Gondwanaland
..Slated to commence on 14th March, 2006...

CVs of Expedition Scientists
  

The expedition team will comprise of geologists, seismologists, anthropologists, botanist, and zoologist nominated by the Government of India. A television crew will accompany the expedition. A medical doctor and a vehicle engineer will also be on board.

Akhil Bakshi, Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, will be leading the expedition. He has earlier led the following three major international expeditions:

Central Asia Expedition (1994), which drove 12,000 km on the old Silk Road across Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Chinese Turkestan and Tibet.

Azad Hind Expedition (1996), which drove 10,000 km from Singapore to Delhi via Malaysia and Myanmar to refresh the national memory with the sacrifices made by the soldiers of the Indian National Army during the freedom struggle.

Expedition Hands Across the Borders (1999), which drove 18,000 km through the interiors of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and India to promote peace and development in the region.

Other members of the team will include: experts in Middle East and African studies; botanists; zoologists; geologists; anthropologists; a seismologist; doctor and an automobile engineer. A four-member film crew will be producing the expedition documentary for international television.

Curriculum Vitae of Expedition Scientists

DR. TRILOCHAN SINGH, SEISMOLOGIST
DR. RAJEEV UPADHYAY, GEOLOGIST
DR. PARAMJIT SINGH, BOTANIST
DR. GOPINATHAN MAHESWARAN, ZOOLOGIST
DR. A. R. SANKHYAN, Anthropologist (Physical)

DR. TRILOCHAN SINGH, SEISMOLOGIST

Organization Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, North East Unit

Address: Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology,
North East Unit, Vivek Vihar,
Itanagar - 791 113, Arunachal Pradesh, INDIA
phone : 0360 – 2215375 e-mail : tskaith@rediffmail.com

Date of Birth: 10th January, 1951
Nationality: Indian
Educational: Ph.D. 1976 Geology University of Delhi
Qualifications
M.Sc. 1971 Geology University of Lucknow
B.Sc. 1969 Geo, Bot, Zoo, Gen Eng University of Lucknow

Field of Specialization:
- Himalayan Geology; - Gondwana Geology;
- Biostratigraphy; - Permian Biogeography;
- Neotectonics; - Database Management System

Details of Publications : 50 research papers in National & International Journals, and prepared 7 technical reports.
Professional Experience : 31 years of professional experience in Eastern Himalaya (Arunachal, Sikkim & Darjeeling); Western Himalaya (J&K, Ladakh, Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal); and Central Himalaya (Uttaranchal).

Projects undertaken :
(i) Geology of Arunachal Himalaya.
(ii) Permian Biostratigraphy and Biogeography of the Himalaya.
(iii) Stratigraphy of Permian-Triassic succession in Spiti Himalaya.
(iv) Operationalisation of a GIS for micro-level planning in Pauri District, Garhwal Himalaya. Sponsored by the Deptt. of Sci. & Tech., Govt. of India, 1995-98.
(v) Hazards zonation & risk assessment of the Landslide affected areas between Banderdewa-Gohpur in Itanagar Capital Complex, Arunachal Pradesh, using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques. Sponsored by the Deptt. of Sci. & Tech., Govt. of India, Oct. 2001- Nov. 2004.
(vi) Public Awareness Program on Earthquake Preparedness and Mitigation Strategies in Arunachal Pradesh. Sponsored by the Deptt. of Sci. & Tech., Govt. of India, Nov. 2002- Nov. 2003.

Membership of Professional Bodies :
(i) Life Fellow, Geological Society of India, Bangalore, since Nov. 1978.
(ii) Life Fellow, Palaeontological Society of India, Lucknow, since 1982.
(iii) Life Member, Indian Geologist's Association, Chandigarh, since Oct. 1974.
(iv) Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta, since 1986.
(v) Life Member, Indian Society of Geomatics, Hyderabad, since Sept.1997.
(vi) Life Member, Indian Geological Congress, Roorkee, since Jan. 2000.

Visits Abroad :
(a) Visited USA (U.S. Geological Survey, Univ. of California, Ohio State University and Smithsonian Institution) in August 1985; FRANCE (Universite de Bretagne Occidentale and Museum National d’ History Naturelle) in September 1985; U.K. (British Museum of Natural History and University College of Swansea) in September 1985 in connection with International Conferences.

(b) Visited AUSTRALIA under Bilateral Exchange Program during July-December 1988 (University of Melbourne, Victoria Museum, University of Adelaide, Geological Survey of Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology, Bureau of Mineral Resources and Australian National University). Also visited SINGAPORE (National University of Singapore) in December 1988.

Other Science Promotion Activities :

(i) Attended several national/international level seminars/workshop/symposia etc., all over the country and also abroad.

(ii) Invited Member of the Expedition organized by the Geological Survey of India, from 29th July to 22nd August 1990, to provide an objective and dependable database from few sections of Lahaul and Spiti Himalaya, in the light of scientific controversy at International Level.

(iii) Worked as Key Resource Person in the Total Literacy Compaign (Doon Jyoti) launched by the District Administration in Dehradun and performed a number of scientific tricks on Superstition to bring awareness amongst the masses, under the National Literacy Mission, 1990-94.

(iv) Represented the scientific component in the activities of “Bharat Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha - 92” in Dehradun District, under the guidance of the Ministry of Human Resource & Development, Government of India.

(v) Contributed for social upliftment at grass root level in the twin villages Chamnaun-Soundal in Pauri District, in 1997.

(vi) Contributed as Subject Expert (Geology) in the panel of ‘Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology’, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, for development of terminology in national language, 1999-2000.

(vii) Member of “Inter-disciplinary Committee” constituted by the State Government to prepare a Disaster Management Plan for the Arunachal Pradesh State, 1999-2000.

(viii) Recorder, Earth System Sciences, Indian Science Congress for the 86th and 87th sessions, 1999-2000.

(ix) Honorary Member of the Research Board of Advisors of the American Biographical Institute, U.S.A., since 2000.

Academic and Professional Distinctions:

(i) Established the Arunachal Unit (subsequently renamed as North East Unit) of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology at Itanagar, in December 1998.

(ii) Member of the Editorial Board for the Journal - “Himalayan Geology”, 1979.

(iii) Organized various National Level Workshops / Training Programs. Notable amongst these are:

 National Workshop on “Himalayan Foreland Basin” from 16th to 19th March 1998 at Jammu University, jointly with Geology Department, Jammu University.

 Workshop on “Role of Institutions in the Development of Uttaranchal” from 24th to 25th October 1998 at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, jointly with the Center for Development Studies, UP Academy of Administration.

 National Workshop on “Geodynamics and Natural Resources of the NE India” from 19th to 22nd December 1998 at Dibrugarh, jointly with the Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University.

 National Workshop on “Arunachal Pradesh : Environmental Planning and Sustainable Development – Opportunities and Challenges” from 16th to 19th December 1999 at Itanagar, jointly with Deptt. of Planning, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh and G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development.

 GPS Short-term Training Course on “GPS for Crustal Deformation Studies”. 11th to 20th Oct. 2001, at Arunachal Unit of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Itanagar.

 Short-term Orientation Course on “Application of GIS in Landslide Hazards Mitigation with special reference to NE Region”. 21st to 31st Oct. 2002, at Arunachal Unit of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Itanagar.
 

DR. RAJEEV UPADHYAY, GEOLOGIST

Date of birth: 31.05.1966
Nationality : Indian

Contact address : A-16, J.K. Puram
Chotti Mukhani
HALDWANI (Distt Nainital)
Uttaranchal, INDIA

E-MAIL: rajeev_up@yahoo.com

PRESENT EMPLOYMENT : Reader, Department of Geology, Kumaun University, Nainital-263002

Education:
B.Sc 1985 Kumaun University Nainital, INDIA
M.Sc.1987, Kumaun University Nainital
Ph.D.1992,Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Dehradun/HNB Garhwal University Srinagar,

Research Interests: Geodynamics, Regional Geology, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Himalayan Geology,
Palaeogeography, Palaeoseismicity, Petrology.


Honours/Awards/Memberships

1. Selected as National Scholar from High School onwards.

2. Selected as Junior Research Fellow and subsequently as Senior Research Fellow in a Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi sponsored Solid Earth Project in Ladakh Himalaya at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Dehradun, India (May 1988 to October 1991).

3. Selected as Senior Research Fellow of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India (October 1991 to January 1994).

4. Selected as Research Associate (Post Doctoral Fellow) in a Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi sponsored Project on “Palaeoseismicity” at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India (January 1994 to October 1994).

5. Selected as Research Associate (Post Doctoral Fellow) in a Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi sponsored project on the Ladakh Himalaya and the Karakoram Region at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India (November 1994 to July 1998).

6. Selected as Post Doctoral Fellow by Swiss Government under Federal Commission of Scholarship Programme at the Institute of Geology, ETH, Zurich Switzerland (July 1998 to October 2000).

7. Selected as Research Associate (Post Doctoral Fellow) in the Geodynamics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur Campus, Bangalore, India (November 2000 onwards).

8. Selected as a Geohost candidate for 29th International Geological Congress (IGC), 1992, Kyoto, Japan.

9. Nonpaying member of International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP 321) on Gondwana dispersion and Asian accretion (1992-1996).

10. Member of Indian Science Congress Association (No. 939) and nominated for Young Scientist Award in 1995.

11. Fellow member of Indian Association of Sedimentologist.

12. Appreciation under poster presentation in 7th Group Monitoring Meeting, Jaipur (27-29th January, 1996), Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

13. Fellow of Geological Society of India (FGS), Bangalore, India.

14. Selected as Senior Research Associate (Pool Officer), CSIR New Delhi.

15. Appointed as consulting editor of ‘The Contemporary Who’s Who’ by the American Biographical
Institute (ABI).

16. Selected as Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (AvH), Germany, for the year 2003-2004.

17. Life member of Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA), Nainital

18. Life member of PAHAR, Nainital.

19. Member of “The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Inc. (ATBC)”.


Professional Experience and Training Courses

1. More than seventeen years research experience in the Himalayan Tethys and tectonics of Tethyside orogenic collage. Considerable experience in Geodynamics, tectonics and sedimentation aspect of the India-Asia collision zone and plate-tectonic interpretation of different sedimentary basins ranging from shelf to backarc regions via trench across Himalayan collision zone. Presently working on palaeogeography and palaeotectonics of Karakoram terrane to identify its link with the Peri-Gondwanan Cimmerian microcontinents, which are believed to have been accreted along the southern margin of Asia before the India-Asia collision (~50 Ma). I have published several papers in the high standard international and national journals. My work is mainly concentrated to understand different tectonic processes of the Tethyan realm with the help of multidisciplinary geological information.

