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{{short description|Indian zoologist (1913–1977)}}

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{{Infobox person
| name = Nedumangattu Kesava Panikkar
| image = Kasava panickar-2.jpg
| imagesize = 300px
| caption = N. Kesava Panikkar
| birth_date = {{birth-date|17 May 1913}}
| birth_place = Kerala, India
| death_date = {{death-date and age|24 June 1977|17 May 1913}}
| death_place = Tiruvanathpuram, India
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| occupation = Zoologist
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| known for = Marine biological research
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Galathea Medal of Denmark<br>ZSI Sir Dorabji Tata Medal<br>[[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Chandrakala Hora Medal
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'''Nedumangattu Kesava Panikkar''' (1913–1977<ref>{{cite web|url=http://insaindia.org/BM/BM6_7911.pdf|access-date=1 May 2016|title=NEDUMANGATTU KESAVA PANIKKAR}}</ref>) was an Indian zoologist, a former director of the [[Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute]],<ref name="Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute">{{cite web | url=http://www.cmfri.org.in/former-directors.html | title=Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute | publisher=Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute | date=2015 | access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref> a former adviser to the [[Government of India]] on fishery development and a former vice chancellor of the [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]].<ref name="Deceased Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://www.insaindia.org.in/deceaseddetail.php?id=N520544 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813012915/http://www.insaindia.org.in/deceaseddetail.php?id=N520544 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=13 August 2016 | title=Deceased Fellow | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2015 | access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref> He was a recipient of the Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1973.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | access-date=11 November 2014 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==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 [[Travancore State]]. Panikkar did his primary, secondary and initial college education from C. M. S. College, Kottayam. A doctoral degree (DSc) holder from the [[University of Madras]], he was reported to have undertaken research on marine organisms,<ref name="Studies on Brackish Water">{{cite web | url=http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/263526.pdf | title=Studies on Brackish Water | publisher=Zoological Society of London | date=1938 | access-date=6 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606230906/http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/263526.pdf | archive-date=6 June 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> conducted 22 voyages in the Indian Ocean for collecting specimens<ref name="On the Metamorphosis of Two Leptocephali from the Madras Plankton">{{cite journal | url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF03048783#page-1 | title=On the Metamorphosis of Two Leptocephali from the Madras Plankton | journal=Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B | volume=25 | issue=1 | pages=1–14 | date=1946 | access-date=6 June 2015| doi=10.1007/BF03048783 | last1=Nair | first1=R. Velappan | s2cid=198143555 | url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Placentation in the Sea Snake">{{cite journal | url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF03050555#page-1 | title=Placentation in the Sea Snake | journal=Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B | volume=34 | issue=1 | pages=1–32 | date=1950 | access-date=6 June 2015| doi=10.1007/BF03050555 | last1=Kasturirangan | first1=L. R. | s2cid=81434412 | url-access=subscription }}</ref> and credited with the compilation of a series of atlases.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" /> His efforts were also reported behind the establishment of the [[National Institute of Oceanography, India|National Institute of Oceanography]] (NIO), the [[Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute]], Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, [[Central Institute of Fisheries Technology]], [[Central Institute of Fisheries Education]] and Central Institute of Fisheries Operatives.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" /> He served as the Head of the Zoology Department at [[University College Thiruvananthapuram|University College, Thiruvananthapuram]], as the director of the Zoological Laboratory at the [[University of Madras]], as the Officer on Special Duty at the [[Ministry of Agriculture (India)]], as the director of the [[International Indian Ocean Expedition]], as the director of the [[National Institute of Oceanography, India|National Institute of Oceanography]] and as a member of the [[National Commission on Agriculture]].<ref name="Deceased Fellow" /> 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.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" />

Panikkar was an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]], [[Royal Society of Arts]], London, [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]<ref name="NASI Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.org.in/deceased.htm | title=NASI Fellow | publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India | date=2015 | access-date=6 June 2015 | archive-date=28 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528102550/http://www.nasi.org.in/deceased.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Indian Geophysical Union]].<ref name="Deceased Fellow" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1973.<ref name="Padma Shri" /> 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.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" /> Panikkar died on 24 June 1977.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" />

==See also==
* [[Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute]]
* [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]
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==References==
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{{1900s Padma Shri Award Recipients in Science & Engineering}}
{{Padma Award winners of Kerala}}

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