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DR. MOHAN SINGH CHAUHAN(Chamoli Garhwal, Uttarakhand)Present position: Scientist-FAcademic Qualification : M.Sc., Ph.D. (Botany)Specializations : Quaternary Palaeovegetation and Palaeoclimate: Pollen morphological studies of modern plants: Melittopalynology: Ethnobotany and BiodiversityAreas of investigation: Perused Quaternary palaeovegetation and palaeoclimatic studies from diversifiedphytogeographical provinces of the India comprising Eastern Himalaya, WesternHimalaya, Northwest Himalaya, Gangetic Plain and Central India, based largelyon pollen and other proxies such as geochemical, sediment texture and isotopesdata retrieved from the lacustrine deposits. The studies conducted on the ancientlakes lying close to settlement sites in the Central Ganga Plain have enabled toreconstruct the changing vegetation scenarios and climatic events this region haswitnessed since Late Pleistocene. The pollen data have also been used to infercommencement of agrarian practice and its subsequent course in relation tomonsoon variability and cultural history of this most fertile alluvial tract of thecountry during the Holocene. Currently perusing Quaternary palaeovegetation and palaeoclimatic studies fromsouthern Madhya Pradesh and Central Ganga Plain.Collaborationi). National: Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Centre of Advance Study in Geology, Lucknow University, Lucknow. Uttar Pradesh State Archaeology Department, Lucknow. Kumaon University, Nainital, Uttarakhand. Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. IIT, Kanpur. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombey.ii). International: Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia. Institute of Archaeology, University College, London. University of Oxford, U.K.Memberships of professional societies Life member-Palaeobotanical Society of India, BSIP, Lucknow. Member - Botanical Society of India, 1993-1994. Life member-Palaeontological Society of India.1

Member-International Society of Plant Morphologists, New Delhi, 2001-2002, 2010-2012. Member-The Pradesh Biodiversity Board, State Uttar Pradesh Departmentof Forest, Lucknow, 2006-2007. Member-International Society of Applied Biology, Lucknow, 2008, 2009.Ph.D. Thesis evaluation and viva-voce examinerships: Mahatama Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly (U.P.). Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra (U.P.). Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University, Kanpur (U.P.). Lucknow University, Lucknow (U.P.).RESEARCH PUBLICATIONSPapers published:1. Bhattacharyya, A. & Chauhan, M.S. (1997). Vegetational and climatic changesduring recent past around Tipra Bank Glacier, Garhwal Himalaya. CurrentScience, 72 (6): 408-412.2. Chauhan, M.S. (1991). A Catalogue of Fossil Plants from India, Part-6: Cenozoic(Quaternary) Palynology and Palaeobotany. Birbal Sahni Institute ofPalaeobotany, Lucknow: 1-50.3. Chauhan, M.S. (1994). Modern pollen/vegetation relationship in the tropicaldeciduous sal (Shorea robusta) forests in District Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. Journalof Palynology, 30: 165-175.4. Chauhan, M.S. (1995). Origin and history of tropical deciduous Sal (Shorea robustaGaertn.) forests in Madhya Pradesh, India. Palaeobotanist, 43: 89-101.5. Chauhan, M.S. (2000). Pollen evidence of Late-Quaternary vegetation and climaticchanges in northeastern Madhya Pradesh. Palaeobotanist, 