2. Three and half years (May 4, 1988-October 9,1991) research experience in a DST Govt. of India sponsored project at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India, “Geodynamic evolution of the collision boundary, study based on N-S cross section, Ladakh Himalaya, India”. I have completed my Ph.D thesis in 1992 while working as a research fellow under the supervision of Prof. Anshu Kumar Sinha (presently Director at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India). The title of my Ph.D thesis is “Tectonics and sedimentation of Lamayuru flysch and associated sequence in the collision boundary between Indian and Eurasian plates, Ladakh Himalaya, India”.

3. Three years and three months research experience as a Senior Research Fellow of CSIR, New Delhi (October 10, 1991-January 17, 1994) at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India.

4. From January 18, 1994 to October 31, 1994, I worked as a Research Associate (Post Doctoral Fellow) in a Department of Science and Technology, Government of India sponsored project on ‘Palaeoseismicity’ at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India.

5. Between November 1, 1994 to July 18, 1998 I worked as a Research Associate (Post Doctoral Fellow) on geological aspects of one of the most inaccissible regions in the Karakoram mountain under a DST Govt. of India sponsored project at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India.

6. Unofficially I have supervised one Ph.D thesis of a candidate (between November 1994 to July 1998) during my research tenure on Karakoram mountains at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India.

7. Between July 23, 1998 to October 15, 2000 I was in Switzerland as a Post Doctoral Guest Researcher (Geology) under Swiss Federal Commission of Scholarship Programme and worked at the Institute of Geology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland under the guidence of Prof. Dr. Daniel Bernoulli, Prof. Dr. J.-P. Burg and PD Dr. Wilfried Winkler.

8. Participated in the Fourth UNESCO Regional Training Course in Structural Geology, (3-9 October, 1989) organised by the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Dehradun, India.

9. Participated in the ‘Orientation course on Analytical Techniques and Data Interpretation in
Petrology’, organised by the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Dehradun, India (1991).

10. Participant of DST sponsored SERC Winter School on NMCMP-IV at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India (14 Novvember-4 December, 1996).

11. Participated in the DST sponsored contact course on Isotope Geology at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India (1997).

12. Laboratory Methods in Sedimentology and Sedimentary-Petrography, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (November 1998 to January 1999).

13. Sedimentary Process Simulation, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland (January, 1999).

14. Analysis of Molasse Foreland Basin at ETH Zurich, Switzerland (May, 1999).

15. Kinematics and Structural Analysis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (May, 1999).

16. Turbidites, Flysch, Molasse and Carbonate Shelf investigations of Swiss Alps, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (May and June, 1999).

17. Terrain course in Swiss Alps, Switzerland (June, 1999).

18. Geological field excursion across Alps, Switzerland (August, 1999).

19. Heavy mineral analysis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

20. Training course on ‘Sedimentology and diagenesis of carbonate sediments-by Prof. Daniel Bernoulli’ at the Institute of Geology, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland (21-25 August, 2000).

21. Himalayan Geology with special reference to India-Asia collision zone vis-a-vis tectonics and sedimentation.

22. Considerable experience in preparation of scientific manuscripts, technical reports, project reports, project formulation on earth sciences, popular articles, review articles, reviewing, editing and proof reading of different books and manuscripts besides time to time scientific assistance to higher scientific officers.

23. During 1997 and 1998 I have been deputed by the Director, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Dehradun as a Faculty Member in Geology for the Indian Forest Officers Training at Indira Gandhi New Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun, India.

24. Geological mapping and mining training around Zawar mine area Rajasthan (1986-1987), during my M.Sc course).

25. Worked on the Lesser Himalayan Formations around Nainital area, Kumaun Lesser Himalaya, India for one years during my M.Sc. Dissertation field mapping examination with special reference to sedimentology course.

26. Working knowledge of computer and application of different geological softwares.

27. Participated in the contact course on advance training in Palaeobotany, BSIP, Lucknow, India (3-10 October, 2001).

Seminars/Symposium attended and presented oral papers

1. National seminar on Ophiolites at Department of Earth Sciences, Manipur University, Imphal, India (3-6 March, 1990).

2. National seminar on Indus Suture Zone, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Dehradun, India (First week of April 1990).

3. Seminar on Siwalik Basin, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India (December, 1991).

4. 29th International Geological Congress, Kyoto, Japan (23 August – 3rd September, 1992).

5. 2nd International field meeting of International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) 321 on Gondwana Dispersion and Asian Accretion (4th September-8th September, 1992), Kochi, Japan.

6. Seminar on Himalayan Geology and Geophysics, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India (March, 1993).

7. 82nd session of Indian Science Congress Association, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India (3-8 January, 1995).

8. Seminar on Northwest Himalaya and Foredeep at Geological Survey of India, Lucknow, India (21-23 February, 1995).

9. Seminar on Tethys and adjoining regions at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India (15-17th November, 1995).

10. 2nd Nepal Geological Congress, Kathmandu, Nepal (11-13th Nov., 1997).

11. Delivered a talk on “Geological Framework of Northern Ladakh And Karakoram” in the Institute of Geology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (21 October, 1998).

12. 14th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, Kloster Ettal, Germany (March 24-26, 1999).

13. Delivered a talk on , “ Geological framework of the northern margin of the Indian plate, Ladakh Himalaya, India” in the Institute of Geology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (31 January, 2000).

14. 17th Swiss Tectonic Group Meeting (March 31-April 1, 2000) at Institute of Geology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland and presented a paper on eastern Karakoram under poster session.

15. Seminar on Geology and Natural Hazards at the Department of Geology, Kumaun University, Nainital (23-25 March 2001).

16. 89th Session of the Indian Science Congress Association (Earth System Science Section), University of Lucknow, India (3-7 January, 2002).

17. 17th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, Gangtok, Sikkim (25-27 March, 2002).

18. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Einführungstagung, Kaiserslautern, Germany (14-15 October, 2003).

19. Delivered a talk on , “ Geology of Ladakh and eastern Karakoram’ in the Institute for Geology and Palaeontology, University of Tübingen, Germany (27 May, 2003).

Visits Abroad

1. Japan, to participate in the 29th International Geological Congress (IGC), Kyoto, Japan and to meet 2nd International symposium of IGCP Project 321 (Gondwana dispersion and Asian accretion) at Kochi Prefecture, Japan for 18 days (23rd August 1992 to 9th September 1992).

2. Nepal, Kathmandu- to attend 2nd Nepal Geological Congress (11-13 Nov., 1997).

3. Germany (Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Erlangen, University, Germany) to carry-out advanced level of studies related with the Permian and Cretaceous microfossils and their age determinations and discussions with Profs. E. Flugel and Hofling (7-8, May, 1999). I also visited Kloster Ettal Germany to attend 14th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet workshop (March 24-26, 1999) and presented paper on the Karakoram terrane under oral presentation section on southern margin of Asian Plate on 25th March, 1999.

4. France, to carry-out field-work in the French Alps and studies on Molasse Foreland Basin along with Prof. Peter Homewood , Senior Geological Adviser, ELF Petroleum Company, France.

5. Italy, to participate in “Across the Alps Traverse” along with Prof. Dr. Daniel Bernoulli (August, 1999).

6. Switzerland, between July 23, 1998 to October 15, 2000 I was in Switzerland as a Post Doctoral Researcher (Geology) under Swiss Federal Commission of Scholarship Programme and worked at the Institute of Geology, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Daniel Bernoulli, Prof. Dr. J.-P. Burg and PD Dr. Wilfried Winkler.

7. Germany, between February 2003-March 2004 , I have worked as a Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (AvH) at the Institute for Geology and Palaeontology, University of Tübingen, Germany.


