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SOUVENIR COMMITTEE - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany

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Training Programme on “PALYNOLOGY IN FOSSIL FUEL EXPLORATION”<br />

[ September 10-17, 2012 ]<br />

DR. MADHAV KUMAR<br />

Scientist ‘E’<br />

<strong>Birbal</strong> <strong>Sahni</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Palaeobotany</strong><br />

53, University Road<br />

Lucknow 226 007<br />

E-mail: madhavbsip@gmail.com<br />

Dr. Madhav Kumar is Scientist ‘E’ at the <strong>Birbal</strong> <strong>Sahni</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Palaeobotany</strong>, Lucknow has over 31<br />

years experience in Cenozoic Palynology. After passing M. Sc. (Botany) from Banaras Hindu University,<br />

Varanasi, he joined BSIP in the year 1981. He received Ph.D. degree from the University <strong>of</strong> Kanpur in<br />

1986 for a thesis on ‘Palynostratigraphy <strong>of</strong> the Tertiary sediments <strong>of</strong> Northeast India’. He has done<br />

Palynostratigraphy and Palyn<strong>of</strong>acies analysis <strong>of</strong> surface and subsurface Tertiary sediments <strong>of</strong> Assam,<br />

Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, and Early<br />

Cretaceous <strong>of</strong> Satpura and South Rewa basins <strong>of</strong> India. His main interest covers characterization <strong>of</strong><br />

palyn<strong>of</strong>lora <strong>of</strong> Cretaceous-Tertiary sediments and plant derived sedimentary organic matter, their<br />

taxonomy and determination <strong>of</strong> depositional environment. His current research includes high-resolution<br />

Palynostratigraphy and palyn<strong>of</strong>acies analysis <strong>of</strong> Phanerozoic sedimentary basins <strong>of</strong> India. He has<br />

published 52 research papers in various international and national journals.<br />

<strong>Birbal</strong> <strong>Sahni</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Palaeobotany</strong>, Lucknow<br />

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