49 (3): 491-500.6. Chauhan, M.S. (2002). Holocene vegetation and climatic changes in southeasternMadhya Pradesh, India. Current Science, 83:1444-1445.7. Chauhan, M.S. (2004). Late-Holocene vegetation and climatic changes in EasternMadhya Pradesh. Gondwana Geological Magazine, 19 (2): 165-175.8. Chauhan, M.S. (2005). Pollen record of vegetation and climatic changes innortheastern Madhya Pradesh during last 1600 years. Tropical Ecology, 46 (2):265-271.9. Chauhan, M.S. (2006). Late Holocene vegetation and climate in the alpine belt ofHimachal Pradesh. Current science, 91 (11): 1572-1578.2

10. Chauhan, M.S. (2008). Pollen deposition pattern in tropical deciduous sal forests inMadhya Pradesh. Geophytology, 37: 119-125.11. Chauhan, M.S. & Bera, S.K. (1990). Pollen morphology of some important plants oftropical deciduous Sal (Shorea robusta) forests, district Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh.Geophytology, 20(1): 30-36.12. Chauhan, M.S. & Bhattacharyya, A. (1992). A contribution to the ethnobotany ofPokhari Block, Chamoli Garhwal, U.P. Himalaya. Journal Economic andTaxonomic Botany, Additional Series, 10: 129-135.13. Chauhan, M.S. & Chatterjee, S. (2008). Holocene vegetation, climate and humanhabitation in the Central Ganga Plain, based on pollen records from the lakedeposits. Palaeobotanist, 57 (1&2): 265-275.14. Chauhan, M.S. Kamlesh Kumar, Quamar, M. F. & Sharma, A. (2013). Loss-onignitiondata in agreement with pollen-based data on the climate change duringLate Quaternary Period from southwestern Madhya Pradesh, India. CurrentScience, 104 (3): 299-301.15. Chauhan, M.S., Khandelwal A., Bera, S.K. & Gupta, H.P. (1990). Palynology ofKathauta Tal, Chinhat, Lucknow. Geophytology, 21: 191-194.16. Chauhan, M.S. & Mandaokar, B.D. (2006). Vegetation and climate change duringrecent past in southern Mizoram, India. Gondwana Geological Magazine, 21(2):115-119.17. Chauhan, M.S., Mazari, R.K. & Rajagopalan, G. (2000). Vegetation and climate inupper Spiti region, Himachal Pradesh during late Holocene. Current Science, 79(3): 373-377.18. Chauhan, M.S. & Murthy, S. (2010). Melittopalynological investigation of honeysfrom Chamaraja Nagar District, southern Karnataka. Geophytology, 39 (1-2): 41-47.19. Chauhan, M.S., Pokharia, A.K. & Singh, I.B. (2005). Preliminary results on thepalaeovegetation during Holocene from Lahuradewa Lake, District Sant KabirNagar, Uttar Pradesh. Proceedings of Workshop on the Archaeology of the MiddleGanga Plain, U.P. State Archaeology Department, Lucknow, Pragdhara, 15: 33-38.20. Chauhan, M.S., Pokharia, A.K. & Singh, I.B. (2009). Pollen record of Holocenevegetation, climate change and human habitation from Lahuradewa Lake, SantKabir Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Man and Environment, 34 (1): 88-100.21. Chauhan, M.S. & Quamar, M.F. (2010). Vegetation and climate change inSoutheastern Madhya Pradesh during late Holocene, based on pollen evidence.Journal of Geological Society of India, 76 (2): 143-150.3

