Krishnan was a god father for the wildlife program at NCBS, indeed for all young and aspiring wildlife ecologists in India. Summer schools in Herpetology and Avian biology were majorly initiated by him; he has been trying to start a similar school in Marine ecology. 'Let us ask Krishnan' is what most of us used to say when we ran out of ideas or money or ran into problems for which nobody had a solution! It would take some time for many of us to get out of this habit!