1991-92 - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany

BSIPM.S. ChauhanPart-7Part-8Part-9Part-IOPart-llProgramme 9.10Objective, DinoflagellatesKhowaja-Ateequzzaman, Diatoms and SilicoflagellatesAnil Chandra, NannoplanktonJyotsanaRai, Calcareous AlgaeA. Rajanikanth, ArchaeobotanyChanchala,Four Decades of Indian palaeobotany : A crilicalassessment 1950-1990,To critically analyse and evaluate palaeobotanicaldata generated during the period 1950-1990 forsynthesis and review,To compile state-of-the-art reports on selectedthemes,To publish a compendium as a Birbal SahniCentenary contributionKnowledge on the palaeobotanical and palaeopalynological data generatedmostly during the post-Sahni Era has been synthesised and fUluristic trends hasbeen discussed. The proceedings volume of the symposium - Four Decades ofIndian Palaeobotany is in press. The following research papers were presented bylhe Institute scientists in the Symposium held during November, 1991 :P.K. MaithyB.S. Venkatachala,Manoj Shukla &Mukund SharmaH.K. MaheshwariAnil ChandraK.P. Jain,Rahul Garg &Khowaja-Ateequzzaman: Palaeobiology of the Vindhyan sediments, Metaphyte and Metazoan fossils from Precambriansediments of India - a critique, Provincialism of Gondwana floras, Fossil diatoms and their significance, Fossil dinoflagellate cysts: an emergingtool in Indian biostratigraphy52Shaila Chandra ,Changing patterns of the Permian Gondwana