Publications

A) Articles in journals/contributions to books


41. Upadhyay, R. (2005): Reply to comments on ‘Palynological evidence for the Palaeocene evolution of the forearc basin, Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh, India’ by Peter Clift. Terra Nova, 17, 200-2001
40. Upadhyay, R., Ram-Awatar, Kar, R.K. and Sinha, A.K. (2005): First Record of Middle-Late Jurassic Palynomorphs from the Lamayuru Complex, Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh, India. Current  Science, 88, 980-986.
39. Upadhyay, R., Rai, J., Sinha, A.K. (2005): Discovery of Bathonian-Callovian nannoflora in the eastern Karakoram Block: A possible clue to understand the dextral offset along the Karakoram Fault. Terra Nova, 17, 149-157.
38. Campbell, I. H., Reiners, P.W., Allen, C.M., Nicolessu, S. and Upadhyay, R. (2005): He-Pb double-dating of detrital zircons from the Ganges and Indus rivers: implications for quantifying sediments recycling and provenance studies. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 237, 402-432.
37. Ira Tewari Upadhyay and Upadhyay, R. (2005): Environmental degradation in the Himalaya: certain key issues. Hill & Mountain Forum (in press).
36. Mandoakar, B.D., Upadhyay, R. and Mehrotra, R.C. (2005): Animal remains from the Bhuban Formation of the Lunglei District, Mezoram. Journal Geological Society of India, 65, 624-628 .
35. Phartiyal, B., Sharma, A., Upadhyay, R., Ram-Awatar and Sinha, A.K. (2005): Quaternary geology, tectonics and distribution of palaeo and present fluvial/glacio lacustrine deposits in Ladakh, NW Indian Himalaya- a study based on field observations. Geomorphology, 65, 245-256.
34. Phartiyal, B., Sharma, A., Ram-Awatar, Upadhyay R. and Chakraborty, S. (2005): preliminary study of the Quaternary sediments of Khalsar palaeolake basin, Shyok valley, Ladakh, NW Indian Himalaya. Quaternary Research (under review).
33. Upadhyay, R., Jha, N. and Sinha, A.K. (2005). Karakoram: A fragment of Perigondwanian  province-palynological evidences. Association of Petroleum Geologists (APG), ONGC Dehradun  (in press).
32. Sharma, A., Phartiyal, B., Ram-Awatar and Upadhyay, R. (2005): Weathering of rocks in Ladakh region of India: implications to tectonics and climate. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences (under review).
31. Kar, R.K., Ram Awatar, Sinha,A.K.,Upadhyay, R., Sharma, A. and Phartiyal, B. (2005): Miocene Palynological Assemblage from Nindam Formation, Ladakh Himalaya, India and its Implication on Palaeoenviroment. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (under review).
30. Upadhyay, R., Ram-Awatar, Kar, R.K. and Sinha, A.K. (2004): Palynological evidence for the Palaeocene evolution of forearc basin along the Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh Himalaya, India. Terra Nova,16, 210-215.
29. Rai, J., Upadhyay, R. and Sinha, A.K. (2004): First Late Triassic nannofossil record from the Neo-Tethyan sediments of the Indus-Tsangpo Suture, Ladakh Himalaya, India. Current Science, 86 (6),
774-777 .
28. Sinha, A.K., Jha, N. and Upadhyay, R. (2004): Additional information on palynological dating of Chhongtash Formation in eastern Karakoram and its palaeogeographic significance. Current Science, 86 (5), 719-723.
27. Sinha, A.K., Jha, N. and Upadhyay, R. (2004): Karakoram: Peri-Gondwana prant ka ek abhinn ang-jeewasmiki praman (in Hindi)Bhartiya Vagyanik Awam Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika, 12, 86-91.
26. Upadhyay, R. (2003): Earthquake induced soft-sediment deformation in the lower Shyok river valley, northern Ladakh, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 21, 413-421.
25. Upadhyay, R. (2002): Stratigraphy and tectonics of Ladakh, eastern Karakoram, western Tibet and western Kun Lun (with coloured map on 1: 1 million scale). Journal Geological Society of India 59, 447-467.
24. Upadhyay, R. (2002): Tectonostratigraphic set-up of the Shyok suture zone and the eastern Karakoram terrane: A correlation with the northern Kohistan and western Tibet. In: Aspects of Geology and Environment of the Himalaya (C.C. Pant and A.K. Sharma, eds.) Gynodaya Prakashan, Nainital, India. 89-108.
23. Upadhyay, R., Sinha, A.K. (2001): A note on geological explorations through early expeditions to the eastern Karakoram, the Shaksgam valley and the western Tibet since early half of the nineteenth century. Palaeobotanist , 50, 213-224 .
22. Upadhyay, R., Bernoulli, D., and Skelton, P., (2002): Aptian rudists and orbitolinids in the Shyok suture, eastern Karakoram, India (to be communicated to Eclogae Geol. Helv.).
21. Upadhyay, R. (2001): Seismically induced soft-sediment deformational structures around Khalsar in the Shyok valley, northern Ladakh and eastern Karakoram, India. Current Science 81 (5), 600-604.
20. Upadhyay, R. (2001): Middle Cretaceous carbonate build-ups and volcanic seamount in the Shyok suture, northern Ladakh, India. Current Science 81 (6), 695-699.
19. Upadhyay, R., Sinha, A.K., Chandra, R., and Rai, H. (1999): Tectonics and magmatic evolution of the eastern Karakoram terrane, India, Geodinamica Acta 12 (6), 341-358.
18. Upadhyay, R., Chandra, R., Sinha, A.K., Kar, R.K., Chandra, S., Jha, N., and Rai, H. (1999): Discovery of Lower Gondwana plant fossils and Late Asselian (Early Permian) palynomorphs in the Karakoram. Terra Nova 11 (6), 278-283.
17. Upadhyay, R., Chandra, R., Sinha, A.K., Kar, R.K., Chandra, S., Jha, N., and Rai, H. (1999): First find of the Early Permian Lower Gondwana plant remains and palynomorphs from the Chhongtash Formation (Upper Shyok valley), eastern Karakoram microplate, India. The Palaeobotanist 48, 7-18 .
16. Sinha, A.K., Rai, H., Upadhyay, R., and Chandra, R. (1999): Contribution to the geology of eastern Karakoram. Geological Society of America Special Publication 328, 33-46.
15. Islam, R., Upadhyay, R., Ahmad, T., Thakur, V.C., and Sinha, A.K. (1999): Pan-African magmatism and sedimentation in the NW Himalaya, Gondwana Research 2, 263-270.
14. Chandra, R., Upadhyay, R., and Sinha, A.K. (1999): Subduction and collision related mgmatism in the Shyok Suture and eastern Karakoram. Palaeobotanist 48, 183-209 .
13. Upadhyay, R., and Sinha, A.K. (1998): Tectonic evolution of the Himalayan Tethys and subsequent Indian plate subduction along the Indus Suture. Proc. Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi 64 (A), 5, 659-683.
12. Sinha A.K. and Upadhyay, R. (1997): Tectonics and sedimentation in the passive margin, trench, fore-arc and back-arc areas of Indus Suture Zone of Ladakh and Karakoram: A review. Geodinamica Acta 10, 1-12.
11. Jai Krishna, Sinha A.K. and Upadhyay, R. (1997): The first Tethyan Hettangian Psiloceras from the Indus Suture, Ladakh Himalaya: Diverse implications. Himalayan Geology 18, 145-151.
10. Upadhyay, R., and Sinha A.K. (1995): Siliceous deposits of Ophiolitic Melange Zone, Indus Suture, Ladakh Himalaya, Journal of Himalayan Geology, 4(2), 111-119.
9. Upadhyay, R. (1995): Tectonosedimentary evolution of pre- and syn-orogenic Neotethyan sediments along the Indus Tsangpo Suture Zone of Ladakh Himalaya, India. In: 82nd Session of Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta, India , full paper under young scientist award programme (January, 3-8, 1995).
8. Sinha A.K. and Upadhyay, R. (1995): Himalaya: Geological Aspect. Palaeobotanist 44, 9-28.
7. Sinha, A.K. and Upadhyay, R. (1994): Flysch: A historical perspective and the Himalayas. Earth Science Reviews 36, 47-58.
6. Sinha, A.K. and Upadhyay, R. (1994): Tectonic setting and pre-orogenic sedimentation along the Indus-Tsangpo (Yarlung) Suture Zone of Ladakh Himalaya, India. Journal of South East Asian Earth Sciences, Pergamon, U.K. 9(4), 435-450.
5. Sinha A.K. and Upadhyay, R. (1993): Mesozoic Neo-Tethyan pre-orogenic deep marine sediments along the Indus-Yarlung Suture. Terra Nova 5, 271-281.
4. Upadhyay, R. (1992): Tectonics and sedimentation of Lamayuru flysch and associated sequence in the collision boundary between Indian and Eurasian plates, Ladakh Himalaya, India, Unpub. Ph. D Thesis, 116 p.
3. Sinha, A.K. and Upadhyay, R. (1992): Geodynamic significance of algal oncolitic structures reported from Dras and Lamayuru area, western Ladakh Himalaya. Current Science 65, 530-532.
2. Sinha A.K., Upadhyay, R., Sati, D.C. and Mishra, M. (1992): Some new data on the structural framework of Ladakh Himalaya, India. In: Proc. of the Himalayan Geology, Shimane University, Matuse, Japan, 47-50.
1. Sinha, A.K. and Upadhyay, R. (1990): Subduction accretion and subduction kneading: a possible mechanism for the incorporation of sedimentary sequences within the Ophiolitic Melange belt in western Ladakh Himalaya, India. Journal of Himalayan Geology 1(2), 259-264.


