Gondwana - Mesozoic
Palaeofloristics Group
Coordinator— Dr. A. K. Srivastava

Mandate

• Evolution & diversity of Southern Hemisphere Flora
• Comparative study of Southern & Northern Flora and search for migratory routes
• Ecological & climatic regimes vis-à-vis rift-drift of Indian Plate
• Phytogeographic patterns & Palaeogeographic implications
• Reconstruction of Coal Swamp Flora

Projects

Personnel

2.1

Palaeobotanical Investigation of Satpura Gondwana Basin to analyze the floristic succession, evolutionary perspective, biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironment.

A.K. Srivastava
Deepa Agnihotri
Suresh Kr. Pillai Anju Saxena

2.3

Morphotaxonomy, floristics, biostratigraphy and palaeoecological studies in Hasdo-Arand Coalfield (Son-Mahanadi Basin)

K.J. Singh

2.4

Palaeofloral diversity, biostratigraphy and palaeoecological study during Mesozoic in South Rewa Basin, Madhya Pradesh

Neeru Prakash

2.5

Palaeofloristical analysis of Mesozoic sedimentary Succession of Western India

B.N. Jana

2.6

Integrated palaeobiology of East Coast Cretaceous

A. Rajanikanth

2.7

Investigation of carbonified / fusainised plant mesofossils recovered through bulk maceration of Late Triassic and Tertiary sediments of India and comparative studies on selected modern taxa

Usha Bajpai

Gondwana Palynology Group
Coordinator— Dr. Archana Tripathi

Mandate

• Refinement of Palyno-biostratigraphy & palaeoenvironment of Gondwana Coal basins
• Palynofloral documentation of time boundaries
• Search for evolution of early Angiosperms
• Taphonomy of palynoflora
• Evolution of palynoflora through Palaeozoic-Mesozoic

Projects

Personnel

3.1

Palynostratigraphy and evolution of palynoflora through the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sequence in Rajmahal Basin

Archana Tripathi

3.2

Palynostratigraphy of Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sequence in Singrauli and Tatapani-Ramkola coalfields and adjacent areas in Madhya Pradesh

Archana Tripathi
Vijaya

3.3

Palynostratigraphy and palaeoclimatic studies on Gondwana sediments of Sohagpur and Mand Raigarh coalfields

Ram Awatar

3.4

Morphotaxonomy, floristics evolution, biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental studies of Ib-River Coalfield (Orissa)

K.L. Meena

3.5

Palynostratigraphy and patterns of evolution in palynoflora in Damodar Basin

Vijaya
Srikanta Murthy

Cenozoic Palaeofloristics
Group
Coordinator— Dr. J.S. Guleria

Mandate

• Evolution & diversity of Flowering Plants
• Vegetation Dynamics, migratory routes, ecological & climatic regimes vis-à-vis northward journey of Indian Plate
• Floristic history of Deccan volcano-sedimentary succession
• Reconstruction of lignite forming vegetation

Projects

Personnel

4.1

Tertiary floristics of Rajasthan and Gujarat

J.S. Guleria
Anumeha Shukla

4.2

Floristics (Megafossil) of Deccan Intertrappean beds of India

Rashmi
Srivastava

4.3

Cenozoic floral changes in northeast India vis-à-vis movement of the Indian Plate

R.C. Mehrotra

4.4

Tertiary floristics of South India

Anil Agarwal

4.5

Study on Tertiary plant megafossils of north-west Himalaya

J.S. Guleria
Rashmi Srivastava

4.6

Sub-Himalayan floral diversity and its palaeoclimatic and stratigraphic implications

Mahesh Prasad

Late Mesozoic- Cenozoic Palynology Group
Coordinator— Dr. R.K. Saxena 

Mandate

• Palynostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous-Tertiary successions for biostratigraphic refinement
• Palynofacies & palaeoenvironment
• Microfloral evolution, migration  &  phytogeography
• Palynofloral study of Deccan volcano-sedimentary succession
• Significance of palynoflora in correlation of marine & terrestrial successions on basinal & regional scale

Projects

Personnel

5.1

Palynological investigation of Tertiary sediments of Kutch Basin: biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental applications

R.K. Saxena
P.S. Ranhotra

5.2

Palynological investigation, facies analysis and palaeoenvironmental interpretations of Palaeocene-Eocene sediments in Rajasthan Basin

S.K.M. Tripathi
Hukam Singh

5.3

High resolution biostratigraphy of Cretaceous-Tertiary sedimentary sections of Cauvery Basin

M.R. Rao

5.4

Palynological studies of the Late Cretaceous-Early Palaeocene sediments of Central India and the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India

R.S. Singh

5.5

Palynofacies analysis and palynocyclicity in Palaeogene-Neogene sediments of Upper Assam and Jaintia Hills, Northeast India

Madhav
Kumar

5.6

Palynological investigation of Miocene sediments of Mizoram and Tripura

B.D. Mandaokar

5.7

Palynological investigations of the Disang Group its palaeofloristic trends, palaeoecological and palaeogeographical interpretations

G.K. Trivedi