Lectures | Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences

Platinum Jubilee Lecture

S.No	Speaker	Lecture
1	Prof. Ashok Sahni	Prof. Birbal Sahni and his scientific journey (3.9.2021)

Jubilee Lecture ( September 10 )

S.No	Speaker	Lecture
1	N.S. Murali	Care and management of diabetic foot infection in a community hospital
2	D. Balasubramanian	New biology in the help of old Botany
3	Nitya Anand	Drug research: Today & tomorrow
4	K.B. Powar	Research in the universities and linkages with national institutions
5	Y.B. Sinha	Biostratigraphy and its bearing on hydrocarbon potential of Indian sedimentary basins
6	Lalji Singh	Science of establishing individual identity: Past, present & future
7	Ashok Sahni	Dinosaurs of India: Dead but Alive
8	R. Rao	Tree: An engineers delight
9	V. K. Sibal	Knowledge sharing : An opportunity for brighter future
10	V. S. Ramamurthy	Managing Intellectual Property Assets in a Basic Research Environment
11	S K. Brahmachari	Human Genome Research: The Road Ahead
12	Peter R. crane	Fossils and Angiosperm Evolution : Lessons from Fagales and Prospects for the Future
13	Dr. Shailesh Nayak	Towards Climate Information and Services
14	Prof. Harsh K. Gupta	Gas Hydrates: The Indian Scenario
15	Dr. Prabhas Pande	Mineral Wealth of India-Present Status and Future Strategies
16	Kuldeep Chandra	Palynology in Hydrocarbon Exploration
17	S.K. Srivastava	The Changing Scenario of Hydrocarbon Industry: Demand, Supply and Future Growth
18	Harbans Singh	na
19	Deepak Pental	Evolution of the Flowering Plants
20	K J Ramesh (2016)	Science of Climate Change: challenges and oppurtunities for sustainable development
21	Ajit Chaturvedi (2017)	How our scientific institutions can scale greater heights?
22	Prof. Vishwas S Kale ( 2018)	Late Quaternary Fluvial Records in the Deccan Traps
23	Prof. S P Gautam	Climate Change, Challenges and Way forward
24	Professor Rajender S. Sangwan (FNA), Director, AcSIR (10.9.2020)	Life on the Earth: Scientific Festivity of Fossils and Frontier Fundamentals of Forecasting Future
25	Prof. Subir Sarkar, Jadavpur University, Kolkata ( 2021)	Preservational bias: a journey from Modern to the Precambrian depositional regime
26	Prof. Ashutosh Sharma (2022)	Science and Scientists in the New Millennium: A Short History of the Future
27	Prof. Nitin R karmalkar	Title: Flood Basalts - A Journey through the Deccan (2023)

Dr. B. S. Venkatachala Memorial Lecture

S.No	Speaker	Lecture
1	S. K. Shah	Awarded “Dr. B.S. Venkatachala Memorial Medal-2008” for the outstanding piece of research work in Palaeobotany under research students’ category of BSIP, Lucknow.
2	M Shanmukhappa	Use of Palynology in Oil Exploration (Ist Memorial Lecture, 2009)
3	Yogmaya Shukla & Gaurav Srivastava	Awarded “Dr. B.S. Venkatachala Memorial Medal-2010” for the outstanding piece of research work in Palaeobotany under research students’ category of BSIP, Lucknow.
4	Dr. K.P. Navneeth Kumaran	Mangrove Response to Climate Change during Late Quaternary along West Coast of India (IInd Memorial Lecture, 2011)
5	Shilpa Singh & Swati Dixit	Awarded “Dr. B.S. Venkatachala Memorial Medal-2012” for the outstanding piece of research work in Palaeobotany under research students’ category of BSIP, Lucknow
6	R. K. Saxena	Erstwhile International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) versus Melbourne Code (IIIrd Memorial Lecture, 2013)
7	M. Firoze Quamar	Awarded “Dr. B.S. Venkatachala Memorial Medal-2014” for the outstanding piece of research work in Palaeobotany under research students’ category of BSIP, Lucknow.
8	V. S. Kale	Indian Proterozoic Sequences: A window into the foundation of biotic evolution (IVth Memorial Lecture, 2015)
9	A. Rajanikanth	Changing Facets of Palaeo-Phyto-Science (Vth Memorial Lecture - 2016)
10	J. S. Ray	The Proterozoic Earth : a geochemical insight from rocks of India ( VIth Memorial Lecture - 2017)
11	Dr. Mayank Shekar	( VII th Memorial Lecture - 2018)
12	Prof. Sunil Kumar Singh, Director NIO	VIIIth Dr. B. S. Venkatachala Memorial Lecture by Prof. Sunil Kumar Singh, Director NIO(4.1.2019)
13	Dr. Neeraj Rai, Scientist - C	IXth Dr. B S Venkatachala Memorial Lecture by Dr. Neeraj Rai, Scientist - C [02/01/2020]
14	Dr. Sayak Basu , NPDF, NIO Goa	What does compound - specific stable isotopes tell us about past environment conditions?
15	Prof. Mukund Sharma	Precambrian Palaeobiology: a journey through Early Life
16	Prof. M. G. Thakkar	Advances in Earthquakes and Active Fault Research in Kachchh . Do we use this valuable data

