Brief Biodata

BRIEF BIODATA
Name
Present Position
Qualification
: Dr. (Mrs.) ALPANA SINGH
: Scientist-E
: M. Sc., in 1979 with 1st class from Lucknow University,
Ph. D., in 1989 in Botany from Kanpur University
(Entitled Palynology and Maturation studies of Neyveli Lignite, South India).
German Proficiency in 1983 from Lucknow University
Medals/Awards : Acharyya Hem Chandra Das Gupta Memorial Medal (1991)
(Geological Mining and Metallurgical Society of India, Calcutta).
For the best publication of the scientific paper in Indian J. Geol
H.S. Pareek Award—2003
(Geological Society of India, Bangalore)
For the best paper in coal science published in Society’s journal
Memberships of
Scientific bodies
: Fellow & Life Member, The Palaeobotanical Society of India
Life Member, Palaeontological Society of India
Life Member, Gondwana Geological Society
Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association
Alternate Member, Solid Mineral Fuels Section Committee-
PCD7, Bureau of Indian Standard
Member, The Society of Earth Scientists
Member Councilor, Palaeobotanical Society of India
Member, Executive Council, Coal Petrological Society of India
Research Experience: 33years of Research experience in the field of Organic
Petrology of Indian Gondwana Permian coals and Tertiary
Lignites; Tertiary Palynology and Disperse Organic Matter
(DOM) studies.
Research Areas
: Organic Petrology of Indian Gondwana Permian coals
(Rajmahal, Son, Satpura Basins) and Tertiary lignites
(Cauvery, Kutch, Cambay and Saurashtra basins), through
qualitative and quantitative estimations of organic microconstituents
under normal reflected and fluorescence modes

(Blue light), cleat characterization, and rank or maturity
determination by reflectivity measurement. Tertiary Palynology
of lignites including fossil pollen identification, qualitative
analysis, quantitative estimation, and SEM study. Disperse
organic matter (DOM) studies of lignites.
Presently working on NW (Gujarat and Rajasthan) lignites
of India under the five year plan projects of the Institute.
Attended many National and International
Conferences/Seminars/Workshops to present the scientific
results.
Field experience
: Coal and lignite sample collection from several Open Cast and
Underground coal and lignite mines of India.
Foreign visits : Spain (Oviedo); Brazil (Sao Paulo and Gramado); Thailand
(Nokhon Ratchasima and Bankok), China (Beijing, Kunming),
Hong Kong, to attend various International
Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Meetings.
Services rendered :
• Training and assistance to many Ph. D. students and scientists
from various Organizations/Institutes/Universities on the
specialized areas of research. Presently co-supervisor of two Ph.
D. students.
• Consultancy services to Government Organizations/Institutes and
Private sectors for ascertaining the hydrocarbon potential in the
samples provided.
Publications
: About 60 (Research papers and Scientific Reports) in
International and refereed journals of International repute.
Published Popular Scientific Articles and Scientific Poems in
Hindi for awareness to the scientific community and general
people.
Selected Publications
1. Singh, B.D. and Singh, A. (1989). Coking characteristics coal seam in the Korar
Coalfield (M.P.), India- a petrographic evaluation. Geosci. J., 10 (1&2): 1-14.
2. Singh, A. and Misra, B.K. (1991). New colporate pollen taxa from Neyveli
lignite, South India. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 67 (1&2): 59-74.
3. Singh, A. and Misra, B.K. (1991). Revision of some Tertiary pollen genera and
species. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 67 (3&4): 205- 215.
4. Singh, A. and Misra, B.K. (1991). A new spinose monosulcate genus
Spinomonosulcites and an emendation of spinose porate Acanthotricolpites. Rev.
Palaeobot. Palynol., 67 (3&4): 217-227.