22. Chauhan, M.S. & Quamar, M.F. (2010). Melissopalynological studies of honeysfrom Harda District, Madhya Pradesh. Phytomorphology, 60 (3&4):122-127.23. Chauhan, M.S. & Quamar, M.F. (2012). Pollen records of vegetation and climatechange in southwestern Madhya Pradesh (India since last 3,800 years. Journal ofGeological Society of India. India, 80: 470-480.24. Chauhan, M. S. & Quamar, M. F. (2012). Mid-Holocene vegetation vis-à-vis climatechange in southwestern Madhya Pradesh, India. Current Science, 103 (12):1455-1461.25. Chauhan, M. S. & Quamar, M. F. (2013). Pollen deposition pattern in tropicaldeciduous Sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn.) forests in Shahdol District, southeasternMadhya Pradesh, India. Palaeobotanist, 62 (1): 47-53.26. Chauhan, M.S., Rajagopalan, G., Shah, M.P., Philip, G. & Virdi, N.S. (2001). Pollenanalytical study of late-Holocene sediments from trans-Yamuna segment ofWestern Doon valley of Northwest Himalaya. Palaeobotanist, 50: 403-410.27. Chauhan, M.S. & Saini, D.C. (2007). Vegetation dynamics, climate change andhuman habitation in the Central Ganga Plain during the last 10,000 years.Proceedings of Biodiversity and Climate Change, Uttar Pradesh BiodiversityBoard, Uttar Pradesh Department of Forest, Lucknow, pp. 37-4028. Chauhan, M.S. & Sharma, C. (1991). Modern pollen/spore rain study in KumaonHimalaya, India. In: Agrawal, O.P. & Dhawan, S. (eds.)-Biodeterioration ofCultural Property, Proceedings of the International Conference onBiodegradation of Cultural Property, NRLC, Lucknow, 412-426.29. Chauhan, M.S. & Sharma, C. (1993). Modern pollen deposition in subtropical zoneof Kumaon Himalaya. Geophytology, 23 (1):147-153.30. Chauhan, M.S. & Sharma, C. (1996). Late-Holocene vegetation of Darjeeling (Jore-Pokhari), Eastern Himalaya. Palaeobotanist, 45:125-129.31. Chauhan, M.S. & Sharma, C. (1996). Pollen analysis of mid-Holocene sedimentsfrom Kumaon Himalaya. Geological Survey of India, Special Publication, 21 (1):257-269.32. Chauhan, M.S. & Sharma, C. (2000). Late-Holocene vegetation and climate inDewar Tal area, Inner Lesser Himalaya. Palaeobotanist, 49 (3): 509-514.33. Chauhan, M.S., Sharma, C. & Rajagopalan, G. (1997). Vegetation and climateduring Late-Holocene in Garhwal Himalaya. Palaeobotanist, 46: 211-216.34. Chauhan, M.S., Sharma, C., Singh, I.B. & Sharma, S. (2004). Proxy records of LateHolocene vegetation and climatic changes from Basaha Jheel, Central GangaPlain. Journal Palaeontological Society of India, 49: 27-34.4

35. Chauhan, M.S. & Singh, S.K. (2010). Melittopalynological investigation of honeyfrom Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Applied Biosciences, 36 (2):133-136.36. Chauhan, M.S. & Trivedi, A. (2011). Pollen analysis of honey from LucknowDistrict, Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Applied Biosciences, 37 (1): 48-51.37. Kohli, D. & Chauhan, M.S. (1996). Rajasthan ke marubhoomi ka pura-vanaspatikvishleshan. Vigyan Garima Sindhu (In Hindi), 19: 11-12.38. Kotlia, B.S., Bhalla, M.S., Sharma, C., Rajagopalan, G., Ramesh, R., Chauhan,M.S., Mathur, P.D., Bhandari, S. & Chacko, S.T. (1997). Palaeoclimaticconditions in the upper Pleistocene and Holocene Bhimtal-Naukuchiatal Lakebasin in south-central Kumaon, North India. Palaeogeography Palaeoecology andPalaeoclimatology, 130: 307-322.39. Mandaokar, B.D., Chauhan, M.S. & Chatterjee, S. (2008). Fungal remains from LateHolocene lake deposit of Demagiri, Mizoram, India and their palaeoclimaticimplications. Journal Palaeontological Society of India, 53 (2): 197-205.40. Mazari, R.K., Bagati, T.N., Chauhan, M.S. & Rajagopalan, G. (1996). Paleoclimaticrecord of last 2000 years in Trans-Himalayan Lahul-Spiti region. Proc.Palaeoclim. Environ. Variability in Austral-Asian Transect during the past 2000years, Nagoya Japan: 262-269.41. Mehrotra, R.C., Liu Xiu-Qun, Cheng-Sen Li, Yu-Fei Wang & Chauhan, M.S.