Research experience : 33years research experience in Tertiary palynology (Spore/ pollen/Dinoflagellate/Diatom) with over 75 publications, 4 unpublished Technical reports and co-authored 1 book, Guided 2 PhD student and trained several MSc and PhD student for palynological study.
Recognition: Fellow Palaeobotanical Society of India and Palaeontological Society of India and member of several other Scientific and professional bodies, reciepient of Dr.D N Wadia award(1999),Jammu University and Dr.PN Srivastava medal (2001),BSIP, Lucknow; Editor of an international Journal “Geophytology” .
Present work engazed in: At present carrying out palynostratigraphical investigation of the Tertiary sediments of North West and Central Himalayas. Main objectives are: Morphotaxonomy of palynofossils, palynological Zonations, correlation, dating, reconstruction of palaeoclimate, palaeoenvironmental and vegetational history of the areas understudy. Precisely, I am engazed in the palynological study of the shallow marine Subathu Formation ( Palaeocene –Eocene) of J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Eocene rocks of Meghalaya, India. Besides surface sediments of Siwalik Group of rocks (Mio-Plio-Pleistocene) in U.P., Uttarakhand, H.P., Nepal and Palaeogene and Neogene rocks of Andaman and Nicobar Group of Islands have also been the target of investigations with the same objectives.
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