Dronamraju Krishna Rao focused his work on the research of a British-born scientist who passed on 1 december  1964.
 One focus of his work has been the research of J. B. S. Haldane. 
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane ( ; 5 November 1892 1 December 1964) was a British-born scientist known for his work in the study of physiology, genetics, evolutionary biology, and in mathematics, where he made innovative contributions to the fields of statistics and biostatistics. 