(2005). Comparison of the Tertiary flora of southwest China and northeast Indiaand its significance in the antiquity of the modern Himalayan flora. Review ofPalaeobotany and Palynology, 35 (3 &4): 145-163.42. Nautiyal, C.M. & Chauhan, M.S. (2003). Climate Change: The PalaeoclimaticAngle. In: Dash, S.K. & Rao, P. (editors) - Assessment of Climate in India andMitigation Policies, Indira Gandhi Conservation Monitoring Centre, World WideFund for Nature, India, New Delhi, 89-91.43. Nautiyal, C.M. & Chauhan, M.S. (2009). Late Holocene vegetation and climatechange in Loktak Lake, Manipur, based on pollen and chemical evidence.Palaeobotanist, 58: 21-28.44. Patnaik, R., Chauhan, P.R., Rao, M.R., Blackwell, B.A.B., Skinner, A.R., Sahni, A.Chauhan, M.S. & Khan, H.S. (2009). New geochronological,palaeoclimatological and archaeological data from the Narmada Valley homininlocality, central India. Journal of Human Evolution, 56: 114-133.45. Prasad, M., Chauhan, M.S. & Sah, M.P. (2002). Morphotaxonomical study on fossilleaves of Ficus from late Holocene sediments of Sirmur District, HimachalPradesh, India and their significance in assessment of past climate.Phytomorphology, 52 (1): 45-53.5

46. Quamar, M.F. & Chauhan, M.S. (2007). Modern pollen rains study in the tropicaldeciduous forests in District Umaria, Madhya Pradesh. Journal Palynoogyl., 43:39-5547. Quamar, M.F. & Chauhan, M. S. (2010). Modern pollen rain-vegetation relationshipin the tropical deciduous Teak (Tectona grandis Linn. F.) forest in southwesternMadhya Pradesh. Geophytology, 38 (1&2):57-64.48. Quamar, M.F. & Chauhan, M.S. (2011) Pollen analysis of spider webs from Kheldavillage, Betul district, Madhya Pradesh. Current Science, 101 (12): 1586-1592.49. Quamar, M.F. & Chauhan, M.S. (2011). Late Holocene vegetation, climate changeand human impact in the southwestern Madhya Pradesh, India. Palaeobotanist, 60(2): 281-289.50. Quamar, M.F. & Chauhan, M.S. (2011). Modern pollen spectra from HoshnagbadDistrict in southwestern Madhya Pradesh. Geophytology, 41 (1&2): 55-60.51. Quamar, M.F. & Chauhan, M.S. (2012). Late Quaternary vegetation, climate as wellas lake-level changes and human occupation from Nitaya area in HoshangabadDistrict, southwestern Madhya Pradesh (India), based on pollen evidence.Quaternary International, 163: 104-113.52. Rao, M.R., Chauhan, M.S. & Patnaik, R. (2005). Vegetation vis-à-vis climatechange, Central Narmada Valley. BSIP Newsletter, 8: 22-23.53. Saxena, A., Prasad, V., Singh, I.B., Chauhan, M.S. & Hasan, A. (2006). Agriculturalactivities in the central Ganga Plain based on phytoliths of rice recovered in thesediment. Current Science, 90 (11): 1547-1551.54. Sharma, C. & Chauhan, M.S. (1988). Studies in Late-Quaternary vegetationalhistory in Himachal Pradesh-4. Rewalsar Lake-II. Pollen et Spores, 30 (3 &4):395-408.55. Sharma, C. & Chauhan, M.S. (1988). Palaeoenvironmental inferences from theQuaternary palynostratigraphy of Himachal Pradesh and Kumaon, India.Proceedings of Indian National Science Academy, 54A (3): 510-523.56. Sharma, C. & Chauhan, M.S. (1991). Palaeovegetational and palaeoenvironmentalinferences from the Quaternary palynostratigraphy of the Indian Plains. Man andEnvironment, 15 (1): 65-71.57. Sharma, C. & Chauhan, M.S. (1994). Vegetation and climate since Last GlacialMaximum in Darjeeling (Mirik Lake), Eastern Himalaya. Proceedings of 29 thInternational Geological Congress, Japan, Part B: 279-286.58. Sharma, C. & Chauhan, M.S. (2000). Palaeoclimatic inferences from Quaternarypalynostratigraphy of Himalaya. The Himalayan Environment, 193-207.6

