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'''Thekke Curuppathe Narendran''' (24 February 1944 – 31 December 2013; middle name sometimes written '''Kuruppathe''') was an Indian [[Entomology|entomologist]] specializing in the systematics of [[Parasitoid wasp|parasitic wasps]] in the superfamily [[Chalcidoidea]] ([[Hymenoptera]]).<br />
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Narendran received a Janakiammal National Award for Taxonomy (2004)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071130012452/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/09/16/stories/2005091604721600.htm National Award for Best Taxonomist retrieved 12 April 2010]</ref> and was a Fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], Bangalore (IASc) and the [[Indian Entomology Academy]], Chennai.<br />
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His major publications include monographs on the Oriental [[Chalcididae]] (1989), [[Torymidae]] & [[Eurytomidae]] of Indian Subcontinent (1994) and Indo-Australian [[Ormyridae]] (1999) - and some 300 research papers in various scientific journals describing 700 new species and over 50 new genera. Narendran mentored a number of taxonomists at the [[Calicut University]] where he worked.<br />
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He died of a heart attack on 31 December 2013, aged 69.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/taxonomist-narendran-passes-away/article5523036.ece | title=Taxonomist Narendran passes away | date=31 December 2013 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=10 February 2019 }}</ref><br />
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==Key publications==<br />
* {{aut|Narendran, T.C.}} 1974. [https://archive.org/details/OrientalBrachymeria Oriental Brachymeria]. Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India.<br />
* {{aut|Narendran, T.C.}} 1989. [https://archive.org/details/OrientalChalcididae Oriental Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Zoological Monograph]. Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India. 441pp.<br />
* {{aut|Narendran, T.C.}} 1994. ''Torymidae and Eurytomidae of Indian subcontinent''. University of Calicut, Kerala, India. 500pp.<br />
* {{aut|Narendran, T.C.}} 1999. ''Indo-Australian Ormyridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)''. Privately published. iii + 227 pp.<br />
* {{aut|Narendran, T.C.}} 2007. Indian Chalcidoid Parasitoids of the Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Occasional Paper No. 272, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. vi + 390pp.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* [http://www.tcntrust.org TCN Trust for Animal Taxonomy]<br />
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