B) Published contributions to academic conferences

40. Skelton, P.W., Raisossadat, N., Upadhyay, R. and Bernoulli, D. (2005): ‘Yasin-type’ rudist fauna from eastern Iran and northern Ladakh. In: Seventh International Congress on Rudists (Austin, Texas, 6-8 June, 2005) (in press).
39. Upadhyay, R. (2003): Early Cretaceous carbonate platform evolution and ocean anoxic event in the northern margin of the Indian plate, northern Ladakh and eastern Karakoram, India. In: Abstract volume of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Einführungstagung, Kaiserslautern, Germany (14-15 October, 2003), 40.
38. Rai, J., Upadhyay, R. and Sinha, A.K. (2003): First Late Triassic nannofossil record from the Lamayuru Complex of Indus Suture zone, Ladakh Himalaya, India. In: 18th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, Ascona, Switzerland (2-4 April, 2003), 99.
37. Sinha, A.K., Upadhyay, R., Sharma, A., Ram-Awatar and Phartiyal, B. (2003): Neotectonic movements along the Karakoram fault, northern Ladakh and eastern Karakoram, India. In: 18th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, Ascona, Switzerland (2-4 April, 2003), 115.
36. Sharma, A., Sinha, A.K., Upadhyay, R., Phartiyal, B. and Ram-Awatar (2003): Role of geological forces, climatic impact and anthropogenic activities in determining the present day landscape of Ladakh region: Study based on field observations. . In: 18th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, Ascona, Switzerland (2-4 April, 2003), 109-110.
35. Ram-Awatar, Upadhyay, R., Kar, R.K., Sinha, A.K., Sharma, A. and Phartiyal, B. (2003): Palynology, palaeoclimate and depositional environment of the Nindam forearc basin, Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh Himalaya, India. . In: 18th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, Ascona, Switzerland (2-4 April, 2003), 100.
34. Phartiyal, B., Sinha, A.K., Upadhyay R., Sharma, A., Sangode, S.J. and Ram-Awatar (2003): Magnetic properties of sediments deposited in fluvio-lacustrine environments in the Indus valley, Leh (Ladakh): relationships with palynological and geochemical proxies. 18th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, Ascona, Switzerland (2-4 April, 2003), 94-95.
33. Phartiyal, B., Sinha, A.K., Upadhyay R., Sharma, A., Sangode, S.J. and Ram-Awatar (2003): Mineral magnetic parameters and tectonics of the Quaternary deposits in the Shyok river valley, Northern Ladakh. In: 18th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, Ascona, Switzerland (2-4 April, 2003), 93-94.
32. Upadhyay, R. (2002): Evidence of plaeo-seismicity in the India-Asia collision zone, northern Ladakh, India. In: Earth System Science Section, 89th Session of the Indian Science Congress Association, University of Lucknow, India (3-7 January, 2002).
31. Upadhyay, R., Rai, J. and Sinha, A.K. (2002): Discovery of the Bathonian-Callovian nannoflora from the eastern Karakoram Block. In: 17th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, Gangtok, Sikkim, India (25-27 March, 2002).
30. Upadhyay, R., Ram-Awatar and Sinha, A.K. (2002): Discovery of the Late Permian and Early Triassic palynofossils from the Cretaceous trench-slope sediments of the Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh Himalaya, India. In: 17th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, Gangtok, Sikkim, India (25-27 March, 2002).
29. Upadhyay, R. (2001): Middle Cretaceous carbonate build-ups and volcanic seamount in the Shyok suture, northern Ladakh, India. In: Seminar on Geology and Natural Hazards, Kumaun University, Nainital, India (23-25 March, 2001), 56.
28. Upadhyay, R. (2001): Newly recorded earthquake-induced structures in sediments: Imprints of pre-historic seismic events in the lower Shyok river valley, northern Ladakh and eastern Karakoram, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Special Issue 19, 70-71.
27. Upadhyay, R., Chandra, R., and Sinha, A.K. (2000): Subduction and collision related magmatism in the Shyok suture and eastern Karakoram, India. In: 17th Swiss Tectonics Studies Group Meeting, Institute of Geology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (March 31- April 1, 2000), 90-91.
26. Sinha, A.K., Upadhyay, R. (2000): Tectonic framework of Himalayan-Karakoram subduction Zones in Ladakh and Eastern Karakoram. 31st International Geological Congress (IGC), Brazil
(August, 2000).
25. Sinha, A.K., Upadhyay, R., and Chandra, R. (1999): Accretion of terrane in Karakoram microcontinent: New palaeobotanical and geochemical data, Terra Nostra (Schriften der Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung) 99/2, 146-148.
24. Sinha A.K., Upadhyay, R., Rai, H., and Chandra, R. (1997): Systematic developments through early expeditions in the Shaksgam valley, eastern Karakoram and easteran Tibet since the early half of nineenth century: A recap. 12th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet workshop, Rome, Italy (April, 1997). In: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and Societa Geografica Italiana, Rome, Italy, 81-85.
23. Upadhyay, R., Sinha A.K., Rai, H., and Chandra, R. (1997): Shyok suture zone: A possible accreted fragments between the Indian and Eurasian plates. In: 12th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet workshop, Rome, Italy (April, 1997).
22.Sinha A.K., Trivedi, J.R., Upadhyay, R., Rai, H. and Chandra, R. (1997): Geochronological and geochemical data from the granitoids of eastern Karakoram and their impact on tectonic interpretation. In: International seminar on isotope in the solar system, PRL, Ahmedabad, India (11-14 Nov.,1997).
21.Trivedi J.R., Upadhyay, R., Rai, H., Chandra, R., and Sinha, A.K. (1997): Rb/Sr age data on the syn-collision, S-type granitoids of the eastern Karakoram. In: 2nd Nepal Geological Congress, Kathmandu, Nepal (11-13, Nov., 1997).
20. Sinha A.K., Rai H. , Upadhyay, R., and Chandra, R. (1996): A Geological traverse through the collision zone of the Indian and Asian plates and accreted Karakoram terrane. In: 11th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet workshop, Arizona,U.S.A.
19. Sinha A.K. Rai, H., Upadhyay, R., Chandra, R. (1996): A tectonic-framework of Indian- Sector of Karakoram mountain terrane. In: 30th International Geological Congress, Bejing, China (August, 1996).
18. Sinha A.K., Upadhyay, R., Sati, D. and Mishra M. (1995): Tectonic interpretation in the light of new stratigraphic and structural findings of the collision zone of Indian and Eurasian plates in Ladakh Himalayan region. In: Seminar on Foredeep, Geological Survey of India, Lucknow, India (February, 1995).
17. Upadhyay, R. (1995): Tectono-sedimentary evolution of pre- and syn-orogenic Neo-Tethyan sediments along the Indus-Tsangpo (Yarlung) Suture Zone of Ladakh Himalaya, India. Advance abstract under young scientist award programme, 82nd Indian Science Congress, Calcutta, India (3-8 January, 1995), 28-29.
16. Sinha A.K. and Upadhyay, R. (1995): Tectonics and genesis aspects of sedimentation in the passive margin, trench, fore-arc and back-arc areas of Indus-Tsangpo Suture collision zone of Ladakh and Karakoram sector of Indian Himalaya. In: 10th Himalaya- Karakoram- Tibet Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland (April, 1995).
15. Sinha A.K., Rai, H., Upadhyay, R., Chandra, R. (1995): A preliminary report on the geology of NE Indian sector of Karakoram orogen. In: Symp. on Tethys of the Himalaya and adjoining Regions (WIHG, Dehradun, India, 15-17 November, 1995), 4-5.
14. Jai Krishna, Sinha A.K., and Upadhyay, R. (1995): The first south Tethyan Hettangian Psiloceras from the Indus Suture, Ladakh Himalaya: Diverse implication. In: Symp. on Tethys of Himalaya and adjoining regions (WIHG Dehradun, India, 15-17 Nov. 1995).
13. Upadhyay, R. (1994): Allah Bund Fault, Kutch, Gujarat: A palaeoseismic appraisal (Manuscript given to Dr. T.N. Bagati, WIHG Dehradun, India).
12. Sinha A.K. and Upadhyay, R. (1994): Collision tectonics interpretation along Indus Suture Zone: role of passive- margin, trench, fore-arc, back-arc and seamounts in the Neo-tethys. In : 9th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop Kathmandu, Nepal (1-3 April 1994), Journal of the Nepal Geological Society, 128.
11. Sinha A.K. and Upadhyay, R. (1994): Dispersion movement of Indian Gondwana : Its reflection along the collisional zone of Himalaya and Asia. In : Fourth field meeting of the IGCP- 321 on Gondwana dispersion and Asian accretion‚ Seol, South Korea (22-24 August, 1994).
10. Sinha A.K and Upadhyay, R. (1994): Ophiolitic Melange of Indus Tsangpo Suture Zone, Western Ladakh Himalaya, India. In : Seminar on Seismotectonics and Geodynamics of the Himalaya, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India (October, 1994).
9. Upadhyay, R., and Sinha, A.K. (1993): Siliceous deposits, plate tectonics and Indus Yarlung Suture Zone of Ladakh Himalaya, India, In: International seminar on Himalayan Geology and Geophysics, WIHG Dehradun, India (March 1993), 21-22.
8. Sinha, A.K., and Upadhyay, R. (1993): Ophiolitic Melange : a dismembered remnant of ancient convergent zone in western Ladakh Himalaya, India. In: International Seminar on Himalayan Geology and Geophysics, WIHG Dehradun, India (March 1993), 23.
7. Upadhyay, R., and Sinha, A.K. (1993): On the age of Lamayuru Formation, Western Ladakh Himalaya, India. In: International seminar on Himalayan Geology and Geophysics,WIHG Dehradun, India (March1993), 61-62.
6. Sinha, A.K., and Upadhyay, R. (1993): Accretion tectonics in the Himalayan region along Indus Yarlung Suture. In: Third International Field Meeting of International Geological Correlation Programmes (IGCP) 321 on Gondwana Dispersion and Asian Accretion Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (August 22-24, 1993), 43.
5. Sinha, A.K. and Upadhyay R. (1992): Plate tectonic setting and pre-orogenic sedimentation in the Indus Tsangpo Suture Zone of Ladakh Himalaya, India. In: 29th International Geological Congress (IGC), Kyoto, Japan and Second International Field Meeting of International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP-224,321) on Gondwana dispersion and Asian accretion, Kochi, Japan (23 August-8 September 1992), 279 & 63.
4. Upadhyay, R., and Rautela Piyoosh (1991): Plate-tectonic interpretation of the Himalayan Foreland basins. In: Siwalik Basin International Seminar (December 1991),Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Dehradun, India, 48.
3. Upadhyay R., and Rautela Piyoosh (1991): Post-Eocene sedimentary deformational history of the Siwaliks in Western Himalaya, India. In: Siwalik Basin International Seminar (December 1991),Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India, 31.
2. Sinha A.K. and Upadhyay, R. (1990): Phenomena of subduction accretion and subduction kneading : a possible mechanism for the incorporation of sedimentary sequences within the Ophiolitic Melange belt in western Ladakh Himalaya, India. In: National Seminar on Ophiolites at Department of Earth Sciences, Manipur University, Imphal, India (3-6 March, 1990).
1. Sinha, A.K. and Upadhyay, R. (1990): Some new data from Mulbek - Lamayuru area of Western Ladakh Himalaya. In: National Seminar on Indus Suture Zone (4-6 April 1990), Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India, 9.
 

DR. PARAMJIT SINGH, BOTANIST

Address: Botanical Survey of India,
CGO Complex, 5th & 6th Floor,
Salt Lake, Kolkata- 700 064
India

Date of Birth: 15. 09. 1958
Nationality: Indian
Education: 1977 B.Sc. (III Yr. Degree), Punjabi University, PATIALA Botany, Zoology, Chemistry IInd division
M.Sc. 1979,Botany ,Ist. division

Ph.D.1985 University of Jodhpur, JODHPUR,Botany, degree by thesis

Specialisation: ANGIOSPERMS: SURVEY, TAXONOMY- FLORISTICS, REVISION & MONOGRAPHIC STUDY.
Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Revision of Family Zygophyllaceae R. Br. & Vitaceae Juss.of India.

Employment details

Botanical Survey of India,
August 2002-till date
2000-2002 at Gangtok In Charge, Publication Section, Botanical Survey of India, Collaborator, All India Coordinated Project on Taxonomic Capacity Building Grasses & Bamboos

Botanical Survey of India 1990 -2000, Floristic Studies & Research in Angiosperm Taxonomy; Revision and Survey of Flora. In-charge of the Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalayan Circle, Gangtok

Central Soil & Water Conservation Research & Training Institute, Dehradun

May, 1985 to June, 1990 Floristic studies & Research in Angiosperm Taxonomy, alongwith overall monitering of Project on Natural Resource Management on Watershed basis

Memberships of professional institutions:
Life Member : Indian Association of Angiosperm Taxonomy, Calicut.
Life Member : The Orchid Society of India, Chandigarh.
Life Member : Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservation, Dehradun.
Life Member: Sikkim Science Society, Gangtok.
Life Member: Association of Plant Taxonomists, Lucknow

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

1980 - 1985.
i/ Revisionary Studies under Flora of India Project
Zygophyllaceae and Vitaceae revised for National Flora. 6 new taxa discovered. Biosystematic studies on these families were carried out. Identity and nomenclatural problems in several taxa solved and new combinations proposed.
ii/ Survey :Field surveys in various parts of Rajasthan, Gujrat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Meghalaya and West Bengal were undertaken.

1985- 1990
Vegetation Survey:
In Banaskantha and Sabarkantha, two most backward and tribal dominated districts of Gujrat along with monitoring and conservation of natural resources on watershed basis and was involved in developing model watersheds in these districts of Gujrat.

1990-2005
State Flora:
Flora of Kerala: Sapindaceae and Vitaceae have been completed for Flora of Kerala.
Flora of Sikkim: Volume I on Monocotyledons has been published. For Dicotyledonous Flora more than 500 species of Leguminosae to Caprifoliaceae, Rubiaceae, Campanulaceae and Ericaceae have been completed.
Grasses of Sikkim: Grasses of Sikkim have been completed.

Survey:
Sikkim with one of the most difficult terrains in the world ranging in altitude from ca 250 m (ca 750 feet) to above 8000 m (> 26,000 feet) and having one of the most diverse flora in our country, has been extensively and intensively surveyed; resulting in collection of more than eight thousand plant specimens including several interesting plant records for Sikkim and India. Around fifty plant species have been added to the known angiosperm flora of the state.
NEW DISCOVERIES - NEW TO SCIENCE

1. Tribulus subramanyamii
2. Ampelocissus birii
3. Ampelocissus wightiana
4. Tetrastigma gamblei
5. Cissus arnottiana
6. Cissus elongata sub.sp. littoralis
7. Cissus subramanianum

PUBLICATIONS IN FOREIGN JOURNALS

* Singh, Paramjit (1984) IOPB Chromosome reports LXXXV. Taxon 33(4): 759.
* Singh, Paramjit & B.V. Shetty (1985) Nomenclatural notes on Vitaceae of Indian subcontinent. Taxon 35: 596 - 597.
* Shetty, B.V. & P. Singh (1987). A new species of Vitaceae from peninsular India. Kew Bulletin 42 (4): 933 - 936.
* Shetty, B.V. & P. Singh (1988). The Vitaceae in Rheede’s Hortus Malabaricus. Taxon 37: 169 - 174.
* Shetty, B.V. & P. Singh (1989). Notes on Vitaceae in India and some neighbouring regions. Kew Bulletin 44 (3): 469 - 478.


