SOUVENIR COMMITTEE - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany

Training Programme on “PALYNOLOGY IN FOSSIL FUEL EXPLORATION”
[ September 10-17, 2012 ]
DR. RAJESH KUMAR SAXENA
Chief Palynologist
KDMIPE, ONGC, 9 Kaulagarh Road,
Dehradun-248195
E-mail: saxenarajk1@gmail.com
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Saxena did his Master’s Degree and doctorate in Geology from University of
Lucknow, Lucknow. He was Research fellow of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun
and worked at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow as Junior Scientific Assistant prior to
joining ONGC. He is presently working at Keshava Deva Malaviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration
(KDMIPE), Dehradun and engaged in monitoring multimicrofossil data synthesis and integrated
biostratigraphic interpretations for refinement of geological modeling on various sedimentary basins of
India for hydrocarbon exploration. He has joined KDMIPE, ONGC, Dehradun in the year 1985 and
has worked in Regional Laboratories of Sivasagar, Assam and Panvel, Navi Mumbai on different
capacities for over twenty seven years. He has worked for nannofossil biostratigraphy in Krishna-
Godavari, Kutch, Saurashtra, Mumbai, Assam & Assam-Arakan basins. He has a vast experience in the
studies of geological laboratories and applied the acquired knowledge for hydrocarbon exploration and
exploitation. He has been taking lectures and coordinating visits of newly recruited ONGC graduate
trainees and students / research scholars at KDMIPE to bread young explorationists in oil industry.
He has completed specialised training in palynology under ONGC-UNDP programme in Australia. He
has authored/co-authored and presented about 42 scientific papers in Indian and International
conferences/journals. He is a Fellow of Geological Society of India (GSI), Bangalore and
Paleontological Society of India (PSI), Lucknow, Life member of Association of Petroleum Geologists
(APG) of India and Indian Geological Congress (IGC), Roorkee and member of International
Nannoplankton Association (INA), UK/USA.
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