Annual Report 2011-2012 - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany

EBIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUT
OF PALAEOBOTANY
1946
Annual Report 2011-2012
Training/Study/Visit in Country/Abroad
Anjali Trivedi
Visited Institute of Botany, Beijing, China from May 01
to July 31, 2011 under Post Doctoral Fellowship
Programme awarded by TWAS-CAS Post Doctoral
Programme and worked in collaboration with Chinese
scientists on the Quaternary palaeoclimatic studies,
based on pollen evidence from Shaun-hai-Zi Lake,
Yunan, west China.
C.M. Nautiyal
Attended Workshop on ‘Role of Intellectual Property
Rights in Business Perspective’ organised by Council
of Science and Technology, Lucknow on May 23,
2011.
Attended a Brainstorming Session on ‘Dating of Ancient
Events’ organised by I- SERVE at New Delhi on
June 11, 2011.
Attended Brainstorming Session for the XII Plan of
National Council for Science Museums held at
National Science Centre, New Delhi on July 23, 2011.
Participated in exhibition during Science Expo at Regional
Science City, Lucknow during January 19-23, 2012.
Besides, attended 3 workshops by and at National
Institute for Open Schools, Noida during the year
2011-12.
Ratan Kar & P.S. Ranhotra
Participated in the 5 th Indian Arctic Expedition to Ny-
Alesund (Svalbard, Norway) from July 14 to August
02, 2011, organized by NCAOR, Goa. During the
expedition collected Quaternary sediment samples
for palaeoclimatic studies.
RK also attended the Antarctic Project Presentation-
Brain Storming Session at the National Centre for
Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa from February
24-25, 2012.
Deepa Agnihotri
After attending the annual meeting of the Society for
Organic Petrology (TSOP) in August, 2011 visited
Museum of Natural History, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada.
Neerja Jha
Participated in the Field Workshop on Godavari Basin
held at Kothagudem from August 17-20, 2001.
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Srikanta Murthy & V.K. Singh
Attended the 7 th Proficiency Course on Modern Practices
in Petroleum Exploration organised by Petrotech
Society and held at Keshava Deva Malviya Institute
of Petroleum Exploration, ONGC, Dehradun from
September 05-09, 2011. VKS also visited and
collected palynological samples of Proterozoic age
from the type section (Maldeota) and in and around
Mussorrie area in one day field trip during the course.
M.R. Rao
Under the INSA Exchange of Scientists Programme
between INSA, New-Delhi and Chinese Academy
of Sciences, visited Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing
for a period of 27 days (October 09-November 04,
2011. During this period, palynological studies were
carried out on early Eocene to Holocene sediments
of north, central and southwest of China and studied
the slides of profile samples. The assemblage was
dominated by gymnosperm pollen followed by
angiosperm pollen/ fern spores. The important genera
are: Ephedra, Juglandaceae, Cyclocarya,
Engelhardtia, Juglans, Platycarya, Myrica,
Pinus, Abies, Picea, Cupressus, and
Cunninghannia. Also visited and done the field work
in Guangfayong area, Weichang district, Hebei
Province, China with Prof. Cheng-Sen-Li and his
group and collected the rock samples for palynological
investigation. In addition to these, I have also visited
Natural History of Museum, Geological Museum,
Geozoological Museum and Botanical Garden of
Beijing.
Attended the DST sponsored programme on ‘Paradigam
Shift in Science and Technology’ held at National
Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore during
December 12-16, 2011.
Rajni Tewari
Visited Department of Palaeontology, Guarulhos
University, Guarulhos, Brazil in October-November,
2011 under the Indo-Brazil S&T Joint Research
Programme. Participated in scientific discussions
regarding comparative studies on: i) Gondwana flora
of India and Brazil, and ii) palaeofire in Gondwana in
both the countries with Brazilian geoscientists
particularly Prof. Mary E. Bernardes Oliviera of
Institute of Geosciences, Sãu Paulo; Prof. Margot
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