COMPLETE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1981
1. Singh, V. & P. Singh ( 1981) Edible wild plants of eastern Rajasthan. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 2: 197 - 207.

1982
2. Singh V. & P. Singh (1982) Fibre yielding plants of Rajasthan. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 385-390.

1983
3. Singh, V. & P. Singh (1983) Lotus arabicus L. new to Indian Flora . Bull. Bot. Surv. India 24: 209 - 211.

4. Singh, Paramjit (1983) Extended distribution of an endemic species Tribulus rajasthanensis Bhandari & Sharma. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 24: 237 - 238.

5. Singh, V. & P. Singh (1983) Useful aquatic weeds of Rajasthan. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 4: 633 - 638.

1984
6. Singh, Paramjit (1984). IOPB Chromosome report LXXXV. Taxon 33(4): 759.
7. Singh, Paramjit (1984). Natural tetraploidy in the genus Fagonia L. Curr. Sci. 53 (15): 819 - 820.
8. Singh, P. & V. Singh (1984) Some new combinations in Pycreus P. Beauv. (Cyperaceae) J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5 (7): 467 - 468.
9. Monga, V. & P. Singh (1984) Observations on the weed flora of Bajra fields of Jodhpur District. Rajasthan. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5(4): 851 - 854.

1985
10. Singh, P. & B.V. Shetty (1985) Nomenclatural notes on Vitaceae of Indian sub-continent Taxon 35: 596 - 597.
11. Pandey, R.P., V. Singh & P. Singh (1985) . A reassessment of the Biological spectrum of the flora of Rajasthan district. Trans. Insdt. Ucds. 10 (1): 121 - 128.
12. Chandra, S., K.T.N. Nambiar, P. Singh, R.M. Samarth & A. Kumar (1985) Integrataed watershed Management programme - A systematic approach for overall economic upliftment of the rural poor in National Seminar on Soil Conservation & Watershed Management p. 13.
13. Singh, P., G. S. Giri & V. Singh (1985). A new species of Tribulus L. from south India Bull.Bot. Surv. India 25: 197 - 198.
14. Singh, P. & V. Singh (1985). Critical notes on Indian Zygophyllaceae. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 6: 149 -160.
1987
15. Shetty, B.V. & P. Singh (1987) A. new species of Vitaceae from peninsular India Kew Bull. 42(4): 933 - 936.

1988
16. Shetty, B.V. & P. Singh (1988) The Vitaceae in Rheede’s Hortus Malabaricus Taxon 37: 169 -174.

1989
17. Shetty, B.V. & P. Singh (1989) Notes on Vitaceae in India and some neighbouring regions. Kew Bull. 44(3): 469 - 478.

1990
18. Shetty, B.V. & P. Singh (1990). Ampelocissus helferi (Lawson) Planchon ( Vitaceae) in Red Data Book of Indian Plants 3: 261 - 262.
19. Shetty, B.V. & P. Singh (1990) Cissus spectabilis (Kurz.) Planchon in Red Data Book of Indian Plants. 3: 263 - 265.

1991
20. Kumar, S. & P. Singh (1991) Nomenclatural notes on Poaceae sub.fam. Bambusoidae of Sikkim. J. Ind. Bot. Soc. 70 : 423.
21. Singh, V. & P. Singh (1991) Some New Combinations in the Flora of Sikkim. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 15(3): 705 - 706.

1993
22. Kumar, S. & P. Singh (1993) A synoptic account of Grasses Flora of Sikkim I. Panicoideae in Higher plants of Indian Subcontinent 4: 313 - 339.
23. Mandal, N.R. & P. Singh (1993) Four new plant records for Sikkim. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 17 (3):555 - 556.

1994
24. Singh, P. (1994). Recollection of an endemic monotypic genus Cyathopus Stapf. ( Graminae).J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 91: 352 - 354.
25. Singh, P. & V. Singh (1994) Cyphostemma Alston ( Vitaceae) - A new generic record for Rajasthan. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 91 : 339 - 340.
26. Kumar, S. P. Singh & V. Singh (1994). Arboreal and arborescent taxa of horticultural importance in Sikkim in Higher Plants of Indian subcontinent. 2: 210 - 210.
27. Kumar, S., P. Singh & V. Singh (1994). Ethnomedico aspects of some arboreal and arborescent taxa of Sikkim in Higher Plants of Indian subcontinent 3: 161 - 166.
28. Singh, P., P. Tamang & P.K. Gosh, (1994). Weed manaagement in Rice - In Manual on integrated pest management concepts in Rice: 14 - 15.IPM, Gangtok.

1995
30. Singh, V., S. Kumar & P. Singh (1995). Naked seeded plants of Sikkim in Higher Plants of Indian sub- continent 5: 135 - 157.
31. Singh, V. & P. Singh (1995) Nomeneclatural notes on an Indian plant. J. Bombay Nat. Hist Soc. 92: 290.
32. Chauhan, A. S. , P. Singh, & G.P. Sinha (1995). Preliminary report on joint expedition in Sikkim for development of ecotourism. Sikkim Sci. Soc. Newsletter. 7 (4): 6 - 10.
33. Awasthe, R.K., R.C. Sundaryal, P. Singh, & S.K. Pradhan, (1995). Ecorestoration efforts of Army in North Sikkim. Sikkim Sci. Soc. Newsletter. 7(4) 21 - 23.

1996
34. Dash, S. S. & P. Singh (1996) Distribution and Diversity of Polygonaceae in Sikkim Himalaya. J. Hill. Res. 9(2): 380 - 394.

1997
35. Singh, P. & V. Singh (1997) Zygophyllaceae in Flora of India Vol. IV. Botanical Survey of India, Howrah.
36. Singh, P. , Mudgal, V. & S. Kumar (1997). Medicinal Plants diversity of Himalaya and its conservation in Intern. Symp. on Sust. Utiliz. of Biodiversity 103.
37. Singh, P. & S. Kumar ( 1997) A synoptic account of Grass Flora of Sikkim - II. in Higher Plants of Indian subcontinent 6: 57 - 86.
38. Shukla, B.K., Singh, P. & A. S. Chauhan. (1997). Orchid Diversity in Sikkim and its conservation and its Conservation Nat. Sem. Orchid.
39. Singh, P. & A. S. Chauhan (1997). Sikkim in Plant Diversity Hot Spot in India. BSI. Calcutta

1998
40. Singh, P., S. S. Dash, & A. S. Chauhan (1998). Six New Plant records for Sikkim J. Hill Res.11: 123 - 125.
41. Dash, S. S., & P. Singh (1998). The Genus Desmodium Desv. ( Leguminosae) in Sikkim. J. Hill Res. 11(2): 212 - 223.
42. Singh, P. & S.S. Dash (1998). Two new generic records for Sikkim. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 22 (3):741 - 744.
43. Singh, S. & P. Singh, (1998) Lonicera latangensis Batal ( Caprifoliaceae) New to India from Sikkim. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 22 (3): 694 - 696.
44. Dash, S. S. & P. Singh (1998). Three new records for Sikkim J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 22(3): 747 - 748.
45. Dash, S. S. & P. Singh (1998) Distributional Notes on two plants from Sikkim J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 22 (3): 745 - 746.
46. Singh, P. & A. S. Chauhan (1998) An overview of Plant Diversity of Sikkim in Sikkim, Perspective, Planning and Development 219 - 231.

1999
47. Dash, ,S. S. & P. Singh (1999). The genus Ribes L. (Grossulariaceae) in Sikkim Rheedea 9(1) : 93 - 104.
48. Shukla, B.K., P. Singh, & A. S. Chauhan (1999). Orchid diversity in Sikkim and its conservation J. Orchid. Soc. India 12 (1 - 2) : 53 - 76.
49. Singh, P. & S. S. Dash, (1999). Two New records for India from Sikkim. J. Bombay. Nat. Hist. Soc.
50. Dash, S. S. & P. Singh (1999). Notes on Polygonaceae of Sikkim J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.
51. Singh, P. & A. S. Chauhan (1999). Sikkim in Floristic Diversity & Conservation strategies in India. BSI, Kolkata.
52. Singh. P. (1999). Punjab in Floristic Diversity & Conservation strategies in India. BSI, Kolkata.
53. Singh. P. (1999). Addition to Flora of Sikkim - Monocotyledons. J. Econ. Tax. Bot.

2000
54, Shetty, B.V. & P. Singh (2000) Vitaceae in Flora of India Vol. V. Director, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata.

2002
55. Singh, P. & S.S. Dash (2002). Database on trees of Sikkim Himalaya. J. Econ. Tax. Bot.
56. Singh, P. 2002 Some overlooked plants of the flora of Sikkim- Monocotyledons. Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 24(2): 485-489.
2003
57. Singh, P. & Dash, S.S. (2002). Spodiopogon Trin. (Gramineae)- a new generic record for Sikkim Himalaya. Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 24(3): 708-710.
58. Singh,P. & M.Sanjappa. (2003). Flowers of Sahyadri- Field Guide to 500 flowers of North Western Ghats- book review. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 44: 160. 2002

2004
59, Kumari, P. & P. Singh. (2004). Bamboo diversity in Meghalaya- an appraisal. In Abstracts. National Seminar on New Frontiers in Plant Taxonomy and Biodiversity Conservation: 29-31 Dec. 2004( 14th Annual Conference of IAAT): p35.
60. Sharma, T.P. & P. Singh. (2004). Distribution and Utilisation of Bamboos in Arunachal Pradesh. In Abstracts. National Seminar on New Frontiers in Plant Taxonomy and Biodiversity Conservation: 29-31 Dec. 2004( 14th Annual Conference of IAAT): p36.
61. Sanjappa, M. & P. Singh. (2004). In memoriam- Dr. G. Panigrahi( 1924-2004). Bull. Bot. Surv. India 46: 480-508.

2005
62. Sanjappa, M. & P. Singh(2005). William Griffith. Vanaspati Vani 14: 3-4.( in Hindi)
63. Singh, P. (2005) Cyathopus in Red Data Book of Indian Plants Vol. IV (in press).
64. Singh, P. & E. Vajravelu (2005). Sapindaceae in Flora of Kerala Vol. I. Director, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. ( in press).
65. Singh, P. & B.V. Shetty (2005). Vitaceae in Flora of Kerala. Vol.I. Director, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. ( in press).