59. Sharma, C. & Chauhan, M.S. (2001). Late-Quaternary pollen record from Kupup(Sikkim), Eastern Himalaya. Journal Palaeontological Society of India, 46: 51-58.60. Sharma, C., Chauhan, M.S. & Rajagopalan, G. (2000). Vegetation and climate inGarhwal Himalaya during last 4,000 years. Palaeobotanist, 49 (3): 501-507.61. Sharma, C., Chauhan, M.S., Sharma, M., Sharma, S. & Singh, I.B. (2001). Proxyrecords of Holocene vegetation and climate changes from Sanai Tal, centralGanga Plain. Proceedings of National Symposium on Role of Earth Science andIntegrated Development and Related Societal Issue, Geological Survey of India,Special Publication, 65 (3): 199-202.62. Sharma, C., Chauhan, M.S. & Sinha, R. (2007). Studies on Holocene climaticchanges from Priyadarshini Lake sediments, East Antarctica, based onpalynological evidence. Journal of Geological Society of India, 69 (1): 92-96.63. Sharma, S., Joachimski, M.M., Sharma, M., Tobschall, H.J., Singh, I.B., Sharma, C.Chauhan, M.S. & Morgrenroth, G. (2004). Lateglacial and Holoceneenvironmental changes in Ganga plain, Northern India. Quaternary ScienceReview, 23: 145-159.64. Sharma, S., Joachimski, M.M., Tobschall, H.J., Singh, I.B., Sharma, C. & Chauhan,M.S. Correlative evidence of monsoon variability, vegetation change and humanhabitation in Sanai Lake deposit: Ganga Plain, India. Current Science, 90 (7):973-978.65. Shaw, J., Sutcliffe, J., Lloyd-Smith, L., Schwenninger, J., Chauhan, M.S., Mishra,O.P. & Harvey, E. (2007). Ancient irrigation and Buddhist history in CentralIndia: Optically Stimulated Luminescence dates and pollen sequences fromSanchi dams. The Asian Perspectives, 46 (1): 166-201.66. Sinha, R., Sharma, C. & Chauhan, M.S. (2000). Sedimentological and pollen studiesof Lake Priyadarshini, Eastern Antarctica. Palaeobotanist, 49 (1): 1-8.67. Singh, S.K. & Chauhan, M.S. (2008). Fungal remains from the Neogene sedimentsof Mahuadanr Valley, Latehar District, Jharkhand, India and their climaticsignificance. Journal Palaeontological Society of India, 53 (1): 73-81.68. Singh, S.K. & Chauhan, M.S. (2008). Pollen remains from the Late Tertiarysediments of Mahuadanr Valley, Latehar District, Jharkhand and their climaticsignificance. Journal Applied Biosciences, 34 (2): 152-156.69. Singhvi, A.K., Rupakumar, K., Thamban, M., Gupta, A.K., Kale, V.S., Yadav, R.R.,Bhattacharya, A., Phadtare, N.R., Roy, P.D., Chauhan, M.S., Chauhan, O.S.,Chakravorty, S., Sheikh, M.M., Manzoor, N., Adnan, M., Asharaf, J., Khan,A.M., Quadir, D.A., Devkota, L.P. & Shreshta, A.B. (2010). Instrumental,terrestrial and marine records of the climate of South Asia during the Holocene.7

pp. 54-124 in: Mitra, A.P. & Sharma, Chhemendra (eds.): Global EnvironmentalChanges in South Asia: A Regional Perspective, Capital Publishing Company,New Delhi.70. Tewari, R., Srivastava, R.K., Singh, K.K., Saraswat, K.S., Singh, I.B., Chauhan,M.S., Pokharia, A.K., Saxena, A., Prasad, V. & Sharma, M. (2006). Secondpreliminary report of the excavations at Lahuradewa, District Sant Kabir Nagar,U.P.: 2002-2003-2004 & 2005-2006. Pragdhara: Journal of Uttar Pradesh StateArchaeology, 16: 35-68.71. Trivedi, A. & Chauhan, M.S. (2008). Pollen proxy records of Holocene vegetationand climate change from Mansar Lake, Jammu region, India. Current Science, 95(9): 1347-1354.72. Trivedi, A. & Chauhan, M.S. (2009). Holocene vegetation and climate fluctuationsin