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His role in science and research is considered significant since he was involved in the integration of research into university education. Along with Sir [[Martin Onslow Forster]] and other Indian scientists he helped found the journal ''Current Science'' in July 1932 along the lines of the journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]''. He was its first editor. In one of his first editorials, he pleaded for the coordination of scientific activities in India, a plea that helped create the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]].<ref name=obit /><ref>{{cite journal|title=Current Science: some early history|author=Krishnan, Riki & P. Balaram|pages= | His role in science and research is considered significant since he was involved in the integration of research into university education. Along with Sir [[Martin Onslow Forster]] and other Indian scientists he helped found the journal ''Current Science'' in July 1932 along the lines of the journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]''. He was its first editor. In one of his first editorials, he pleaded for the coordination of scientific activities in India, a plea that helped create the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]].<ref name=obit /><ref>{{cite journal|title=Current Science: some early history|author=Krishnan, Riki & P. Balaram|pages=129– |url=http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/9937/1/Current_Science.pdf| journal=Current Science| volume=92-138|issue=1|year=2007}}</ref> | ||
Professor Rao specialized on frogs and their taxonomy. He named and described several frog species, and his work on the Archenteric and Segmentation Cavities of frogs are regarded as important contributions to our understanding of amphibian development. He described the new [[Microhylidae|Microhylid]] genus ''[[Ramanella]]''. The genus [[Raorchestes]] is named in his honour.<ref name=Biju>{{Cite journal | last = Biju| first = S. D.|author2=Yogesh Shouche |author3=Alain Dubois |author4=S. K. Dutta |author5=Franky Bossuyt | year = 2010| title = A ground-dwelling rhacophorid frog from the highest mountain peak of the Western Ghats of India| journal = Current Science| volume = 98| issue = 8| pages = 1119–1125| url = http://www.amphibia.be/pubs/CurrSci_2010.pdf}}</ref> | Professor Rao specialized on frogs and their taxonomy. He named and described several frog species, and his work on the Archenteric and Segmentation Cavities of frogs are regarded as important contributions to our understanding of amphibian development. He described the new [[Microhylidae|Microhylid]] genus ''[[Ramanella]]''. The genus [[Raorchestes]] is named in his honour.<ref name=Biju>{{Cite journal | last = Biju| first = S. D.|author2=Yogesh Shouche |author3=Alain Dubois |author4=S. K. Dutta |author5=Franky Bossuyt | year = 2010| title = A ground-dwelling rhacophorid frog from the highest mountain peak of the Western Ghats of India| journal = Current Science| volume = 98| issue = 8| pages = 1119–1125| url = http://www.amphibia.be/pubs/CurrSci_2010.pdf}}</ref> | ||