BOOKS: Co-author in

1. Flora of Sikkim - MONOCOTYLEDONS. 1994, BSI, Publication.
2. Zygophyllaceae, Fasicles of Flora of India. No. 20. 1990. BSI, Calcutta.
3. Flora of Sikkim- DICOTYLEDONS ( Manuscript submitted to the Director, BSI, Calcutta).
4. Grasses of Sikkim - Completed. Manuscript being edited.
5. Botany of Varshey Rhododendron Sanctuary.-manuscript being written.
 

DR. GOPINATHAN MAHESWARAN, ZOOLOGIST

Address:
Zoological Survey of India
M-Block, New Alipore
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E-mail: gmaheswaran@yahoo.com

Date of Birth: 19 March 1971

Educational Qualifications:
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Degree Year Subject University
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B.Sc                   1991                                  Zoology Madras University, Chennai,
                                                                   India
M.Sc                   1993                                 Wildlife Biology Bharathidasan University,
                                                                   Tiruchirapally, India
Ph.D                   1998                                  Wildlife Science Aligarh Muslim University,
                                                                    Aligarh, India
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(a) Details of professional training and research experience (with details)
(i) Worked as Junior and Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Wildlife Sciences,
Aligarh Muslim University under Dr. Asad R. Rahmani in Stork Ecology Project from September 1994 to May 1998. This project was funded by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Under this project I collected data, analysed and written a report besides my Ph.D thesis.

(ii) Participated in a discussion meeting on Animal Behaviour at Mysore University from July 8-10, 1999, organized by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

(iii) Attended “Satellite Tracking: Applications for Wildlife Research & Management (A Regional Workshop for the Indian Sub-continent)- workshop at Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra Dun from 13-19 December 1999. This workshop was jointly conducted by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India. As a field demonstration Bar-headed Geese were caught and fitted with GPS based radio transmitters. Also learned about GIS techniques in tracking the birds fitted with transmitters.

(iv) Presented (oral) an abstract titled “Effects of water level changes and wading bird abundance on the foraging behaviour of Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus in Dudwa National Park, India” in the Millennium 2000 Wetlands Event in Quebec, Canada from August 5-12, 2000.

(v) Participated in a bird banding training at Great Gull Island, New York, U.S.A. under the guidance of Dr Hellen of American Museum of Natural History and Dr Malcolm C. Coulter, Co-Chair, IUCN/BirdLife International/Wetlands. International, Specialist Group on Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills from 17-20 August 2000. There I trapped, banded and measured Common Terns.

(vi) Participated in the Workshop on the “Field Techniques and Taxonomy for Conservation of Rodents and Insectivores from 22-26 July 2002 organized by Rodentia, Insectivora & Scandentia Conservation and Information Network of South Asia (RISCINSA) ZOO / WILD / CBSG, South Asia, at College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University jointly organized by the Zoo Outreach Organization and Knowsley Safari Park, U.K.

(vii) Participated in a workshop on ENVIS (Environmental Information Systems) organized by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India in Hyderabad and Visakapatnam in 2002.

(viii) Conducted bird survey in the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President of India’s palace), New Delhi from November 2002 till October 2003. Based on my report steps will be take by the authorities to make waterbodies within the Rashtrapati Bhavan to attract migratory birds during winter. We are also planning to write a book on the birds of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

(ix) Participated in a Black Stork survey (New Odyssey) along with Miroslav Bobek, Lubomir Peske and Khalil Baalbaki of Czech Republic mostly in western Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat from 5-18 December 2003. We were after two Black Storks (Iristu and Altynai) which were fitted with satellite transmitters and reached India after their departure from Siberia in Russia in around October/November 2003.

(x) Undergone a training in “Introduction to GIS and its applications” at National Remote Sensing Agency, Department of Space, Government of India, Hyderabad from 02 February 2004 to 27 February 2004.

(xi) Participated and presented a brief presentation in the National Workshop of ENVIS Centres and Nodes organized by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India in the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun from 25-27 June 2004.

(xii) Presented a paper titled “Density estimation and habitat use of Hispid hare Caprolagus hispidus using fecal pellet abundance in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, India” in the 2nd World Lagomorph Conference held at Vairáo in Portugal from 26-31 July 2004.

(xiii) Participated in an expedition to Indian Sundarbans in West Bengal and Chilika Lake in Orissa mainly to find out the wintering Spoon-billed Sandpipers (Calidris pygmaeus). In total 12 ornithologists from 5 different countries surveyed the area for a total period of 15 days between January 3 –8 and January 14 – 28, 2005.

(b) Details of employment (past and present)
(i) Worked as Scientist in Bird Hazard Research Cell of the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) from June 1998 to December 1999. Under this project I had visited various civilian airports (Mumbai, New Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai, Trivandrum) in India to study the bird-aircraft collisions. Also identified feather samples which were received from various airports including military airports to suggest possible preventive measures.

(ii) I was the Principal Investigator of the Hispid Hare Conservation Project from June 2000 till June 2001. This project was funded by the Wildlife Conservation Society (formerly New York Zoological Society), New York.

(iii) Previously I was in-charge of the BNHS’s ENVIS (Environmental Information Systems) department. Under this programme I had to collect, collate and disseminate information related to Avian Ecology and Inland Wetlands through internet and ENVIS newsletter ‘Buceros’.

(iv) Presently (from November 2004), I am working as Scientist-B and Officer-in-charge of the Bird Section in the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.

(c) List of significant publications during the last five years
(1) Maheswaran, G. (1996) Pond Herons and Otters. Newsletter for Birdwatchers 36(3): 56.

(2) Maheswaran, G. (1996) Black-headed Oriole feeding on winged termites. Newsletter for Birdwatchers 36(4): 80.

(3) Maheswaran, G. (1996) World Birdwatch-Nainital and Corbett Tiger Reserve. Newsletter for Birdwatchers 36(2): 26-28.

(4) Maheswaran, G. (1996) Black-necked Stork’s sympathy look towards injured Whitenecked Stork. Newsletter for Birdwatchers 36(2): 33.

(5) Maheswaran, G. (1996) Grey-headed Fishing Eagle Ichthyophaga ichtchyactus ichtchyactus (Horsfield) feeding on turtle. J. Bombay Nat. History Soc. 93(2): 294.

(6) Maheswaran, G (1998) Ecology and behaviour of the Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus in Dudwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, India. Ph.D thesis, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

(7) Maheswaran, G. (2000) Effects of habitat alteration on the bird species of Western Ghats with special reference to the white-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx major albiventris and the Broadtailed Grass Warbler Schoenicola platyura. Final Report. Oriental Bird Club, United Kingdom and the Bombay Natural History Society, India.

(8) Maheswaran, G and A.R. Rahmani (2001) Effects of water level changes and wading bird abundance on the foraging behaviour of Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus in Dudwa National Park, India. J. Biosciences 26(3): 373-382.

(9) Maheswaran, G., & A.R. Rahmani (2002) “Foraging behaviour and feeding success of the black-necekd stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus in Dudwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, India.” Journal of Zool. (London). 258: 189-195.

(10) Maheswaran, G. (2002) Status and Ecology of endangered Hispid hare Caprolagus hispidus in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal, India. Final Report. Bombay Natural History Society and Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, U.S.A.

(11) The reclusive Hispid hare. Sanctuary Asia Magazine (December 2002).

(12) Hispid hare: A denizen of the duars. Hornbill (April-June, 2003).

(13) Maheswaran, G. 2003. Cannibalism in Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) and its possible effect on the population of the species in India. Newsletter for Birdwatchers 43(6): 90.

(14) Maheswaran, G. and Kumar, A. 2003. Inventory study on small mammals (rodents and shrews) of Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal-Part I. Report. Bombay Natural History Society and Zoo Outreach Organisation, Coimbatore. Pp. 11.

(15) Maheswaran, G., and A.R. Rahmani. (Communicated to Current Science) Foraging technique and prey handing efficiency of the Black-necked Stork.

(16) Maheswaran, G., A.R. Rahmani and M. C. Coulter (2004) Recent records of Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus in India. Forktail 20: 112-116.

(17) Maheswaran, G., and A.R. Rahmani. (In press) Breeding biology of the Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus in Dudwa National Park, India (Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society).

(18) Jaldapara: The crown of north Bengal. Sanctuary Asia Magazine (April 2004).

(d) Scientific papers in preparation

(19) Maheswaran, G., and A.R. Rahmani. Inter- and intraspecies flock composition and the Black-necked Stork’s Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus chase distance during the post-breeding season in Dudwa National Park, India.

(20) Maheswaran, G. Status and ecology of endangered Hispid hare Caprolagus hispidus in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal, India. (communicated to Oryx).

(21) Maheswaran, G. and A. R. Rahmani. Time and activity pattern of the Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus in Dudwa National Park, India (communicated to the Malayan Nature Journal).

Professional recognition, awards, fellowship received
(i) Awarded Gold medal for having secured first rank in M.Sc in Wildlife Biology.
(ii) Invited to serve as a member of the IUCN/SSC Lagomorph Specialist Group by Chair of the IUCN. Member since 2002.
(iii) Sponsored member of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) from March 2004.
(iv) Member of Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, SSC, IUCN South Asian Regional Network.
(v) Member of RISCINSA-Rodentia, Insectivora and Scandentia Conservation & Information Network of South Asia. Representing the Insectivore Specialist Group, SSC, IUCN in South Asia South Asian Insectivore Specialist Group, SAISG.
(vi) Awarded £500 by the Oriental Bird Club of the United Kingdom to conduct a survey on two endemic bird species such as Broad-tailed Grass Warbler Schoenicola platyura and White-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx albiventris of the Western Ghats.
(xiv) Awarded Fellowship (US$9,000) by the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York in May 2000 to work on the highly endangered Hispid Hare Caprolagus hispidus in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary. And was also a Research Fellow of the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York for the year 2001-2002.
(xv) Written and executed a project on the Effects of habitat alteration on the bird communities of Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala. This project is currently underway and a researcher is working. Funded by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India.
(xvi) Awarded small grants by the Zoo Outreach Organisation, Coimbatore and BNHS (Sálim Ali Nature Conservation Fund) to carry out inventory studies on the small mammals (rodents and shrews) of Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary from December 2002 to January 2003.

