Keshav Chandra Pandey (5 July 1943 – 1 December 2019), popularly known as K. C. Pandey, was an Indian educationist and zoologist with 55 years research experience, a Fellow of the Zoological Society of India (F.ZSI),[1] and a Fellow of the Helminthological Society of India (FHSI).

After his retirement from Lucknow University, he continued with research work and ISCA [4] where he got elected as the 98th General President[5] of the Indian Science Congress Association[6] in 2010–11.

[citation needed] Pandey was also member of the Institute Body of AIIMS, New Delhi.

His work on new and known species of trematode, Cestode[15] nematode, monogenea, and acanthocephalan, which cause mass mortalities.

[20] In 2010, Pandey was selected as Emeritus Professor at the Department of Zoology, CCS University.