Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Anjali Trivedi
Scientist C
Address Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, INDIA email: [email protected] Phone +91-0522-2742933 (O) Fax: +91-522-2740485 Fields of Specialization : 1. Quaternary Palaeovegetation and Palaeoclimate 2. Melittopalynology
Areas of investigation:
In recent times working on Quaternary palaeovegetation and palaeoclimatic studies on Gangetic Plain, based largely on pollen and other proxies such as geochemical, sediment texture etc. retrieved specially from the lakes lying close to ancient settlement sites .
Ph.D. Thesis based on “Vegetational History and Inferred Climate in Jammu Region Through Lake Sediment Palynological Studies”.
AWARDS AND HONOURS Junior Research Fellow 1999 to 2001 in Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow as under DST Sponsored Project (ESS/ CA/A4- 22/96) to reconstruct vegetation and climate change in Jammu region during Quaternary period. Awarded Senior Research Fellowship of CSIR from 2002 to 2004 at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow and continued work from Jammu. Thesis entitled “Vegetational History and Inferred Climate in Jammu Region Through Lake Sediment Palynological Studies”. Awarded Research Associate by CSIR, New Delhi from 2007-2010 to work on the Research project (09/107(0312)/2006-EMR-1) entitled “Holocene vegetation and climate change of the Central Ganga Plain”. Awarded “BRPM Gold Medal” by the Governor for the best research paper presentation in the 21st Annual Session of “Academy of Environmental Biology” on Nov. 7, 2000 at Acharya Narendra Dev Agriculture University, Faizabad. Awarded Women Scientist Scheme (WOS-A) (SR/WOS-A/ES-18/2009) entitled “Studies on Quaternary vegetation, climate change and human habitation in the Central Ganga Plain”.
Awarded Young Scientist Research Project (SR/FTP/ES-127/2010) entitled “Multiproxy records for Quaternary palaeoclimatic change, vegetation dynamics and relative human impact on the environment in the Central Ganga Plain”under Fast track scheme by DST, New Delhi in 2010.
Awarded CAS-TWAS (Third World Academy of Sciences) Post Doctoral Fellowship 2010 at Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing, China.
Awarded CAS-TWAS (Third World Academy of Sciences) Visiting Scholar Fellowship 2012 at Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing, China.
PAPERS PUBLISHED Sharma, C., Trivedi, A. and Malik, M. A. 2001. Modern pollen/spore rain in Surinsar and Mansar lakes, Jammu. Geophytology, 31(1&2):9-17. Bera, S. K., Trivedi, A. and Sharma, C. 2002. Trapped pollen and spores from spider webs in Lucknow environs. Curr. Sci. 83(12): 1580-1585. Bera, Subir, Ghorai, N., Mandal, K. C., Bera, S. K. and Trivedi. A. 2004. The role of Syphrus Serarus Wied. as a pollinator in Darjeeling Hills, West Bengal, India: a palynological assessment. Geophytology 34 (1&2): 105-109. Trivedi, A. and Chauhan, M. S. 2008. Pollen Proxy Records of Holocene vegetation and climate change from Mansar Lake, Jammu region, India. Curr. Sci. 95(9): 1347-1355. Trivedi, A. and Chauhan, M. S. 2009. Holocene vegetational history and palaeoenvironment in the Jammu region (Surinsar Lake), Northwest Himalaya. Jour. Geol. Soc.
Phartiyal, B., Appel, E., Kotlia, B. S., Blaha, U., Trivedi, A. and Sharma, C. 2010. Late Quaternary environments in the Kumaun Lesser Himalayas, India- deduced from multi-disciplinary techniques, Quaternary International, 213 (1-2): 44-55. Trivedi, A., Singh, D S., Chauhan, M. S., Arya, A., Bharadwaj, V. and Awasthi, A. 2011. Vegetation and climate change around Ropanchapra tal in Deoria district, Central Ganga Plain during last 1.35 ka. Jour. Palaeontol. Soc. India. 54(2):39-43.
Trivedi, A., Tiwari, D.P. and Chauhan, M.S. 2011. Modern Pollen rain of Jalesar lake Unnao, Utter.Pradesh. Jour. of Palynology. 47: 11-21.
Chauhan, M.S. & Trivedi, A. 2011. Pollen analysis of honey from Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh. Jour. Apli. Biosci. 37 (1): 48-51.
Trivedi A., Chauhan, M. S., Sharma, A., Nautiyal, C. M. and Tiwari D. P.2012. The palaeovegetation and palaeoclimate during Pleistocene- Holocene from Jalesar lake, district Unnao, Uttar Pradesh. Curr. Sci. 103 (5): 555-562.
Trivedi, A., Kotlia, B.S. & Joshi, L.M. 2011. Mid Holocene vegetation shifts and climate change in the temperate belt of Garhwal Himalaya. The Palaeobotanist. 60: 291-298.
Trivedi A., Tiwari, D. P., Chauhan M.S. & Nautiyal C. M. Preliminary results on the palaeovegetation during Holocene-Pleistocene from Jalesar Lake, District Unnao, Uttar Pradesh. Report on Sanchankot Excavation, Department of AIH & Archaeology, Lucknow University, Lucknow (In Press)
Trivedi, A. and Chauhan, M. S. Holocene climatic inferences from lacustrine sediments from Jammu region. Man and Environment (In Press)
Papers communicated:
Trivedi, A., Chauhan, M.S., Sharma, A., Nautiyal, C.M. & Tiwari, D.P. Late Pleistocene-Holocene palaeovegetation and palaeoclimatic records from Central Ganga Plain: a multiproxy study from Jalesar Lake, Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Quaternary International. (Revised)
Chauhan, M.S., Trivedi, A. & Sharma, A. Pollen analysis of multifloral honeys from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jour. of Env. Bio.