Dr. K. R. Surange Memorial Lecture

S.No	Speaker	Lecture
1	M. N. V. Prasad	Geobotany and Biogeochemical Prospecting (Feb 6, 2015)
2	Hans Kerp	The Arabian Plate - A Permian Garden of Paradise?
3	Rajni Tewari	Insights into the late Palaeozoic Gondwana phytogeography
4	A. Rajanikanth	Contemporary Relevance of Natural Selection (2018)
5	Ashok Sahni	Dynamics and Evolution of South Asian Biota : Enigmatic Relationships
6	Prof. A. D. Singh	Neogene-Quaternary oceanographic and climatic evolution of the northern Indian Ocean: Current status and future perspectives
7	Dr. Bipin Charles	Species Distribution models in Palaeobiogegraphy

Dr. M. N. Bose Memorial Lecture

S.No	Speaker	Lecture
1	Dr. Ramananda Chakrabarti	Geochemical and isotopic composition of cherts: what can be inferred and what should be inferred? (March 3, 2015)
2	Prof. D. K. Chauhan	Mesozoic Cycads and their living counterparts ( March 03, 2016)
3	Prof. Jere Lipps	Extinctions and Radiations in the History of Life ( March 03, 2017)
4	Dr. Nachiketa Rai	Forming Habitable Planets (March 16, 2018)
5	Dr. Kalachand Sain	Imaging Sub-volcanic Mesozoic Sediments and Assessment of Gas-hydrates towards the Energy Security of India (March 11, 2019)
6	Prof. Uma Kant Shukla	Mega Fan to incise valley sedimentation in the Lower Siwalik of Kumaun Himalaya, India
7	Dr. Navin Juyal	Himalaya, Climate/Human Intervention and its manifestations in recent times
8	Dr. A. K. Ghosh	Floral radiation and diversity during the age of reptiles

Diamond Jubilee Lecture

S.No	Speaker	Lecture
1	E.K. Janaki Ammal	Plants and Man
2	B.M. Johri	Biology of the mistletoes
3	D. Lal	Fruits of exploration of moon and neighboring planets of the Solar System
4	Reayat Khan	Biology of flower

Silver Jubilee Commemoration Lecture

S.No	Speaker	Lecture
1	K. Faegri	Major ecological steps in the development of plant life
2	E.K. Janaki Ammal	Plants and Man
3	B.M. Johri	Biology of the mistletoes
4	D. Lal	Fruits of exploration of moon and neighboring planets of the Solar System
5	Reayat Khan	Biology of flower
6	V. Puri	The so-called primitive angiosperms
7	T.N. Khoshoo	Experimental taxonomy and its application in horticulture botany
8	S.N. Talukdar	The role of palaeobotany in oil exploration
9	Cecil J. Saldanha	Vegetation dynamics in Karnataka

Golden Jubilee Lecture

S.No	Speaker	Lecture
1	Prof. V.K. Gaur	Antarctica- The Land of Science
2	Prof. D.D. Pant	The plants of Glossopteris - a reappraisal and a review
3	Prof. S. Ramaseshan	Shells, corals and Geophysics
4	Dr. Anupam Verma	Plant disease management in sustainable agriculture
5	Dr. S. Varadrajan	Science for economic & social goals of India

