Dr. Krishna Chaitanya Tirunagaru
Name: Dr. Krishna Chaitanya Tirunagaru
Designation : Assistant Professor – Agricultural Entomology (Parasitic Hymenoptera Taxonomist (Encyrtidae))
Department: Agricultural Entomology
Institute name : Annamalai University
College address :School of Agricultural Science and Technology
SVKM, NMIMS (Deemed-to-be-University)
Shirpur, Dhule (Dist.), Maharashtra 425 405
Publication title: Journal
Paper title: Five new species of Homalotylus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) − from India with a key to Indian species
Journal Name: Journal of Natural History
Volume: 50
Issue No. : 37-38
Month of publication: July
Year: 2016
Page No.: 2372-2386
ISSN: 1464-5262
About Dr. Krishna Chaitanya Tirunagaru
My self, Dr. Krishna Chaitanya Tirunagaru obtained Doctoral degree from the esteemed Annamalai University, with specialization in Agricultural Entomology. I obtained advanced skills in insect taxonomy and registered 46 new species of insects in parasitic Hymenoptera under family Encyrtidae. I have peer reviewed publications in six international and four national scientific journals. I served as a Senior Research Fellow (SRF) under NASF-ICAR project at Dr. YSR Horticultural University, Lam Farm, Guntur from 02-02-0217 to 30-03-2019 and Presently working as an Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Entomology, School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SAST), Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)-Deemed to be University, Shirpur, Maharashtra.