SOUVENIR COMMITTEE - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany

Training Programme on “PALYNOLOGY IN FOSSIL FUEL EXPLORATION”
[ September 10-17, 2012 ]
Name MRIDUL GUPTA
E-mail Address mridulkhushi@gmail.com
Phone/Mobile No. 9044983899
DOB 08/10/1989
Mailing Address G-225 South city Post Ambedkar University lucknow-
226025
Name of Organisation Birbal Sahni Institute Of Palaeobotany.
Academic Qualifications
M.Sc. in Geology, University of Lucknow, 2011 [First Div]
Pursuing Ph.D., Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow
Title of Ph.D. Thesis: “Middle Jurassic Nannofossil Biostratigraphy From Jara Dome, Kachchh,
Western India and its Palaeobiogeographic implications”.
Areas of research interests:
Implication of nannofossil in biostratigraphy and its role in palaeogeographical as well as in
sedimentological interpretation. Beside it, I hold interest in the research related to climatic changes .
Name NEHA AGGARWAL
E-mail Address neha_264840@yahoo.co.in
Phone/Mobile No. 9453564837
DOB 25/08/1981
Mailing Address Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
53-University Road, Lucknow-226007
Name of Organisation Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
Academic Qualifications
M.Sc. in Botany, Kurukshetra University, 2004 [First Div]
M.Phil. in Plant Tissue Culture, Kurukshetra University, 2007 [First Div]
Ph.D. in Gondwana Palynology, Lucknow University, 2011
Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Palynostratigraphy, Correlation and Palaeoenvironment of Gondwana
Sediments in Godavari Graben, Andhra Pradesh.
Areas of research interests:
Working in Gondwana Palynology of Godavari Graben from the two coal seems viz. lower coal
horizon called Barakar Formation and Upper Coal horizon called Raniganj Fm. The pollen and spore
morphologies and their density of both coal seams are very distinct. On the basis of these palynomorphs the
palynostratigraphy of any area can be interpreted and used as tool for dating of the coal, especially in the
faulted areas where dating and correlation of coal seams is difficult due to the persistence of many small
faults as in Godavari Graben. Palynology, a branch of science has become an imperative parameter in
prospecting and economic utilization of fossil fuel (coal) as to determining nature and genetic age of coal and
in solving the problem of stratigraphy and correlation. It provides exploration of a known seam in an
unknown area across a fault.
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