Professor Birbal Sahni Memorial Lecture

S.No	Speaker	Lecture
1	C.A. Arnold	Fossil plants and continental drift
2	Bennett Clark	Plant control mechanisms
3	Prof. D.D. Pant	The theory of continental drift in the light of recent researches
4	C.V. Subramanian	Moulds, mushrooms and man
5	Prof. B.G. Deshpande	Growth of ideas in generation and migration of oil over last 20 years
6	N.F. Hughes	Mid-Cretaceous seed plants
7	S. Ahmad	Gondwanaland: the concept that failed
8	S.D. Saksena	The progress of Palaeobotany in India
9	R.C. Misra	Geologic evolution of Uttar Pradesh
10	M.S. Chennaveeraiah	The Palms
11	R.S. Chopra	Status and position of hornworts
12	T.M. Harris	What is Palaeobotany for
13	W.G. Chaloner	Plants, animals and time
14	Li Xingxue	On the mixed Permian floras of Gondwana and Cathaysia or Euramerica
15	K. R. Surange	Gondwana floras : Problems and possibilities
16	B.P. Radhakrishna	Our oldest rocks and early records of life
17	T.S. Sadasivan	Why basic science
18	V.S. Ramadas	Photosynthetic efficiency – adaptation strategies for resource poor environment
19	Norman Frederiksen	Rates of floral turnover and diversity change in the fossil records
20	K. S. Valdiya	Late Precambrian basins in the Himalaya: Tectonics, sedimentation and life
21	D.L. Dilcher	The important of plant/ animal interaction in the origin and subsequent evolution of flowering plants
22	Harsh K. Gupta	Himalayan Earthquake
23	T. Viswanathan	Impact of information technology in scientific inquiry
24	B. M. Johri	NA
25	Ashok Jain	Science and technology in social diversity: The changing paradigm
26	J. S. Singh	Causes and consequences of global climatic change
27	Prem Dutt Dongra	Endangered tree genetic resources of forests of India- High subspecific variation- its conservation and utilization in tree beeding and silviculture
28	T.V. Desikachary	Some aspects of Palaeophycology
29	Hari Narain	The role of earth sciences in the next century
30	B.C. Bora	Fossil fuels and energy security
31	M.S. Srinivasan	Cenozoic evolution of ocean gateways: impact on global ocean circulation and climate
32	I.B. Singh	Quaternary climate change and human history in Ganga plain
33	A.K. Singhvi	The Human Dimension of Geosciences
34	S. R. Shetye	Role of Ocean Process in defining the Indian Summer Monsoon
35	Cheng-Sen Li	Eocene Climate Changes in China with Isogram Map
36	Rasik Ravindra	Polar Research: Indian Contributions
37	Song Ge	Molecular Phylogeny and taxaonomy of the rice tribe based on DNA sequences of multiple gene
38	Dianne Edwards	Tracing roots in early terrestrial ecosystems
39	O N Bhargava	Early Palaeozoic Palaeogeography, Basin Configuration Palaeoclimate and Tectonics in the Indian Plate.
40	V N Sergeev	Cryogenian-Ediacaran transition and the radical changes in the biosphere
41	K G Saxena	Plants, Environment and Sustainable Development
42	G J Retallack	Precambrian Life on Land
43	N J Butterfield	Inventing the Eukaryotic Biosphere-Convergence of Evolutionary Contingencies
44	James B. Riding	The use of palynology and geochemistry together in Mesozoic geology
45	Nigel C. Hughes	Conundrums, correlations and applications: resolving the Cambrian and earlier stratigraphy of the Indian subcontinent and its broader geological utility
46	P. Balaram	Chemical Communication in Biology
47	Rafat Jamal Azmi	How old is the vindhan Basin?
48	Prof. Suryendu Dutta	Evolution of plant terpenoids on a rafting continent
49	Prof. G.V.R. Prasad	Biological Consequences of the northward journey of the Indian Plate
50	Prof. Sandeep Verma	STIP 2020 : Policy and Processes
51	Prof. Maharaj K Pandit	A unified bio-geo-climatic framework for understanding evolutionary divergence of the Himalayan flora
52	Prof. Dhruv Sen Singh	Climate Change and Polar regions - Teleconnections between the poles and tropics (53rd)