DR.A. R. SANKHYAN, Anthropologist (Physical)

Anthropological Survey of India, Indian Museum Campus, 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Calcutta-700016. Tel: (O): 91-033-22861733; (R): 91-033-2421-6767; Fax: 91-033-2286-1799. E-mail: <sankhyan 51@ rediffmail.com> Web<www.sankhyan

I. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Anek Ram Sankhyan is born on 20.08.1951 [in Siwalik Hills, District Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh]. Had his graduate (B.Sc.) degree in Botany, Zoology & Chemistry in 1972 and postgraduate (M.Sc.) degree in Anthropology in 1974 from Punjab University, Chandigarh with specialization in advance Physical Anthropology. Produced Dissertation on: Fossils remains from middle Siwaliks of Haritalyangar area, H.P. Joined the Anthropological Survey of India [AnSI] in 1975. Did researches in various fields of physical anthropology [population genetics, human biology, especially in prehistory & Palaeoanthropology. Conducted extensive and intensive palaeoanthropological field studies in the Siwaliks and Narmada valley.

• Total Research Experience: 30 years:
 Encompasses all major areas of Physical Anthropology including Demo-Genetics; also Ethnography.
 Special research interests: Palaeoanthropology (both hominoid and hominid), skeletal biology, mammalian palaeontology and palaeoecology, dental anthropology, and prehistoric archaeology).
 Made new discoveries of hominoid, hominid and mammalian fossils as well as stone tool findings from Indian Neogene-Quaternary deposits.
 Research findings flashed numerous times in National/International News-Dailies and electronic media.

• Publications:
 Over 50 Research Papers; 20Abstracts; 55 Ethnographic Reports.
 1-book [joint editor People of India: Himachal Pradesh]
 1-book [joint editor of Human Origins in India…in final stage]
 1-Report [in preparation on Narmada Valley findings].
• Academic Memberships:
 Life member Indian Science Congress
 Life member Indian Anthropological Society
 Life member Rock Art Society of India.
 Member Dental Anthropological Association (U.S.A.)
• Biographies appeared in:
 Marquis’s Who in the World (USA)
 International Biographical Center, Cambridge.
 “The Pioneers of the Indian period from 1947-The Andamanese Negrito” by George Weber, Liestal Switzerland
 Directory of Indian Anthropologists.


. Teachings / Invited lectures /Examiner:
 On Human evolution in various India Universities/ Research organizations.
 University Examiner & Paper setter, etc. [1995-2005].
 University Examiner & Paper setter, etc. [1995-2005].
 Honorary Lectureship (was offered) for teaching Palaeoanthropology by the Calcutta University in 2000.
• Other academic services rendered to the Anthropological Survey of India in various capacities:
 The Associate Editor of the Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India [1993-2000].
 Supervisor for the research work of Junior and Senior Research Fellows
 The Officer-in-Charge Palaeoanthropology Section [1993-2000 & 2005 continued at present].
 National Coordinator in AnSI’s 9th Plan Collaborative project in palaeoanthropology and as State Coordinator in national project ‘People of India’
 Member of various committees of the Department for running administration.
 Presently a Member Secretary of the national Steering Committee for conducting Palaeoanthropological explorations and excavations in Central Narmada valley.


II. SELECT RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

[A] Publications in Palaeoanthropology, Palaeo-primatology, Palaeontology, Palaeo- biology & Prehistoric Archaeology: [Blue shaded are in Impact Foreign journals]

1. 1980 The first record of Dorcatherium (Tragulidae) from the Pinjor Formation East of Chandigarh. Bull. Indian Geol. Association (Chandigarh) 13: 67- 70.
2. 1981 First evidence of Early Man from Haritalyangar area, Himachal Pradesh, Science & Culture (Calcutta) 47: 358-359.

3 1981 The first record of Dorcatherium nagrii (Tragulidae) from DhokPathan Formation (Middle Siwaliks) of Haritalyangar area, Himachal Pradesh.Himalayan Geology (Dehradun) 12: 91-97.

4. 1982 Palaeoenvironments of Siwaliks and the prospects of finding Plio-Pleistocene hominids. “Mem. Environmental Anthropology” Anthrop. Surv India, Dehradun, 18pp.

5. 1983 The first record of Early Stone-Age tools of Man from Ghumarwin, Himachal Pradesh Current Science (Bangalore) 52: 126-127.
6 1985 Late occurrence of Sivapithecus in Indian Siwaliks. Journal of Human Evolution (London) 14: 573-578.

7 1988 On Human Ancestry: A New Perspective In: Current Anthropological & Archaeological Perspectives (Ed.K.L.Bhowmik). Vol I. Man, pp 57-88. Inter- India Publications: New Delhi.

8 1988 The latest occurrence of Sivapithecus in Indian Siwaliks and phyletic Implications. In: Current Anthropological & Archaeological Perspectives (Ed.K.L.Bhowmik). Vol I. Man, pp. 89-96.Inter- India Publications: New Delhi
9 1988 On Ramapithecus-Sivapithecus biological kinship Indian Jour. Phys. Anthrop & Human Genetics (Lucknow) 14(3): 1-12.

10 1990 A Re-thinking on the ‘Human Great Ape’ cladogenesis and the Last
Common Ancestor. Jour. Anthrop. Surv. India. (Calcutta) 39: 169-190.

11 1991 An anthropological look on Ramapithecus and Sivapithecus
Siwalik Hominoids .Jour. Himalayan Geol. (Dehradun) 2(2): 169- 177.

12 1993 Ancient human skeletal remains from Kurmitha in Birbhum District, West Bengal: A Preliminary Study. J. Anthrop Surv. India 42 (2): 139-42.

13 1994 Current phylogenetic status of the Neogene Hominoids in Human Ancestry. World Archaeology Congress-3, Theme Neogene & Quaternary, New Delhi, pp. 1-17.

14 1996 How old is Man? Science Courier (Calcutta) Vol 7 (2): 20-22.

15 1997 Fossil Clavicle of Middle Pleistocene Hominid from the Central Narmada Valley, India Journal of Human Evolution (London) 32:3–16.

16 1997 A New Human Fossil find from the Central Narmada Basin and its Chronology. Current Science (Bangalore) 73 (12): 1110-1111
17 1997 An X-ray diffractometric study of Crystalline Phase in some human crania of contemporary, historical and ancient India. Jour. Anthrop. Survey of India (Calcutta) 41(1): 57-68.

18 1998 Palaeoanthropological explorations in the Central-Western Narmada Valley: A salvage operation report. In: Narmada Basin: Land and People (Ed. D. Tyagi) pp. 1-35. Calcutta: Anthropological Survey of India.

19 1998 A Re-appraisal of the phylogenetic status of the Neogene hominoids in human ancestry: In: V. Bhalla Festschrift Volume (ed. I. J. S. Jaiswal) Physical Anthropology & Human Genetics: Contemporary Perspectives, pp. 128-146, Asia Vision (Ludhiana).
20 1999 The place of Narmada Hominid in the Jigsaw Puzzle of Human Evolution. In: “Quaternary of India” (Eds. M.P. Tiwari and D.M. Mohabay), Gondwana Geological. Magazine Spl. Vol. 4 pp. 335-345.

21 1999 Hominid and human origins: How to look at the Indian evidence in World Perspective. In Professor Ashok K. Ghosh Memorial Session, Man and Environment”: Jour. Deptt Anthrop. Univ. Cal. (Calcutta) Vol 5:149- 151 (1998-1999).

22 2001 Evidence of Surgery in Ancient India: Trepanation at Burzahom (Kashmir) over 4000 years ago. [George H.L. Weber co-author]. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
(London) 11:375-380.

23 2003 Indian Sivapithecus and Homo: A re-thinking before a Linking. In: “Understanding People of India: An Anthropological in sight. (Ed. A.K. Kalla & D.K. Bhattacharya), pp. 207-216. Delhi: Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi.
24 2004 Fossil Clavicle of Hominid from Narmada. In: Pre-historic Art and Archaeology of South Asia Series-1: Palaeolithic Age, Vol.-1, pp. 150-163. Eds D.P. Sharma, S.K. Singh & Madhuri Sharma. Delhi: Bharat Kala Prakashan.
25 2004 The place of Narmada Hominid. In: Pre-historic Art and Archaeology of South Asia Series-1: Palaeolithic Age, Vol.-1, pp. 140-149. Eds D.P. Sharma, S.K. Singh & Madhuri Sharma. Delhi: Bharat Kala Prakashan.
26 2005 New fossils of the Early Stone Age Man from Central Narmada Valley. Current Science 88: 704-707 (Bangalore).

27 2005 Human Fossil Evidence from Narmada ValleyHumankind Vol. 1: 103-115 [IGRMS, Bhopal]
28 nd What is wrong with Ramapithecus? In: Human Origins in India: Genomic, Palaeontological and Archaeological Evidences. Eds V.R. Rao & A.R. Sankhyan.
29 nd The post-cranial fossils of Narmada Homo and their Significance.In: Human Origins in India: Genomic, Palaeontological and Archaeological Evidences. Eds V.R. Rao & A.R. Sankhyan.

30 nd Status of Palaeoanthropological Research in North Eastern India.In: Human Origins in India: Genomic, Palaeontological and Archaeological Evidences. Eds V.R. Rao & A.R. Sankhyan.
31 nd Narmada Valley Project: A note on Latest Fossil and Palaeolithic findings. (Joint).

In: Human Origins in India: Genomic, Palaeontological and Archaeological Evidences. Eds V.R. Rao & A.R. Sankhyan.
32 2005 Human fossil Finds from India: Current Status In: Proceedings of the Prof. Iravati Karve Birth Centenary Seminar, Deccan College, Pune, Dec 2005,pp1-15.
33 2006 Contributions of Indian Palaeoanthropology to Human Welfare In: National Seminar on: Role of Anthropology in Human Welfare.HS GOUR University Sagar (MP), 16-17th February 2006.

[B] Publications In the field of Population Genetics, Demography & Adaptation:

1 1979 A note on colorblindness among the Sunni Muslims of Dehradun, India. (joint) J. Physical Anthrop. & Human Genetics (Lucknow). 5: 81-84
2 1979 Aspects of certain bilateral traits in a tribal population of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Bull. Anthrop. Surv. India (Calcutta) 28: 7-11.
3 1979 Selection intensity in the Bhoksa of Doon Valley, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Joint)
Bull. Anthrop. Surv. India (Calcutta) 28: 12-16.

4 1979 Taste sensitivity to PTC in the Bhoksa of Dehradun. (Joint)
J. Indian Anthrop. Soc. (Calcutta) 14: 275-280.
5 1980 Isonomy in two Punjabi isolates of India..
Acta Anthropogenetica (Patiala) 4: 181-185
6 1981 Reproductive life of Bhoksa women. (Joint)
Annals of Human Biology (London)
8: 361-370.
7 1981 A serological analysis of the Bhoksa of Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Joint)
Acta Anthropogenetica (Patiala) 5: 157-168.
8 1985 Incidence of middle phalangeal hair among the Bhoksa (joint)
Human Science (Calcutta) 34: 42-47.
9 1988 Manual digital formulae among the Bhoksa of Dehradun, U.P., India. (Joint)
Human Science (Calcutta) 34: 42-47.

