1996-97 - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany

1996-97
Journal - The Palaeobotanist
Units
Publication
During the year Volume 43, Number 3 and a special BSIP Golden Jubilee Volume
45 of The Palaeobotanist were published. The special volume comprises 55
contributions, out of which 20 are specially invited papers and remaining 35 were
presented at the International Conference on "Diversification and Evolution of
Terrestrial plants in Geological time (ICTPG)" held at Nanjing, China during September
4-8, 1995. This special volume comprises 456 printed pages.
24th Birbal Sahni Memorial Lecture
The 24th Birbal Sahni Memorial Lecture entitled "History and progress of
plant tissue culture and biotechnology" delivered by Professor B.M. Johri was processed
and sent to press for publication.
Brochure
On the occasion of Institute's Golden Jubilee celebrations, a Brochure was
published in which the history and other major achievements of the Institute during
last 50 years were highlighted through coloured pictures and charts, etc.
Annual
Reports
The Annual Reports for the year 1995-96, both in English and Hindi, were
published in which the major achievements and events of the Institute were highlighted
through coloured and black and white pictures and graphs, etc. The reports comprise
about 190 printed pages each. Printed copies of the reports were sent to the DST, New
Delhi and other organisations.
Sale of the Institute
publications
This year the publications of the Institute netted an income of Rs.2,75,992.26,
out of which US $ 2,577 .33 were earned in foreign exchange.
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