Leo C. Rimando
Leo Cacdac Rimando, Philippine agricultural entomologist and actor (Naguilian, La Unión 26 August 1933 – 14 August 2006) DESCRIBED ACARI TAXA Tribes Aponychini 1966 Eutetranychini 1996 with Corpuz-Raros Genera Aponychus 1966 Chaudhria 1997 with Corpuz-Raros Makilingeria 1996 with Corpuz-Raros Mullederiopsis 1996 with Corpuz-Raros Pritchardina 1962 Wooderia 1997 with Corpuz-Raros Species Amblyseius cinctus 1966 with Corpuz-Raros Amblyseius cracentis 1966 with Corpuz-Raros Amblyseius imbricatus 1966 with Corpuz-Raros Aponychus corpuzae 1966 Aponychus rarus 1966 Aponychus vannus 1968 Bryobia pritchardi 1962 Eotetranychus cendanai 1962 Eotetranychus spanius 1962 Eustigmaeus baguioensis 1997 with Corpuz-Raros Eustigmaeus barrioni 1997 with Corpuz-Raros Eustigmaeus manus 1997 with Corpuz-Raros Eustigmaeus molawini 1997 with Corpuz-Raros Eustigmaeus rarosi 1997 with Corpuz-Raros Exothorhis bixae 1996 with Corpuz-Raros Exothorhis damortis 1996 with Corpuz-Raros Exothorhis eorhis 1996 with Corpuz-Raros Exothorhis leonis 1996 with Corpuz-Raros Exothorhis matulis 1996 with Corpuz-Raros Ledermuelleria malahadon 1997 with Corpuz-Raros Ledermuelleriopsis bintawanensis 2001 with Corpuz-Raros Makilingeria lagunae 1996 with Corpuz-Raros Mullederia filipina 1996 with Corpuz-Raros Mullederiopsis barrionae 1996 with Corpuz-Raros Mullederiopsis plumata 1996 with Corpuz-Raros Neoseiulus calorai 1966 with Corpuz-Raros Oligonychus antherus 1962 Oligonychus matthyssei 1962 Oligonychus orthius 1962 Oligonychus penai 1962 Oligonychus velascoi 1962 Paraeupalopsellus clareae 1996 with Corpuz-Raros Schizotetranychus baltazarae 1962 Schizotetranychus floresi 1962 Schizotetranychus lechrius 1962 Tenuipalpus orilloi 1962 Tenuipalpus pageae 1962 Tetranychus umalii 1962 Ultratenuipalpus baltazarae 2001 Ultratenuipalpus lacorpuzrarosae 2001 Wooderia philippica 1997 with Corpuz-Raros Zetzellia mercedesae 2001 with Corpuz-Raros Zetzellia mori 2001 with Corpuz-Raros Hemiptera Acutaspis tingi 1969 with Velasquez Aulacaspis tagalensis 1969 with Velasquez HONORS Rimandocepheus Corpuz Raros 1998 (Acari)
Krishnalyer Ramakrishnan
Krishnalyer Ramakrishnan, Indian mycologist and plant pathologist (Calicut, Kerala State 22 November 1920 – 1978) DESCRIBED VALID FUNGI GENERA Alpakesa 1954 with Subramanian Sapucchaka 1956 HONORS (Fungi) Ramakrishnania Ramachar & Bhagyanarayna 1979 Ramakrishnanella Kamat & Ullasa 1970
Kollagunta Gopalaiyer Ramanathan
Kollagunta Gopalaiyer Ramanathan, Indian mathematician (Hyderabad 13 November 1920 – Bombay 10 May 1992) Gained international recognition for his researches on analytic theory of quadratic forms, modular functions and discontinuous groups Obtained a formula for the discriminant of a division algebra Solved the problem of constructing infinitely many classes of mutually incommensurable discrete groups of the first kind in classical semisimple groups Proved that complete space-like submanifolds with parallel mean curvature vector in a De Sitter space are totally umbilical independent of K. Akutagawa & Q.M. Cheng LINKS http://matwbn.icm.edu.pl/ksiazki/aa/aa64/aa6411.pdf
Keshava Prabhakar Rode
Keshava Prabhakar Rode, Indian geologist and palaeobotanist (Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh 03 November 1903 – 1985) DESCRIBED FOSSIL TAXA Plantae Genus Tricoccites 1933 Species Cyclanthodendron sahnii Nipadites hindi 1933 Palmoxylon hislopii 1933 Palmoxylon kawalami 1933 Palmoxylon sahnii Parajugloxylon mohgaoense 1936 Rhizopalmoxylon penchiensis 1934 Tricoccites trigonum 1933 Others Hyolithes rohitaswei 1946 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Geo-kinetic Evolution of Greater India (1954) With M.W. Chaudhuri. Crystal dissociation in the formation of minerals and rocks (1954) The Gondwana Formations of India and the nature of Gondwanaland (1953) A new theory of sheet movements and continental expansion (1953) Khondalite-charnockitic association in Palamau District, Bihar. Pr. Ind. Sci. Congr. Ass. 35(3):143, 1948 On the origin the origin of mica in pegmatites. Quart. J. Geol. Min. Met. Soc. India 19:1-6, 1947 On charnockite rocks of Palamau district, Bihar. Pr. Ind. Sci. Congr. Ass. 34(3):1947 On the submarine volcanic origin of rock-salt deposits. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sciences Sect B 20(4):130-42, 1944 On the stratigraphic and tectonic correlations of the Sirmoor Rock formations, Simla Himalayas. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sciences Sect B 17(6):157-76, 1943 On the nature of the Blaini Boulder Bed. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sciences Sect B 17(1):1-12, 1943 The geology of Morcote Peninsula and the petrochemistry of Lugano (1942) With B. Sahni. Fossil plants from the Deccan intertrappean beds at Mohgaon Kalan, C.P. with a note on the geological position of the plant-bearing beds. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. India 7(3):165-74, 1938 With G.W. Chlponkar. A contribution to the study of Bagh beds (1937) With B. Sahni. Fossil plants from the intertrappean beds of Mohgaon Kalan, in the Deccan, with a sketch of the Geology of Chhindwara district (1937) A note on fossil angiosperms fruits from the Deccan intertrappean beds of Central Provinces. Curr. Sci. 2:171-2, 1933 HONORS (Fossil Plantae) Rodeites Sahni 1943 Rodeocarpon Kapgate, Patil & Ilamkar 2005
Kanakanahalli Ramachandra
Kanakanahalli Ramachandra, Indian mathematician (Mandya, Mysore State 18 August 1933 – Bangalore 17 January 2001) Authored over 200 papers Considered one of the world’s greatest number theorists in his time Proved the six exponentials theorem independently of S. Lang First to study the fractional moments of the Riemann zeta function Enunciated many theorems EPONYMY Siegel-Ramachandra-Robert elliptic units Balasubramanian-Ramachandra theorem Ramachandra kernel
Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan
Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan, Indian meteorologist (Kalpathi Village, Palghat, Kerala State 28 February 1893 – 31 December 1984) ACHIEVEMENTS Performed important discoveries on the vertical thermal structure of atmosphere (1933) Devised ways of correcting observations for atmospheric scattering by aerosols (1940s) Worked out the first diagram portraying the zonal vertical thermal structure of the Earth’s atmosphere Showed that the tropopause is low over the polar regions and high above the equatorial zone First to publish diagram showing the distribution of upper air temperatures over the world up to 25 km in summer and winter Discovered quasi biennial oscillations of total ozone in the tropics Discovered the dependence of ozone distribution on meteorological phenomena such as jet streams and their location, tropopause discontinuities and inter-latitudinal air exchange Discovered on whole ozone relationship with the circulation of the atmosphere Established the nocturnal and seasonal variations of the green and red lines of oxygen, and the effect of the solar flares on the green emissions Estimated the role of secondary and higher order scattering on twilight Studied the effect of electron-ion collision in the F-region of the ionosphere on the absorption of cosmic radio noise and the effect X-rays from discrete galactic sources to the lower ionosphere Discovered the existence of atmospheric general systems in the ionospheric regions also OFFICES/HONORS President, International Association of Meteorology (1951-4) President, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (1954-7) President, International Ozone Commission (1960-7) IMO Prize, World Meteorological Organization (1959)