10 1988 Population genetic and other studies on the Bhoksa of Dehradun (joint) Human Science (Calcutta) 37(3): 273- 297.
11 1988 Some trends of demographic change in the Tharu of Nainital District (U.P)

In: Tribal Situation in Uttar Pradesh, Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society spl. Volume (Lucknow), 11pp.
12 1992 Selection-intensity among Jaunsaries. In: The Himalayas and the
Himalayans. (Ed.M.K.Raha), India, pp.147-153.. Calcutta:
Anthropological Survey of India.
13 1992 Marriage structure or the Jaunaries. (Joint) In: The Himalayas and the
Himalayans. (Ed.M.K.Raha), India, pp. pp154-165. Calcutta:
Anthropological Survey of India.
14 1992 Taste sensitivity to PTC among Garhwali Brahman and Rajput. In: The Himalayas and the
Himalayans. (Ed.M.K.Raha), India, pp. pp203-209. Calcutta: Anthropological Survey of India
16 1993 Adaptability of human foot in some Indian population. South Asian Anthropologist (Ranchi) 15 (Nos. 1 & 2):
17 1994 On Simian Crease in some Tribal populations of Central and Western
Himalayas.
.J. Anthrop. Surv. India 43 (3 & 4): 215-221.
18 1996 A Bioanthropological Report
In People of India: Himachal Pradesh (Ed. B.R.Sharma
& A.R. Sankhyan), Anthropological Survey of India and Manohar, Delhi, pp. 674-684.
20 1997 . On Simian Crease: A Three coordinate Approach. (Joint)
J. Anthrop Surv. India 44: 111-117 (1995 issue).


[C]: Publications in Ethnography / Social-Cultural Anthropology:

1. 1996. Introduction. In: People of India: Himachal Pradesh, In: People of India: Himachal Pradesh (Ed. B.R. Sharma and A.R. Sankhyan; K.S. Singh (Gen.Ed.), (eds) Volume XXIV, pp. 1-22. Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India and Manohar.

2. 1996. Ethnographic Reports In: People of India: Himachal Pradesh, [As stated, on the following communities:

Himachal Pradesh:

1 Abdal
2 Acharaj
3 Ard Popo
4 Badhai
5 Bangali
6 Bard
7 Battarha
8 Bazigar
9 Bharai
10 Bharare
11 Bhojki
12 Bujru
13 Chamar
14 Chandel Rajput
15 Chhimba
16 Dhobi
17 Dagoli
18 Darain
19 Daule
20 Dumna
21 Bhanjra 22 Faqir
23 Ghai
24 Ghirath
25 Hadi
26 Hesi
27 Jat
28 Jheevar
29 Julaha
30 Khatri
31 Kumhar
32 Labana
33 Lohar
34 Mahajan
35 Megh
36 Mirasi
37 Nai
38 Nar
39 Od
40 Pharera
41 Raeen
42 Sansi
43 Sansoi
44 Sarehde
45 Sood 46 Sunar
47 Sunhak
48 Thathiar
49 Thavi
50 Thuana

Chandigarh Volume:

51 Bharbhunja
52 Dhea
53 Gaderiya
54 Mirasi
55 Dhobi

(D) PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

1. 1978 Evolution of Hipparion in Sivaliks: Note on a new find. In:Anth. & Arch. Section. Ind. Sci. Cong. Association. 66th Session. Ahmedabad, Jan., 1978.

2. 1978 On Simian Crease: A three coordinate approach. Ind.Soc.Hum.Genet. & Internat.Symp.Population Structure and Human Variation In India, Mumbai.

3. 1978 On Simian Crease in some populations of Central and Western Himalayas.
5th Ann. Conf. Ethn. & Folk Cult. Soc., Lucknow.

4. 1980 Middle phalangeal hair among Garhwali Brahman and Rajput. International.
Symposium on Human Growth & Dermatoglyphics and All India Seminar On Human Variation India. Patiala, Feb. 1980.

5. 1985 Man shared a late common ancestry with the Asian Organgutan and not with the African Chimpanzee or Gorilla. In: Anth & Arch.Section, 72nd.Session Ind. Sci. Congress. Association, Lucknow, Jan., 1985.

6. 1986 Ethnicity and Adaptability of human foot in India. 73rd Session Ind. Sci.Cong. Association. Delhi, Jan., 1986.

7. 1986. A fresh look on the Miocene Hominoidea and the problem of last commonAncestry. 73rd Sess. ISCA. Jan. 1986.

8. 1986 Hominoid-Hominid divergence: An overview of the stratopheoric evidence.UGC Seminar on Anthropology in India: Problems and Prospects.Punjab University, Chandigarh. March., 1986.

9. 1988 some trends of demographic change in the Tharu of Nainital (Uttrakhand)Seminar on Tribal Situation in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow, Feb., 1988.

10. 1989 Reassessing Sivapithecus-Ramapithecus relationships.In.Anth.&Arch.Section.76th Session Ind.Sci.Cong.Asso.,Madurai (T.N), Jan,1989.

11. 1989 Anthropological Museums: Some recent palaeoanthropological considera-tions. Seminar of National Museum of Man, Bhopal, May, 1990.

12. 1989 Re-claiming Human-Orangutan Common Ancestry: Evidence from enamelMicrostructure and stereophotogrammetry of the hominoid molars. Anth. &Arch. Section. 77th Session Indian Science Congress, Cochin, Feb., 1990.

13. 1989 An anthropological look on Sivapithecus and Ramapithecus Siwalik Hominoids. Seminar on Himalayan Geology. WIHG, Dehradun, April 1990.

14. 1989 Re-naming of some Sub-Himalayan Extinct Apes. Seminar On HimalayanGeology. WIHG, Dehradun, April. 1990.

15.1990 Hunches of the Molecular Theory of Human Evolution. Anth. & Arch. Section. 78th Session. Indian Science Congress Association. Indore.Jan 91.

16. 1991 Perspectives of hominid origins with special reference to the Indian
continent. Anth. & Arch. Section, 79th Session. Indian Science Congress
Association., Baroda. Jan., 1992.

17. 1992. Prospects of Palaeoanthropological studies in the Central Western NarmadaValley, Madhya Pradesh. Anth. & Arch. Section. 80thSession. Indian.Sci.Congress Association, Goa, Jan., 1993.

18. 1997 Human Origins in India: New Fossil Evidence. Anth & Arch. Section 84thSession, Indian Science Congress Association, Delhi, Jan 1997.

19. 1998 The Relationship between the skullcap and the collarbone of the NarmadaPleistocene Man.Anth. Arch. Section. 85th Session, Ind. Sci. Congress. Association, Hyderabad, Jan, 1998.

20.1999 Platycleidy in human evolution with reference to Narmada Man. Anth & Arch Section of 86th session Ind. Sci. Cong. Assn., Chennai, Jan 1999.

21.2000 Human dental health in evolutionary perspective. Seminar of Indian Anthropological Society, Viswabharati, Feb, 2000.

22. 2000 Dental reduction in human evolution: trend towards a new species, Homo edentalis? Seminar on Man & Environment, Calcutta University.

23. 2001 The Indian ‘Eve in her Bio-cultural context. Anth. & Arch. Section 88th Ind. Science Cong. Asson. Annual conference New Delhi. Jan 2001.

24. 2001 Sexual dimorphism in evolutionary perspective. Seminar of IndianAnthropological society held at Jhargram (Midnapur) April 2001.

25.2003. Status of North Eastern Region in the Palaeoanthropological Scenario of India: An Overview. In the proceedings of the Golden Jubilee Seminar of the North East regional center of the Anthropological Survey of India, Shillong.

26. 2004. Aging, sexing, and estimation of body dimensions from the Clavicle Fossil of Narmada Hominid. In the 90th session of the Indian Science Congress Association, Jan, 2003, Chandigarh.

27. 2005. Narmada Project: Recent Stone Tool and Fossil faunal findings. In: Proceedings of the Prof. Iravati Karve Birth Centenary Seminar, Deccan College, Pune, Dec 2005,pp.1-3.


III. THE RESEARCH PROJECTS WORKED IN

1. ‘All India Bio-Anthropological Survey’ (National Project). 3-25 months’Fieldwork conducted during 1976 (Delhi City) & 1980 (in Rohtak, Amritsar & Srinagar City).

2. ‘Search for the earliest hominoids in the Sivaliks’. (In collaboration with Punjab University, Chandigarh) 5 months field work done in Phase-I, 1976In Ramnagar (J&K and Phase-II, 1978 in Ramnagar, Khanpur and Nagrota(J7K), Jaintia Devi (Punjab), Nada Sahab and Moginand (Haryana ).

3. ‘SearchfortheEarliestHominoidsinSivaliks’(Individual Project).5monthsfield work conducted in and around Haritalyangar area, Bilaspur, HimachalPradesh during 1979 to 1981.

4. PopulationGenetic Study of Central and Western Himalayas’ (Regional Project). 2 months field work conducted during 1976 among the Ladakhis,District Ladakh (J&K)/

5. ‘PopulationGeneticStudyofthe Bhoksa tribe of Uttar Pradest’ (Regional Project). 2 months field work conducted in Sahaspur, Dehradun during 1977.

6. ‘Genetic demography of a Polyandrous Society’ (Regional Project). 1-2 months field work conducted on the Jaunsaris, Jaunsar Babar, Dehradun distt. During 1979.

7. ‘Tribes in Contemporary India’ (National Project). 2 months field wor conducted on the Tharu, Nainital, U.P., during 1982.

8. ‘Study of Human Origins and Variation’(National Project). 0.75 monthsfield work conducted in Pleistocene Sirsa Terraces of Nalagarh (H.P),1984.

9. ‘People of India’ (National Project). 8 months field work conducted in Himachal Pradesh from 1985 to 1990 (continued) and 47 communities studied. field work in Chandigarh (U.T.) and 5 communities studied in 1989. Total 53 communities studied and reports submitted.

10. ‘Study of Human Origins and Variation’ (National Project) 0.75 monthsFieldwork concucted in Central Narmada Valley of Madhya Pradesh During November-December, 1990.

11. ‘Palaeoanthropological Salvage Operations in the Naramada Valley (Cengral-Western Valley). M.P. 0.75 months’ field work done during 1992.

12. Palaeoanthropological Explorations in the rock shatters caves in theChhota Nagpur Plateau of Bihar, with colonel Dr. A.K. Prasad, of Eastern Command, Fort William, Calcutta, during May 1997.

13. Narmada Valley Explorations and Excavations. Principal Investigator of the National Project. Commenced in June 2005.

IV. DISSERTATION
“A Study of Fossil Vertebrates from the Middle Sivalik beds near Haritalyangar, Himachal Pradesh”. M.Sc., dissertation, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 1974.




 

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