5. Singh, A. and Singh, B.D. (1991). Particulate organic matter in relation to
depositional aspects of the main lignite seam in Neyveli lignite field, Cauvery
Basin, India. Indian J. Geol., 63(1): 17-39.
6. Singh, A. (1991). A new fossil pollen record- Transdanubiaepollenites Kedves &
Pardutz from Neyveli lignite deposit, south India. Curr. Sci., 60 (12): 701-703.
7. Singh, A. (1992). A note on the orientation pattern of striations in the genus
Schizaeoisporites Potonie, 1951. Palaeobotanist, 39 (3): 65-69.
8. Singh, A., Misra, B.K., Singh, B.D. and Navale, G.K.B. (1992). The Neyveli
lignite deposits (Cauvery Basin), India- organic composition, age and depositional
pattern. Int. J. Coal Geol., 21: 45-97.
9. Singh, A. and Singh, B.D. (1993). Reflectance measurements on maturation of
the Neyveli Tertiary brown coals (lignites), south India. Minetech, 14 (3): 13-22.
10. Singh, A. and Singh, B.D. (1994). Rank evaluation of the Neyveli lignite deposits
on the basis of reflectance parameter. Q. J. Geol. Soc. India, 44: 391-397.
11. Anand Prakash and Singh, A. (1995). Fundamentals of Organic Petrology. In:
R.S. Tiwari (ed.) Coaliferous Fuel Resources of India-Parameters of studies in
Palynology and Biopetrology, BSIP, pp. 153-168.
12. Misra, B.K., Singh, A. and Ramanujam, C.G.K. (1996). Trilatiporate pollen from
Indian Palaeogene and Neogene sequences- evolution, migration and continental
drift. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 91: 331-352.
13. Singh, A. (1997). “Koyala- prakriti Ki Anmol Den” (in Hindi). Vigyan Garima
Sindhu, New Delhi., 23: 5-8.
14. Misra, B.K., Singh, B.D. and Singh, A. (1998). Maceral alginite in Indian coals
and lignites- its significance and influence. Palaeobotanist, 47:37-49.
15. Singh, A. and Misra, B.K. (1998). Typical liptinitic bodies from Neyveli lignite
deposits, India. Curr. Sci.,74(2): 113-114.
16. Singh, A. and Misra, B.K. (1999). Fluorescence microscopic investigation of the
main lignite seam from the Neyveli lignite field, Tamil Nadu, India.
Palaeobotanist, 48 : 155-162.
17. Singh, A. and Singh, B.D. (1999). Methane gas- an unconventional energy
resource. Curr. Sci., 76(12): 1546-1553.
18. Misra, B.K., Singh, A. and Singh, B.D. (2000). Report on International
Conference on Coal Bed Methane: Prospects and Potentialities, Dec. 3,1999,
Kolkata. Palaeobotanist, 49: 138-139.
19. Singh, A. (2000). Methane Gas- Abhishap bana vardaan (in Hindi). Vigyan Alok,
3: 6-7.
20. Singh, A. (2001). Probability of a new liptinitic maceral from Indian lignites.
Proc. Natl. Sem. Recent Advances in Geology of Coal and lignite basins of India,
Kolkata, 1997. GSI spl. Publ. 54: 183-188.
21. Singh, A. and Singh, B.D. (2001). Petrology of Kanhan coals, Satpura Gondwana
Basin (India) vis-à-vis coal bed methane. Proc Int. Conf. Coal Bed Methane:
Prospects and Potentialities, Kolkata, India: 117-130.
22. Singh, A. (2002). Rank assessment of Panandhro lignite deposit, Kutch Basin,
Gujarat. J. geol. Soc. India, 59: 69-77.
23. Singh, A. (2002). On a fluorescing microcomponent from Indian Tertiary lignites.
Int. J. Coal Geol., 51(1): 59-65.

