SOUVENIR COMMITTEE - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
SOUVENIR COMMITTEE - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
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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