invited by V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao, the then vice-chancellor of Delhi University, to head the Zoology department[4] where he served until 1971.[3] Raorchestes charius and Gegeneophis seshachari are named after him and the etymology noted his pioneering studies concerning the cytogenetics, reproductive biology, and natural history of Indian caecilians.[4]
References
- ↑ INSA :: Past Presidents. insaindia.res.in. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
- ↑ Fellowship | Indian Academy of Sciences. www.ias.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy, 1935-1993: N-Z{{#if:Academy|, Academy}. The Academy
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians{{#if:Beolens|, Beolens}. Pelagic Publishing(2013-04-22). ISBN 9781907807442