T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar

Tarakad Vaidyanatha Ramakrishna Ayyar (20 July 1880 – 13 February 1952) was a pioneer Indian entomologist who worked in the agricultural department in British India. He described numerous species of insect, especially the thrips, catalogued Indian insect pests, taught, and wrote a landmark textbook of entomology, the ''Handbook of Economic Entomology for South India'' (1940). Provided by Wikipedia