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Inception of Entomological Society of India and Inaugural Issue of the Indian Journal of Entomology


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1 Charles Sturt University and Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, PO Box 883, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia
2 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003, India
 

The Entomological Society of India (ESI) established in 1938 completed 80 years of service to Indian and world science in 2018. The present article captures a few milestone events during its inception in 1938 and its 25th anniversary in 1964, further to a few in between. The Indian Journal of Entomology, the official organ of ESI, was launched in 1939 and has an intricately intertwined history along with ESI.
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Authors

Anantanarayanan Raman
Charles Sturt University and Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, PO Box 883, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia
Chitra Narayanasamy
Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003, India

Abstract


The Entomological Society of India (ESI) established in 1938 completed 80 years of service to Indian and world science in 2018. The present article captures a few milestone events during its inception in 1938 and its 25th anniversary in 1964, further to a few in between. The Indian Journal of Entomology, the official organ of ESI, was launched in 1939 and has an intricately intertwined history along with ESI.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv117%2Fi2%2F321-327