Entomologist of international reputation and former Vice-Chancellor of University of Agricultural Sciences-Bengaluru, Dr. G.K. Veeresh, died on Tuesday due to ill health. He was 89.
His last rites are being held at Hebbal crematorium in Bengaluru on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
Dr. Veeresh had headed a high-power panel that looked into the reasons for farmers’ suicides during the erstwhile S.M. Krishna regime when a slew of farmers’ suicide had caused concern amidst three consecutive drought years.
