Biography:K. C. Pandey

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Short description: Indian zoologist (1943–2019)

K. C. Pandey
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh being presented a memento by the President of ISCA, Prof. K.C. Pandey, at the inauguration of the 98th Indian Science Congress, in Chennai on January 03, 2011.jpg
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh being presented a memento by the President of ISCA, Prof. K.C. Pandey, at the inauguration of the 98th Indian Science Congress, Chennai, on 3 January 2011
Born
Keshav Chandra Pandey

(1943-07-05)5 July 1943
Ballia, Uttar Pradesh India
Died1 December 2019(2019-12-01) (aged 76)
Lucknow
Education
Alma materLucknow University
Known for
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
  • Lucknow University
  • Chaudhary Charan Singh University

Keshav Chandra Pandey (5 July 1943 – 1 December 2019), popularly known as K. C. Pandey, was an Indian educationist and zoologist with 55 years research experience, a Fellow of the Zoological Society of India (F.ZSI),[1] and a Fellow of the Helminthological Society of India (FHSI).

Career

Pandey started his teaching career in 1967 at Zoology Department, Lucknow University. In 1980 he was selected as Professor and Head in the Department of Zoology, Meerut University (now CCS University, Meerut).[2] He rejoined Lucknow University in 1990, and eventually became Dean of the Faculty of Science.[citation needed]

From 1994 to 1997 Pandey served as the Vice Chancellor of CCS University, Meerut, and, after his full term as Vice Chancellor,[3] he rejoined Lucknow University in late 1997. His teaching experience spanned about 50 years, during which he supervised more than 50 Ph.D. and MPhil candidates. After his retirement from Lucknow University, he continued with research work and ISCA [4] were he got elected as the 98th General President[5] of the Indian Science Congress Association[6] in 2010–11.[7] It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.[8][9] As a Life Member of ISCA, he held various positions before getting elected as the General President (2010–2011), including member of the Executive Council and Recorder (2001–2002) and Sectional President (2005–2006) of Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences.[citation needed]

Pandey was also member of the Institute Body of AIIMS, New Delhi.[10]

Pandey undertook advanced research on Fish parasitology[11][12][13] and has authored or co-authored about 200 research papers.[14][15] His work was on biodiversity of helminthes and parasites of vertebrates in general, and fish in particular. His work on new and known species of trematode, Cestode[16] nematode, monogenea, and acanthocephalan, which cause mass mortalities.

As a researcher,[17][18][19] he presented various research papers like one in International Symposium on Monogenea.[20] His last book was released after his death.[21]

In 2010, Pandey was selected as Emeritus Professor at the Department of Zoology, CCS University. He remained in this post until his death.[22]

Medals and awards

  • BS Chauhan Gold Medal by Zoological Society of India (1980 )[citation needed]
  • Bhalerao Gold Medal by Helminthological Society of India (1991)[citation needed]
  • Indian Society of Life Sciences Gold Medal (1981)[citation needed]
  • K.N. Bahl Memorial Gold Medal by Indian Society of Biosciences (1994–1995)[citation needed]
  • Congress of Zoology Gold Medal by Zoological Society of India (2005)[citation needed]
  • Sir Dorba Ji Tata Gold Medal by Zoological Society of India (1995–1997)[citation needed]
  • E.P. Odum Gold Medal by International Society for Communication (2007)[citation needed]
  • Sarswati Samman by Government of Uttar Pradesh (2010)[23]
  • Great World Earth Legend Award (2017)[24]

Selected bibliography

  • K. C. Pandey (1988). Concepts of Indian Fisheries. Shree Publishing House. p. 146. ISBN:9788183294782
  • K. C. Pandey (1996). Functional Morphology Of Wallago Attu (schneider). Shree Publishers & Distributors. p. 320. ISBN:8170711614, 9788170711612.
  • K. C. Pandey (2018). Trematode Fauna of Freshwater Fishes of India. Zoological Survey of India. p. 388. ISBN:9788181715098
  • K. C. Pandey (2020). Textbook of ICHTHYOLOGY. Daya Publishing House . p. 554. ISBN:9789389719413

Selected research papers

  • Ray, Shailendra; Pandey, K. C.; Agrawal, Nirupama (2015). "A new species of an interesting amphistome Pseudodiplodiscoides Murty, 1970 in Bellamya bengalensis Lamarck, 1882 from water bodies near district Barabanki, U.P.". Journal of Parasitic Diseases 39 (3): 536–538. doi:10.1007/s12639-013-0391-5. PMID 26345066. 
  • Tripathi, Amit; Agrawal, Nirupama; Pandey, Keshav C. (2007). "A Monogenoid from the Gills of Freshwater Garfish, Xenentodon cancila (Teleostei: Beloniformes: Belonidae) in India, with Proposal of Xenentocleidus n. G. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae)". Comparative Parasitology 74 (2): 260–263. doi:10.1654/4236.1. 
  • Tripathi, Amit; Agrawal, Nirupama; Pandey, Keshav C. (2007). "The Status of Quadriacanthus Paperna, 1961 and Anacornuatus Dubey et al., 1991 (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) with Redescription of Q. Kobiensis Ha Ky, 1968, new geographical records for Q. Bagrae Paperna, 1979 and Q. Clariadis Paperna, 1961 from India and a Note on Speciation in Monogenoidea". Parasitology International 56 (1): 23–30. doi:10.1016/j.parint.2006.10.004. PMID 17234447. 
  • Kritsky, Delane C.; Pandey, K.C.; Agrawal, Nirupama; Abdullah, Shamall M.A. (2004). "Monogenoids from the gills of spiny eels (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae) in India and Iraq, proposal Of mastacembelocleidus gen. n., and status of the Indian species of Actinocleidus, Urocleidus and Haplocleidus (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae)". Folia Parasitologica 51 (4): 291–298. doi:10.14411/fp.2004.036. PMID 15729940. 
  • Pandey, K.C.; Agrawal, Nirupama; Vishwakarma, Pushpa; Sharma, Jaya (2003). "Redescription of some Indian species of Thaparocleidus Jain, 1952 (Monogenea), with aspects of the developmental biology and mode of attachment of T. Pusillus (Gusev, 1976)". Systematic Parasitology 54 (3): 207–221. doi:10.1023/A:1022633208319. PMID 12652072. 
  • Pandey, K. C. (1971). "On a Rare Cercaria, Cercaria soparkari n.sp., (Transversotrematidae) from Lucknow, India". Journal of Helminthology 45 (4): 321–326. doi:10.1017/S0022149X00000584. 
  • Pandey, K. C.; Choudhry, Sangeeta (1989). "Inorganic elements in the adults of Ascaridia galli (Schrank, 1788)". Journal of Helminthology 63 (1): 75–76. doi:10.1017/S0022149X00008762. PMID 2723388. 