Professor Sir Albert Charles Seward Memorial Lecture

S.No	Speaker	Lecture
1	M.S. Krishnan	History of the Gondwana era in relation to the distribution and development of flora
2	D.N. Wadia	Deserts of Asia - their origin and growth in Late Pleistocene time
3	G. Erdtman	Palynology - development and growth
4	R. Potonie	The new morphology
5	C.A.Arnold	Palaeobotany & Plant classification
6	P. Maheshwari	Evolution of the ovule
7	H.N. Andrews, Jr.	Plant riddles in the rocks - their contribution to evolutionary studies
8	B.C. Roy	Recent palaeobotanical advances in the study of Gondwanas in India
9	J. Walton	A great friendship, its origin and consequences
10	A. Takhtajan	Major Phytochoria of the Late Cretaceous and the Early Tertiary in the USSR and the adjacent countries
11	A.G. Jhingran	Some recent advances in the geological studies of coal-bearing formations of India and coal resources
12	P.N. Mehra	Conquest of land and evolutionary patterns in early land plants
13	G.C. Chatterji	Role of Palaeobotany in Indian Geology
14	O.A. Hoeg	The arctic world – its past and present
15	A.R. Rao	The Jurassic flora of the Rajmahal Hills
16	T.M. Harris	The strange Bennettitales
17	T.S. Mahabale	Water Ferns: their origin and spread
18	W.N. Stewart	Polystely, primary xylem and the Pteropsida
19	M.R. Sahni	Early biota of South Asia
20	D.P. Agrawal	Reconstructing the past climate and environment
21	F.P. Jonker	The tendency concept: a view focussed on the evolution in the Plant Kingdom
22	K.A. Chowdhury	Plant anatomy and evolution
23	A.K. Ghosh	Growth of palaeobotany in relation to biostratigraphy of India
24	V.M. Meher-Homji	Some aspects of bioclimatology and vegetation aspects of peninsular India
25	P. Legris	Present trends in ecological studies
26	G.V. Joshi	The mangroves
27	Svein B. Manum	Palynology, organic petrology and petroleum – A paleaobotanist’s view
28	Y. Lemoigne	The aspects of Palaeobotany under discussion today
29	The aspects of Palaeobotany under discussion today	The fossil plant record: Significant biases and assumptions effecting interpretations
30	Daniel I. Axelrod	Analysis of some palaeogeographic and palaeoecologic problems of palaeobotany
31	V. K. Gaur	Architecture of the Himalayas
32	Jean Pierre Pascal	Floristic and distribution of evergreen forests in the Western Ghats, India
33	James E. Canright	History of international cooperation in Palynology
34	V. Visscher	Links with the past in the plant world: cuticles as recorders of diversity, kerogen formation and palaeoatmospheric CO2 level
35	S.K. Sah	Palaeozoic biostratigraphy of Himalaya- a re-evaluation of palaeoecology & palaeogeograph
36	V.M. Meher-Homji	Climatic changes over space and time and their repercussions on the vegetation
37	M.A. Rau	Some environmental aspect of plant distribution of India
38	C. Virgili	A critical event in the history of the earth- the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Boundary
39	S.Z. Qasim	Exploitation and sharing the economic wealth of the Indian Ocean
40	Prasad Kumar Das	Vagaries of the summer Monsoon rains
41	S.B. Bhatia	Post-Palaeozoic Charophyta: phylogenetic, biostratigraphic and palaeoecologic implication
42	D. J. Batten	Palaeobotanical and palynological perspectives on the Early Cretaceous environment of Southern England
43	S.S. Raghuvanshi	Some frontline areas in Biology
44	Ravi Shanker	Palaeogeographic evolution of India
45	Obaid Siddiqi	Genetics and the origin of human kind
46	C.G.K. Ramanujam	Palms through ages in Southern India: A reconnaissance
47	S. K. Tandon	Stratigraphic Records of late Quaternary Climate shifts in the Thar and its Margins
48	P. S. Goel	Excitement of Oceans
49	Robert A. Spicer	Palaeobotany and its Role in Predicting Future Climate Change
50	Harsh Gupta	Earthquake Precursors: Indian Scenario
51	B. R. Arora	Geodynamic Evolution of Himalaya
52	J. W. Schopf	The Earliest History of Life: Solution to Darwins Dilemma
53	T. Ramasami	Science of Managing Creative People in Climate related Research
54	David Dilcher	The Evolution of Flowering Plants
55	R Ramesh	Scientific Problems regarding the Anthropocene
56	J G Meert	Rapid Changes in Magnetic Field Polarity during the Late Ediacaran: Trigger for the Substrate Revolution and the Demise of the Ediacaran Fauna
57	Robert Riding	Microbial carbonates: processes and products through Earth history
58	Dianne Edwards	Land vegetation in the Mid-Palaeozoic and its impact on climate
59	S N Tripathi	Urban and Aerosol induced short to long term changes in rainfall in Indian Summer Monsoon Region and associated implications to climate
60	Prof. Robert J. Morley	Plant dispersals from Africa to SE Asia and the age of Paleotropical rainforest
61	Prof. Ashok Sahni	India on collision course: A journey that changed our Planet. (65th)

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