Parameswaran Krishnan Kutty Nair (February 6, 1930, in

Perunna Perunna aka Perunnai is a suburb of Changanassery town in Kottayam District, Kerala, India. The nearest big city, Kottayam, is 21 km away from Perunna. Perunna is also located at the intersection of MC Road (SH1) and Alappuzha-Changanass ...

– January 21, 2017, in

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

) was an Indian

palynologist Palynology is the "study of dust" (from grc-gre, παλύνω, palynō, "strew, sprinkle" and ''-logy'') or of "particles that are strewn". A classic palynologist analyses particulate samples collected from the air, from water, or from deposits ...

, best remembered for his work in plant reproductive biology, and on the triphyletic theory of origin and evolution of

angiosperm Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s. He served as the founding director of the Environment Resources Research Centre. He was considered the "Father of Indian Palynology".

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