Bagepalli Ramachandrachar

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
  1. "INSA :: Past Presidents". insaindia.res.in. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  2. "Fellowship | Indian Academy of Sciences". www.ias.ac.in. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  3. Academy, Indian National Science (1994). Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy, 1935-1993: N-Z. The Academy. p. 814.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (22 April 2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. ISBN 9781907807442.


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