24. Singh, B. D. and Singh, A. (2003). Petrographic evaluation of lignites from
Panandhro Field (Kachchh Basin), Gujarat. Minetech, 24 (2-3): 48-63.
25. Singh, B. D. and Singh, A. (2004). Observations on Indian Permian Gondwana
coals under fluorescence microscopy: An overview. Proc. 11 th Int. Gondwana
Symp., New Zealand, Gondwana Research, 7 (1): 143-151.
26. Singh, A. and Singh B.D. (2005). Petrology of Panandhro lignite deposit, Gujarat
in relation to palaeodepositional conditions. Jour. Geol. Soc. India, 66 (3): 334-
344.
27. Singh B.D. and Singh A. (2005). Petrological nature and composition of Turra
coal seam in Singrauli Coalfield (M.P.). Proceedings-International Seminar on
Coal Science and Technology: Emerging Global Dimensions (Global Coal 2005):
404-424.
28. Misra, B.K., Singh, B.D. and Singh, A. (2006). Significance of coal petrological
investigations in coal bed methane exploration- Indian context, Curr. Sci. 91 (10):
1403-1408.
29. Singh, B.D. and Singh, A. and Misra, B.K.(2006). Characterization of Indian
coals and lignites as assessed under fluorescence mode. In: A.K. Varma et al.
(ed.) Proc. Nat. Conf. Frontier Areas in Geol. And Technol. Aspects of Fossil
Fuel and Mineral Resources (GTFM 2006), ISM Dhanbad, Allied Publ. Pvt. Ltd.,
kolkata: 47-62.
30. Singh, A. (2007). Koyala Sansadhan mein shailiki adhyayan ka badalta swaroop.
In: Koyala Sansadhan- 07, Rashtriya Sangoshthi- Bhartita Udyogo ke Sandarbh
mein Koyale ka Sansadhan., Rashtiya Dhatukarm Prayogshala (NML),
Jamshedpur (26-27 March 07): 23-24.
31. Singh, A. and Singh, B.D. (2008). Coal Petrology- A shifting role from coal
utilization to fuel exploration. Proc. Diamond Jubilee Nat. Conf., Challenges in
Indian Palaeobiology, Palaeobotanist 57 (1-2): 257-264.
32. Singh, A. and Singh, B.D. (2008). Progenitors of hydrocarbons in Indian coals
and lignites and their significance. In: N.C. Mehrotra et al. (eds.) Proc. Symp.
Palynology Fossil Fuel Exploration, Lucknow, Geol. Soc. of India Memoir 71:
117-133.
33. Singh, A.K., Singh, A., Singh, B.D., Mamta Sharma, Saroj Kumar, N.K. Shukla
and Nandita Chaudhury (2008). Coal Bed Methane genesis and its status in Indian
context. In: N.C. Mehrotra et al. (eds.) Proc. Symp. Palynology Fossil Fuel
Exploration, Lucknow, Geol. Soc. of India Memoir 71: 149-171.
34. Singh, A. and Singh, B.D. (2010). Genesis of Indian Cenozoic lignites-
Petrological and Palaeofloral evidences. Jour. Ind. Geol. Cong. 2 (1): 95-103.
35. Thakur, O.P., Singh, A. and Singh, B.D. (2010). Petrographic characterization of
Khadsaliya lignites, Bhavnagar District, Gujarat. Jour. Geol. Soc. India, 76 (3):
40-46.
36. Dutta, S., Mathews, R.P., Singh, B.D., Tripathi, S.K.M., Singh, A., Saraswati,
P.K., Banerjee, s. and Mann, U. (2011). Petrology, Palynology and Organic
Geochemistry of Eocene lignite of Matanomadh, Kutch basin, western India:
implications to depositional environment and hydrocarbon source potential. Int. J.
Coal Geol., 85: 91-102.

37. Mehrotra, N.C., Shanmukhapa, M., Rupendra Babu, Kumar, M., Singh, A.,
Singh, B.D. and Kapoor, P.N. (2012). Development of Palynology in fossil fuel
exploration in India with emphasis on Recent significant contributions from
Western-Offshore, Krishna-Godavari Basin and Frontier Areas. In: Glimpses of
Geosciences Research in India, Indian Report to the IUGS: 2008-2012. Proc.
Indian Nat. Science Acad., 78 (78): 457-473.
38. Singh, A., Thakur O.P. and Singh, B.D. (2012). Petrographic and depositional
characteristics of Tadkeshwar lignite deposits (Cambay Basin), Gujarat Jour.
Geol. Soc. India, 80 (3): 329-340. DOI 10.1007/s12594-012-0151-7.
39. Aggarwal, N., Jha, N. and Singh, A. (2012). Palynology, palynofacies and
palaeoenvironmental interpretations of sedimentary sequence in borecore MLG-
23 from Gundala Area, Godavari Graben, India. Jour. Indian Geol. Cong., 4 (2):
19-35.
40. Singh, B.D., Singh, A., Thakur, O.P. and Mahesh S. (2013). Petrological
evaluation of Tertiary lignites from Amod Mine (Bharuch district), Gujarat. Int. J.
Applied Engr. Research ISSN: 0973-4562, 8 (12): 111-116.
41. Singh, A., Mahesh S., Hukam Singh, Surya K.M. Tripathi and Singh, B.D.
(2013). Characterization of Mangrol Lignite (Gujarat), India- Petrography,
Palynology, and Palynofacies. Int. Jour. Coal Geol., 120: 82-94.
42. Singh, A. and Singh, B.D. (2013). Petrological properties of Indian lignites in
context to their utilization. Minetech, 34 (3): 45-52.