Sudhanshu Kumar Jain
Sudhanshu Kumar Jain, Indian ethnobotanist (Amroha, Uttar Pradesh State 30 June 1926 – Authored 325 papers and 43 books on taxonomy, ethnobotany, economic botany, conservation and medicinal plants DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Species Arthraxon junnarensis 1971 with Hemadri Arthraxon raizadae 1972 with Hemadri & Deshpande Coelogyne hitendrae 1978 with Das Coelogyne raizadae 1978 with Das Coelogyne schultesii 1978 with Das Enteropogon coimbatorensis 1977 with Nair & Nayar Garnotia normannii 1979 with Prakash Glyphochloa mysorensis 1969 with Hemadri Glyphochloa santapaui 1969 with Deshpande Hedychium pynursulaeanum 1986 with Srivastava Isachne swaminathanii 1983 with Prakash Others 1 form, 1 subspecies and 5 varieties HONOURS President, International Society of Tropical Ecology Harshberger Medal (1992) W. Carey Medal (2006) Distinguished Economic Botanist Award, United States (first Asian to receive it) 1999 Genus Jainia N.P. Balakrishnan 1980 (Rubiaceae)
Sohan Lal Jain
Sohan Lal Jain, Indian paleontologist and helminthologist (06 July 1931 – DESCRIBED NEW GENERA Trematoda Bifurcohaptor 1958 Lepustomum 1953 Mizelleus 1957 Paryphostomum 1952 Thaparocleidus 1952 Fossil Pisces Indocoelacanthus 1974 Paradapedium 1973 Fossil Aves Indotrigonodon 1983 with Sahni Pisdurodon 1983 with Sahni Fossil Reptilia Barapasaurus 1975 with Kutty et al. HONORS Jainus Mizelle, Kritsky & Crane 1968 (Monogenea) Jainosaurus Hunt, Lockley, Lucas & Meyer 1994 (Fossil Reptilia) Jainemys Joyce & Bandyopadhyay 2020 (Fossil Reptilia) Jainium Prasad et al. 2005 (Phytolith)
Shridhar Sarvottam Joshi
Shridhar Sarvottam Joshi, Indian physical chemist (Pune, Maharashtra 16 October 1898 – 24 July 1984) Described Joshi effect With V. Narasimhan. Photoelectric efficiency of iron, cobalt and nickel at different temperatures in the soft x-ray region. Curr. Science 9:535-7, 1940 OTHERS Chairman, Physical Chemistry Section, International Congress on Pure and Applied Chemistry, Munich (1959) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With R.P. Sanyal. The formation of a water in oil type emulsion by the concentration of the oil phase. Jour. Phys. Chemistry 26(5): 481-6, 1922 Viscosity of reversible emulsions. Trans. Faraday Soc. 20:512-9, 1925 The decomposition of nitrous oxide in the silent electric discharge. Trans. Faraday Soc. 23:227-38, 1927 The decomposition of nitrous oxide in the silent electric discharge. Part II. Trans. Faraday Soc. 25: 108-117, 1929 The decomposition of nitrous oxide in the silent electric discharge. Part III. The variation of the current and of the power during the reaction. Trans. Faraday Soc. 23: 118-28, 1929 The decomposition of nitrous oxide in the silent electric discharge. Part IV. Influence of the addition of foreign gases. Trans. Faraday Soc. 25:137-43, 1929 An examination of reactions in ionized gases from the standpoint of Faraday’s law. Trans. Faraday Soc. 25: 143-7, 1929 With T.S. Narayan. Der einfluss der temperature sul die koagulation von Kolloiden Mangandioxyd. Kolloid Z. 59:335-6, 1932 “Zonal effect” in the slow coagulation of colloid arsenious sulphur. Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 12:145, 1937 With P.V. Jagannatha Rao. Zonal effect and antinormal change of opacity during the slow coagulation of colloid manganese dioxide. Phys. Berichte 19:418, 1938 With D.N. Solanki. The influence of temperature on the electrical conductivity and viscosity of aqueous mercuric chloride. J. Ind. Chem. Soc. 18:627, 1940 With K. Srinivasan. Electrochemical preparation of sodium chloride from aqueous solution. J. Ind. Chem. Soc. 18, 1941 With G.S. Desmukh. An effect of light in gases under electrical discharge. Nature 147 (3739): 806, 1941 With P.G. Deo. A light effect in chlorine under electrical discharge: influence of the intensity and frequency. Nature 151 (3837): 561, 1943 With P.G. Deo. Light effect in chlorine under electrical discharge: influence of the gas pressure. Nature 153: 434-5, 1944 Light effect in chlorine under electrical discharge: change of the wave form due to irradiation. Nature 154: 147, 1944 With K.Z. Lad. Non-occurrence of the light effect in high frequency conduction at low potentials. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. 22 A: 293, 1945 With G. S. Desmukh. Interaction of nitrous oxide and hydrogen in the silent discharge. Nature 155: 483, 1945 Threshold potential, conductivity and course of chemical change under electrical discharge. Curr.Sci. 15:281, 1946
Shreeyansh Prasad Jain
