FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
Dr. H. M. Yeshwanth
Ph.D., FRES — Founder and Principal Consultant, EntoBio Consult.
Ph.D. in Agricultural Entomology (Taxonomy), UAS GKVK, 2014 — dissertation on the Mirid Bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) of South India.
Scientist In-charge and Curator of the Museum and Collection Facility at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR (2022–2024). Assistant Professor and Curator, Department of Entomology, UAS GKVK (2017–2022). Research Associate, ICAR Network Project on Insect Biosystematics.
Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, London. Twice awarded the Ernst Mayr Travel Grant by the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University — to the Natural History Museum, London in 2016, and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC in 2024.
Co-editor of Indian Insects: Diversity and Science (CRC Press, 2019).
Field surveys across South India, the North-Eastern Hill regions, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, continuously since 2009.
AFFILIATIONS & PAST ROLES
- • NCBS-TIFR
- • UAS GKVK, Bengaluru
- • ICAR
- • Natural History Museum, London
- • Smithsonian NMNH
- • Harvard MCZ
- • University of Bristol
DISTINCTIONS
- • Fellow, Royal Entomological Society
- • Ernst Mayr Travel Grant, Harvard MCZ ×2
- • Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
- • Member, International Heteropterists' Society
- • ASRB-NET, 2014
“My long-term vision is for EntoBio Consult to become India’s leading independent centre for insect taxonomy, biodiversity research, scientific imaging, education, and outreach.”
— Dr. H. M. Yeshwanth