northwest Himalaya based on pollen evidence from Surinsar Lake, JammuRegion, India. Journal of Geological Society of India, 74 (3): 402-412. (ImpactFactor 0.596)73. Trivedi, A. & Chauhan, M.S. (2011). Modern pollen rain-vegetation relationshipstudy in Jalesar, Unnao District Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Palynology, 47: 11-21.74. Trivedi, A., Chauhan, M.S., Sharma, A., Nautiyal, C.M. & Tiwari, D.P. LatePleistocene-Holocene vegetation, climate change and human impact in the CentralGanga Plain: a study based on pollen organic-inorganic carbon distribution fromJalesar Tal, Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Current Science, 103 (5): 555-562.75. Trivedi, A., Singh, D.S., Chauhan, M.S., Arya, A., Bhardwaj, V. & Awasthi, A.(2011). Vegetation and climate change around Ropanchhapra Tal in DeoriaDistrict, Central Ganga Plain during the last 1350 years. Journal PalaeontologicalSociety of India, 56 (1): 39-43.76. Vishnu-Mittre, Sharma, C., Saxena, A.K., Bhattacharyya, A. & Chauhan, M.S.(1984). Pollen stratigraphy of India. Puratattva, 13&14: 132-139.77. Yadav, D.N., Chauhan, M.S. & Sarin, M.M. (2006). Geochemical and pollen recordsfrom northeastern Madhya Pradesh: An appraisal of Late-Quaternary vegetationand climate change. Journal of Geological Society of India, 68 (1): 95-102.78. Yadav, S., Chauhan, M.S. & Sharma, A. (2007). Characterization of bio-aerosolsduring dust storm period in N-NW India. Atmospheric Environment, 41 (28):6063-6073.8

Paper in press:79. Trivedi, A., Chauhan, M.S. & Malik, M.A. Holocene vegetation and climate changein Jammu region, based on pollen evidence from the lake deposits. Man andEnvironment.80. Wasson, R.J., Chauhan, M.S., Sharma, C., Jaiswal, M., Singhvi, A.K. & Srivastava,P. Erosion of river terraces as a component of large catchment sediment budgets:a pilot study from the Gangetic Plain. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.Papers accepted:81. Quamar, M.F. & Chauhan, M.S. Vegetation and climate oscillations in southwesternMadhya Pradesh during the last 3300 years based on pollen evidence. Journal ofIndian Association of Sedimentologists.82. Murthy, S. & Chauhan, M.S. Fungal remains from Denwa Formation, Satpura Basin,Madhya Pradesh and their palaeoenvironmental implications. Journal of IndianAssociation of Sedimentologists.83. Trivedi, A., Tiwari, D.P., Chauhan, M.S., & Nautiyal, C.M. Preliminary results onthe palaeovegetation and palaeoclimate during Pleistocene-Holocene from JalesarLake, District Unnao, Uttar Pradesh. Excavation of Sachankot, Uttar Pradesh.Papers communicated:84. Chauhan, M.S., Sharma A., Phartiyal, B. & Kamlesh. Vegetation and climate changein southeastern Madhya Pradesh since Early Holocene, based on pollen andgeochemical evidence. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. (Revised)85. Chauhan, M.S., Trivedi, A. & Sharma, A. Pollen analysis of multifloral honeys fromLucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Journal of Environmental Biology.86. Farooqui, A., Swindles, G., Trivedi1, A. & Chauhan, M.S. Distribution of testateamoebae (thecamoebians) in a dessicating lake, India. European Journal ofProtistology.87. Trivedi, A., Chauhan, M.S., Sharma, A., Nautiyal, C.M. & Tiwari, D.P. LatePleistocene-Holocene palaeovegetation and palaeoclimatic records from CentralGanga Plain: a multiproxy study from Jalesar Lake, Unnao District, UttarPradesh, India. Quaternary International. (Revised)9