Annual Report 2011-2012 - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany

EBIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUT
Annual Report 2011-2012
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OF PALAEOBOTANY
A.K. Ghosh
• End Cretaceous Mass Extinction and Diversity
of Coralline Red Algae from India (Invited lecture)
in the Seminar on Plant diversity and Resources:
Evolution, Analysis, Stress, Challenges and
Phytodiversity, on the Birth Centenary of Prof. A.K.
Ghosh organized by Botanical Society of Bengal &
CAS in Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
(December 2011).
• Evaluation of the past Climate using Plant Fossils
and Effect of Major Mass Extinction Events on
the Diversity of Plants (two lectures: as a Resource
Person) at UGC Refresher Course on Plants and
Environment, Department of Botany, University of
Allahabad (February 03 & 04, 2012).
Ratan Kar
• Deciphering the Quaternary Climatic History of
the Arctic Region: Multi-proxy approach with
special reference to Palynology and Palynology
vis-à-vis Glaciology: Interpretation of Climatic
Changes and Glacial Fluctuations (two lectures)
at Vidyasagar University, West Bengal (March 05,
2012).
• Application of Palynology in Coal Exploration:
Case study from Tatapani-Ramkola Coalfield,
Chhattisgarh at Vidyasagar University, West Bengal
(March 06, 2012).
Swati Dixit
• Late Quaternary Vegetation Succession and
Climate Change in Northeast India: based on
Pollen Proxy Records (Dr. B.S. Venkatachala
Memorial lecture) at BSIP, Lucknow (January 02,
2012).
By outside scientists in the Institute
Prof. Robert A. Spicer, Department of Earth Sciences,
Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
• Adventures in a Late Oligocene Tropical Delta
(May 13, 2011)
Dr. Sankar Chatterjee, Paul Whitfield Horn Professor
of Geology & Curator of Paleontology, Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, Texas (USA)
• Shiva Impact, Deccan Volcanism and the Mass
Extinction (July 29, 2011)
Dr. Serge V. Naugolnykh, Geological Institute of
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
• Permian Period and the Paleo-geopark of the
Urals: State-of-the-art and Perspectives
(November 16, 2011)
Dr. Chris Mays, School of Geosciences, Monash
University, Victoria, Australia
• Forestlands of the Aurora Australis: South Polar
(75-80°S) Mid-Cretaceous Greenhouse
Environments and Floral Ecosystems (January 06,
2012)
Prof. Cheng-Sen Li, Institute of Botany, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• Palaeobotanical Researches in the Institute of
Botany, Beijing (February 15, 2012)
Prof. Yu-Fei Wang, Institute of Botany, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• Neogene Climate Changes in North China
(February 15, 2012)
Prof. Robert A. Spicer, Department of Earth Sciences,
Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
• Arctic Plant Fossils and Introduction to a new
Online Resources (National Science Day
Celebration Lecture; February 24, 2012)
Prof. R.P. Tiwari, Head, Department of Geology,
Mizoram University, Aizawl, India
• Palaeobiology and Depositional Environment of
Cenozoic Succession of Mizoram (National
Science Day Celebration Lecture; February
24, 2012)
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