Farooqui, A., Swindles, G., Trivedi, A. & Chauhan, M.S. Distribution of testae amoebae (thecamoebians) in a desiccating lake, India. European Journal of Protistology.
ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED Sharma, C., Dixit, Anjali and Malik, M. A. Palaeoclimatic inferences from lacustrine sediments from Surinsar Lake, Jammu. XVII Indian Colloquium on Micropaleontology and Stratigrapy, Feb. 2000 Vikram University, Ujjain. Sharma, C., Dixit, Anjali and Sekar, B. Holocene climatic inferences of lacustrine sediments based on pollen and chemical analyses. 21st Annual Session of Environmental Biology. Nov. 2000. Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad. Sharma, Chhaya and Trivedi, Anjali. Palaeoclimatic inferences from lacustrine sediments from Mansar lake, Jammu. Second International Conferences of Plants and Environmental Pollution (ICPEP-II). 04-09 Feb, 2002, NBRI, Lucknow. Phartiyal, B., Sharma, C., Kotlia, B S., Sanwal, J and Trivedi, Anjali. Climatic variations in the Kumaon Himalaya over the past 21 Ka BP deduced from multidisciplinary techniques. 17th Himalayan Karakoram Workshop, Sikkim, India, 25-27 March, 2002, Gangtok, Sikkim. Trivedi, Anjali. Holocene climatic variation from lacustrine sediments from Jammu Region, India. International Conference on Asian monsoon variability during the past change (Amv-PGC), India, 11- 14 September, 2007. Dixit, Anjali, Amit Awasthi, Vikram Bhradwaj and Dhruv Sen Singh. Holocene climate change, A study based on Ropan Chhapra Tal, Deoria district, Ganga plain. Indian Association of Sedimentologists XXIV convention and National seminar on Sedimentary basins of India and their Economic Resources, India, 4-6 March, 2008. Trivedi, Anjali. Holocene vegetation and climate change in the Jammu region, based on pollen proxy records. National Seminar on Glacial geomorphology and Palaeoglaciation in Himalaya, 14-15 March, 2008. Dhruv, Sen, Singh, Anjali, Dixit, Amit Awasthi and Vikram Bhradwaj. Late Holocene history of Chhoti Gandak area, Deoria district, Ganga Plain. Conference of Plant Life Through The Ages. BSIP, 16-17 Nov, 2008 Singh, M.P. and Trivedi, Anjali, Tiwari, D.P. Proxy pollen records of climate change and human impact on the environment in the central Ganga plain. Indian Science Congress, 3-7 January 2009. Trivedi, A. Tiwari, D. P and Verma, S. Modern pollen deposition in Jalesar lake, Unnao, Utter Pradesh National. Conference on Quaternary Geological Processes: Natural Hazards and Climate Change, 25-26 February 2009. Trivedi, Anjali, Chauhan, M.S., Tewari, D.P., Nautiyal, C.M., Sharma, A. & Singh, M.P. Vegetation, climate change and human habitation in the Central Ganga Plain since 43,000 yr BP, based on pollen records from Jalesar Lake, Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh. International Conference of Indian Archaeological Society and special Seminars on Recent Archeological Achievements in India, AIH & Archaeology Department, Lucknow University, Lucknow, December, 28-30, 2010. Zhi-Yong Zhang, Volker Mosbrugger, Khum N. Paudiyal, Trivedi, Anjali Cheng-Sen Li. The relationships of modern pollen Data with climatic parameters in Central Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. International conference on Plant, Culture and Environment (ICPE), Xinxiang city, Hinan Province, P. R. China, September 20-23, 2012.
CONFERENCES AND TRAINING ATTENDED Field excursion and Training Programme on Late Coenozoic Dinoflagellates Cysts- February 14-16, 2011. BSIP, Lucknow.
China visit from 1st May 2011 to 31st April, 2012 under TWAS Post Doctoral Fellowship.
International Conference of Indian Archaeological Society and special Seminars on Recent Archaeological Achievements in India, AIH & Archaeology Department, Lucknow University, Lucknow, December, 28- 30, 2010. National Conference on Quaternary Geological Processes: Natural Hazards & Climate Change, CAS in Geology, Lucknow University, Lucknow, 25-26 February 2009. National Seminar on Glacial Geomorphology and Palaeoglaciation in Himalaya, CAS in Geology, Lucknow university, Lucknow, 14-15 March, 2008. International Conference on Asian Monsoon variability during the Past Changes (Amv-PGC), India, Department of Geology, Nainital University, Nainital, 11-14 September, 2007 Second International Conference of plant and Environmental Pollution (ICPEP II), NBRI, Lucknow, February, 04-09, 2002. Indian Science Congress, Lucknow University, Lucknow, January, 03-07, 2002. Contact Course on Advanced Training in Palaeobotany organized by Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, October, 3-10, 2001. DST sponsored Winter School –Training course on Precambrian Palaeobiology: Techniques and Methodology, December, 04-18, 2000. Report submitted Stratigraphical distribution of Ediacaran biota in the Krol Tal sequence of lesser Himalaya under winter programming sponsored by DST and organized by CAS in of Geology, Lucknow University, December, 2000. Short course on deep water sedimentary systems: Key advances, latest techniques and currents trends, Geology Department, Jammu University, Jammu October, 24-30, 1999. XVI- Convention Indian Association of Sedimentologists (An International meeting), Jammu University, Jammu, October, 24-30, 1999. MEMBERSHIP OF SOCIETIES
Life member of “Palaeontological Society of India” Department of Geology, Lucknow. Life member of “Academy of Environmental Biology” ITRC, Lucknow. Member of “Palaeobotanical Society of India” BSIP, Lucknow. Membership of International Society of Applied Biology, Lucknow.