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. NARESH CHANDRA MEHROTRA<br />
Director<br />
<strong>Birbal</strong> <strong>Sahni</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Palaeobotany</strong><br />
53, University Road, Lucknow 226 007<br />
E-mail: mehrotrabsip@rediffmail.com, director@bsip.res.in<br />
Dr Naresh Chandra Mehrotra, Ph.D. in Geology from Lucknow University took over as Director, <strong>Birbal</strong><br />
<strong>Sahni</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Palaeobotany</strong> on 1st March 2005.<br />
He has over Forty years <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional experience in research related to Fossil Fuel Exploration and<br />
palaeoclimate.<br />
He has several awards and honours to his credit. While in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC),<br />
he was honoured with several awards for his outstanding contributions to the development <strong>of</strong><br />
Palynological work in hydrocarbon exploration. He has been awarded with prestigious <strong>Birbal</strong> <strong>Sahni</strong><br />
Birth Centenary Award <strong>of</strong> Indian Science Congress Association conferred by Prime Minister <strong>of</strong> India<br />
(2007) for life time achievements in the development <strong>of</strong> <strong>Palaeobotany</strong>. Later in the same year he was<br />
awarded S.N. Bhalla Gold Medal by Palaeontological Society <strong>of</strong> India for outstanding life time<br />
contributions and then Geological Society <strong>of</strong> India's prestigious L. Rama Rao Birth Centenary Award<br />
for life time contributions in the field <strong>of</strong> Indian stratigraphy and Palaeontology.<br />
Dr Mehrotra has been associated with various academic and pr<strong>of</strong>essional bodies. These include -<br />
President, Palaeobotanical Society, Lucknow; Member Council and Fellow, Geological Society <strong>of</strong> India,<br />
Bangalore; Member, Governing Body, Wadia <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, Ministry <strong>of</strong><br />
Science & Technology; Member, Governing Council, National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research,<br />
Goa, Ministry <strong>of</strong> Earth Sciences and Chairman, Local Advisory Council, Regional Science Centre,<br />
Lucknow, Ministry <strong>of</strong> Culture, Govt. <strong>of</strong> India.<br />
He has delivered several invited keynote addresses at National & International Conferences in India and<br />
abroad; Foundation Day lectures <strong>of</strong> CSIR Labs. and special invited talks in ONGC and several<br />
Universities. He is the Chief Editor <strong>of</strong> Palaeobotanist.<br />
Dr. Mehrotra has to his credit more than 60 research papers, published in National and International<br />
Journals and 3 Memoirs (48 and 61) <strong>of</strong> Geological Society <strong>of</strong> India & 2 volumes <strong>of</strong> Atlases on fossil<br />
din<strong>of</strong>lagellate cysts published by ONGC as Special Publications.<br />
<strong>Birbal</strong> <strong>Sahni</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Palaeobotany</strong>, Lucknow<br />
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