Shreeyansh Prasad Jain, Indian paleontologist (Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh State 14 August 1937 – With D.B. Sikka, M.N. Saxena & S.B. Bhatia. Occurrence of graywackes in Lower Sialiks, Simla Hills. Nature 192:61, 1961 With P.C. Kanwar. Himalayan ridge in the light of the Theory of Continent Drift. Nature 227(5260):829, 1970 DESCRIBED OSTRACODA TAXA Genera Kalingella 1976 Tandonella 1978 Vijaiella 1978 Species 60 species of Fossil and Living Ostracoda Others Applinocrinus ramaraoi 1996 with Mallikarjuna (Echinodermata) Pararotalia boltovskoyi 1978 with Bhatia (Foraminifera) Rhynchoteuthis sonii 1962 with Sahni (Mollusca) HONORS (Ostracoda) Jainella Bhatia & Kumar 1979 Jainiana Mannikeri 1996
Santhappan Jones
Santhappan Jones, Indian fisheries biologist, marine biologist and entomologist (Kovalam, Kerala State 27 August 1910 – Trivandum 26 February 1999) DESCRIBED VALID NEW TAXA Genera (Diplopoda) Silvestrus 1937 Unixenus 1944 Species Abudefduf manikfani 1970 with Kumaran (Pisces) Silvestrus seminudus 1937 (Diplopoda) Unixenus padmanabhii 1937 (Diplopoda) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Entomology Prodioctes hematicus Chevr., a new weevil pest of cardamom in South India. Ind. J. Entomol. 6(1-2):49-52, 1944 The cardamom weevil and its control. Planter’s Chronicle 38(19), 1941 Observation on the oviposition and development stages of a species of Polyxenus. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. (1935) A note on the distribution, oviposition and parental care of Scutigerella unguiculata Hansen var. indica Gravely. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 38:209-11, 1935 Fisheries & Marine Biology With M. Kumaran & M. Ali Manikfan. On some fishes from the Maldives. Part I. Species known from the Laccadive archipelago in the collections. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India 23(1-2):81-97, 1981 With M. Kumaran. New records of fishes from the seas around India – part VII. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India 12(1-2):187-96, 1971 Marine fishery resources of India. Indian Farming 19(9):19-21, 1969 Dugong Dugong dugon (Muller) its present status in the seas around India with observations on its behaviour in captivity. Intern. Zoo Yearbook 7:215-20, 1967 With M. Kumaran. On the fishes of the genus Schindleria Giltay from the Indian Ocean. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India 6(2):257-64, 1964 Synopsis of biological data on the northern bluefin tuna, Kishinoella tonggol Bleeker 1851 (Indian Ocean). FAO Fish Rep. (1963) With M. Kumaran. Distribution of larval tuna collected by the Carlsberg Foundation’s Dana Expedition (1928-30) from the Indian Ocean. FAO Fish. Rep. 6(3):1753-74, 1962 Synopsis of biological data on the long corseletted frigate mackerel Auxis thunnoides Bleeker, 1855. FAO Fish. Rep. 6(2):782-810, 1962 Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett) as a potential live bait for tuna in the Laccadives. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India 2(1);103-4, 1960 The tuna live-bait fishery of Minicoy Island. Indian J. Fish. 5:300-7, 1960 Fishing methods for the Indian shad, Hilsa ilisha (Hamilton) in the Indian region. Part I. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. 56(2):250-75, 1959 Fishing methods for the Indian shad, Hilsa ilisha (Hamilton) in the Indian region. Part II. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. 56(3):423-48, 1959 An unusual instance of a bird getting trapped by a clam. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India 1(1):97, 1959 On the late winter and early spring migration of the Indian shad, Hilsa ilisha (Hamilton), in the Gangetic delta. Ind. J. Fish. 4(2):304-14, 1957 With K.H. Sujansingani. The Hilsa fishery of the Chilka lake. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 50(2):264-80, 1951 Observations on the bionomics and fishery of the brown mussel (Mytilus sp.) of the Cape region of Peninsular India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 49:519-28, 1950 HONORS Jonesiella Hafeezullah & Siddiqi 1970 (Trematoda) accepted as Antorchis Jonesius Sankarankutty 1962 (Crustacea) accepted as Cherusius Jonespeltis Verhoeff 1936 (Myriapoda) accepted as Anoplodesmus
Rubén Jaén
Rubén Jaén Centeno, Venezuelan cardiovascular surgeon (Caracas 11 February 1926 – Authored 120 papers and 6 books ACHIEVEMENTS Performed the first replacement of the common carotid artery by a plastic prosthesis or Dacron in the world (1957) Founded the first chair of cardiovascular surgery in the world at Universidad Central de Venezuela (1968) New method for surgical treatment of the postphlebitic syndrome. Angiologia 26(3):89-94, 1974 With H. Fermin, H. Velarde, A. Lairet & G. Silva presented the first case in literature of a fistula between the ascending aorta and the left atrium (1986) HONORS President & Invited Lecturer, International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery (1984) Diploma for Scientific Achievements, Miami University (2001)