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Zoologycal Society" (in en-US). https://zskol.org/. 
  2. ↑ "Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut". https://www.ccsuniversity.ac.in/default.htm. 
  3. ↑ "Will quit if registrar works: CCSU VC | Meerut News - Times of India" (in en). 21 Mar 2015. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/Will-quit-if-registrar-works-CCSU-VC/articleshow/46648404.cms. 
  4. ↑ "K.C.Pandey Indian national science congress - Google Search". https://www.google.com/search?q=K.C.Pandey+Indian+national+science+congress. 
  5. ↑ "PM to honour PU V-C for lifetime achievement". The Indian Express. 22 December 2010. http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/pm-to-honour-pu-vc-for-lifetime-achievement/727919/. 
  6. ↑ "Government of India,Indian Science Congress". http://www.sciencecongress.nic.in/past_general_presidents.php. 
  7. ↑ "Little research taking place in our universities: ISC prez" (in en). 2011-01-03. https://www.deccanherald.com/content/125975/little-research-taking-place-our.html. 
  8. ↑ PTI. "Five Nobel laureates to attend Indian Science Congress". http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Five-Nobel-laureates-to-attend-Indian-Science-Congress-nid-72276-cid-1.html. 
  9. ↑ "Avoid redtape, PM tells universities | India News – Times of India" (in en). 4 Jan 2011. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Avoid-redtape-PM-tells-universities/articleshow/7213985.cms. 
  10. ↑ "AIIMS, INSTITUTE BODY". https://www.aiims.edu/aiims/admin/institute_body_21_7_14.htm. 
  11. ↑ Pandey, K. C. (1969). "Bucephalopsis hexaglandulata sp. n., B. oxygasteri sp. n., and B. multiglandulata sp. n.: Gasterostome Metacercariae from Indian Fishes". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 88 (4): 486–491. doi:10.2307/3224242. ISSN 0003-0023. PMID 5372088. 
  12. ↑ "K.C. Pandey's research works | University of Lucknow, Lucknow and other places" (in en). https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2084041129_KC_Pandey. 
  13. ↑ "Google Scholar". https://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&as_vis=1&q=Fish+Parasites+KC+Pandey&btnG=. 
  14. ↑ "Google Scholar". https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&q=KC+Pandey+zoology&btnG=. 
  15. ↑ Hoberg, Jean-Lou Justine, Chahrazed Rahmouni, Delphine Gey, Charlotte Schoelinck, and Eric P. (2013-12-26), English: Full text: The Monogenean Which Lost Its Clamps, by Jean-Lou Justine, Chahrazed Rahmouni, Delphine Gey, Charlotte Schoelinck, Eric P. Hoberg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Journal.pone.0079155_Full_Text.pdf, retrieved 2020-07-11 
  16. ↑ "editorial Board". http://www.scienceandculture-isna.org/july-aug2010.htm. 
  17. ↑ Pandey, K. C. (1969). "Bucephalopsis hexaglandulata sp. n., B. oxygasteri sp. n., and B. multiglandulata sp. n.: Gasterostome Metacercariae from Indian Fishes". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 88 (4): 486–491. doi:10.2307/3224242. ISSN 0003-0023. PMID 5372088. 
  18. ↑ Lenis, Carolina; Garcia-Prieto, Luis (2009). "Polystomoides magdalenensis n. sp. (Monogenoidea: Polystomatidae), a Parasite of Buccal Cavity of Trachemys callirostris callirostris (Testudinata: Emydidae) from Colombia". The Journal of Parasitology 95 (4): 850–854. doi:10.1645/GE-1977.1. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 20049992. 
  19. ↑ Pandey, K. C. (1970-10-01). "Studies on metacercaria of freshwater fishes of India" (in en). Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B 72 (4): 162–170. doi:10.1007/BF03050378. ISSN 0370-0097. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03050378. 
  20. ↑ http://www.gyrodb.net/ISM6_Final_Circular.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  21. ↑ "Textbook of Ichthyology". http://astralint.com/bookdetails.aspx?isbn=9789389719413. 
  22. ↑ "प्रो.केसी पांडेय को दी श्रद्धांजलि" (in hi). https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/lucknow/development/tribute-to-prof-kc-pandey/articleshow/72370651.cms. 
  23. ↑ "Govt felicitates teachers | Lucknow News" (in en). The Times of India. TNN. 24 September 2009. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Govt-felicitates-teachers/articleshow/5048740.cms. 
  24. ↑ "Day in Photos: April 22, 2017". 2017-04-24. https://www.news18.com/photogallery/world/day-in-photos-april-22-2017-today-1381745.html. 

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