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| Birbal Sahni's Birth Centenary Function |
BSIP witnessed a memorable and eventful year on the occasion of Birbal Sahni Birth Centenary. Several programs were held amidst a galaxy of distinguished scientists, and guests both from India and overseas. Several other symposia and conferences, dedicated to the memory of Late Professor Birbal Sahni were held at different centers of the country. |
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| The important academic activities held at the Institute were : |
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"A Group Discussion on the Relevance of Palaeobotany in the modern context", 15 November 1991. |
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Two symposia, from 16-17 November 1991 |
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Evolutionary Plant Biology |
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Four Decades of Indian Palaeobotany |
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A conference - Birbal Sahni Birth Centenary Palaeobotanical Conference from
20-22 November 1991, Lucknow. |
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Besides, several publications were released which include: |
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Indian Gondwana |
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Extinct Plants Evolution and Earth’s History |
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Four Decades of Indian Palaeobotany |
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A Catalogue of Fossil Plants of India |
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Research papers of Birbal Sahni and Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany. |
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Type and Figured Specimens at the Repository |
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Fossil Plants - A link with the past |
To popularize palaeobotany in the minds of young students and general public an exhibition "Past of the Green World" was organized at the Regional Science Center. |
Birbal Sahni Birth Centenary was also celebrated at other centers of research in India. Jammu University organized a workshop on "Major Stratigraphic Boundaries", from 27-29 November 1991; Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology - "Birbal Sahni Birth Centenary Symposium on the Siwalik Basin" at Dehradun from 5-6 December 1991. "14th All India Botanical Conference" was hosted by Department of Botany, Lucknow University on 28th December 1991 dedicated to the memory of Birbal Sahni. |
The Gondwana Geological Society, Nagpur released a Special Volume "Scientific papers of Birbal Sahni Centenary National Symposium on Gondwana of India". |
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