1^st plant protection advisor to the Govt. of India was

1^st plant protection advisor to the Govt. of India was H. S. Pruthi.
He was a plant protection advisor to the Government of India and helped establish a locust warning system. He retired in 1953.
In 1963 he published a Textbook on Agricultural Entomology. Several genera of hemipterans have been named after him including Pruthiana, Pruthiorosius and Pruthius.