Taracad Narayanan Ananthakrishnan (15 December 1925 – 7 August 2015) was an Indian entomologist and insect ecologist.
He did extensive study of Indian thrips (Thysanoptera) and made immense contributions to this field of science.
[1] Ananathakrishnan, a native of Taracad in Palakkad district, Kerala, was the eldest son of T. K. Narayanan and T. A. Annapurani.
[5] Being one of the early recipients of support from PL-480, he dedicated nearly three decades in the study and research of Indian thrips.
[citation needed] Fellow thysanopterists from India and overseas have named several new species of thrips after him.