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Title Prof. First Name G.V.R. Last Name PRASAD Photograph Designation Professor Address Department of Geology, Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110 007
Phone No Office 011-27667073 Residence 011-27662568 Mobile 9868207140 Email [email protected]
Web-Page Educational Qualifications Degree Institution Year Ph.D. Panjab University, Chandigarh 1986 M.Phil. / M.Tech. PG Vikram University, Ujjain 1981 UG Vikram University, Ujjain 1979 Certificate Course in French Panjab University, Chandigarh 1984 Diploma Course in French Panjab University, Chandigarh 1985 Career Profile
January(25) 1986 to Lecturer (ad-hoc), CAS in Geology, Panjab University,
May (10) 1986 Chandigarh
October(20) 1986 to Lecturer, Deptt of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu
August (6) 1992
August(7) 1992 to Reader, Deptt of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu
April (17)1998
April (18) 1998 Professor, Deptt of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu to October (19)
2008
October (20) 2008 Professor, Department of Earth Science, Indian Institute of Science to November (30) Education & Research – Kolkata (IISER-K)
2009
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December (1) 2009 Professor, Department of Geology, University of Delhi, to date Delhi
Administrative Assignments
2002-2003 – Head, Department of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu.
2005-2007 – Head, Department of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu.
2006-2008 – Convener, Board of Studies in Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu.
2016 to date – Head, Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi.
Areas of Interest / Specialization
Vertebrate Palaeontology – Evolution of Mesozoic Vertebrates with special reference to biogeographic origins, diversity and evolution of Mesozoic Mammals of India, and Cretaceous Palaeobiogeography of India.
Subjects Taught
Vertebrate Palaeontology Stratigraphy Principles of Palaeontology Evolution of Life Through Time
Research Guidance
List against each head (If applicable) 1. Supervision of awarded Doctoral Thesis A) Dr.Chanchal Kumar Khajuria B) Dr.Somnath Kundal C) Dr.Kulwant Singh D) Dr.Varun Parmar E) Dr.Omkar Verma F) Dr.Supreem Singh Jamwal G) Dr.L.Ranjit Singh H) Dr.Pooja Grover 2. Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under progress A) Rajkumari Priyadarshini Devi (submitted thesis) B) Deepak Singh Kshetrimayum C) Harsha Dhiman D) Manjit Singh Kinni 3. Supervision of awarded M.Phil dissertations A) Late Verender Singh Jaipuria www.du.ac.in Page 2
B) Chanchal Kumar Khajuria C) Somnath Kundal D) Supreem Singh Jamwal
Publications Profile List against each head(If applicable) (as Illustrated with examples) 1. Books/Monographs (Authored/Edited) "Biological consequences of plate tectonics: New perspectives on post Gondwanaland break-up" – Under review (Springer)
2. Research papers published in Refereed/Peer Reviewed Journals
2018. Dhiman, H., Prasad, G.V.R. & Goswami, A. Parataxonomy and palaeobiogeographic significance of dinosaur eggshell fragments from the Upper Cretaceous strata of the Cauvery Basin, South India. Historical Biology doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1450408.
2017. Prasad, G.V.R., Pandey, D.K., Alberti, M., Fursich, F.T., Thakkar, M.G. & Chauhan, G. D. Discovery of the first ichthyosaur from the Jurassic of India: Implications for Gondwanan palaeobiogeography. PLOS ONE 12(10): e0185851.
2017. Kapur, V.V., Das, D.P., Bajpai, S. & Prasad, G.V.R. First mammal of Gondwanan lineage in the early Eocene of India. Comptes Rendus Palevol 16: 721-737.
2017. Halliday, T.J.D., Prasad, G.V.R. & Goswami, A. Faunal similarity in Madagascan and Indian Late Cretaceous vertebrate faunas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 468: 70-75 (Amsterdam).
2017. Prasad, G.V.R., Verma, V., Sahni, A., Lourembam, R.S. & Priyadarshini, R.K. Elasmobranch fauna from the Cretaceous Bagh Group, Narmada valley, India: Palaeobiogeographic context. Island Arc doi.org/10.1111/iar.12200 (Tokyo, Japan).
2017. Rathore, A.S., Grover, P., Verma, V., Lourembam , L.S. & Prasad, G.V.R. Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) non-marine ostracod fauna from Khar, a new intertrappean locality, Khargaon district, Madhya Pradesh, India. Palaeontological Research 21(3): 215-229 (Sendai, Japan).
2017. Parmar, V., Prasad, G.V.R. & Norboo, R. Middle Miocene small mammals from the Siwalik Group of northwestern India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.11.023
2017. Lourembam, R.S., Prasad, G.V.R. & Grover, P. Ichthyofauna (Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes) from the Upper Cretaceous intertrappean beds of Piplnarayanwar, www.du.ac.in Page 3
Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India. Island Arc 26(1) doi.org/10.1111/iar.12180 (Tokyo, Japan).
2016. Parmar, V., Magotra, R., Norboo, R. & Prasad, G.V.R. Rodent-based age appraisal of the Lower Siwalik Subgroup of Kalaunta, Ramnagar, Jammu, India. Alcheringa 41: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2016.1196435
2016. Prasad, G.V.R., Verma, V., Grover, P., Priyadarshini, R.K., Sahni, A. & Lourembam, R.S.Isolated archosaur teeth from the top of Coralline Limestone (Bagh Group) of the Narmada valley: Evidence for the presence of abslisaurrids in pre-Maastrichtian sediments. Island Arc 25: 410-420 (Tokyo, Japan).
2016. Halliday, T.J.D., Cuff, A.R., Prasad, G.V.R., Thanglemmoi, M.S. & Goswami, A. New record of Egertonia (Elopiformes, Phyllodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous of South India. Papers in Palaeontology 2016 (U.K.): 1-8.
2015. Prasad, G.V.R., Sharma, A., Verma, O., Khosla, A., Singh, L.R. & Priyadarshini, R.K. Testudoid and crocodiloid eggshells from the Upper Cretaceous Deccan Intertrappean Beds of Central India. C.R. Palevol 14: 513-526 (Paris).
2015. Parmar, V. & Prasad, G.V.R. Cricetid rodents from the Lower Siwalik Subgroup of Jammu, India: Biochronological Significance. Palaeoworld 24: 324-335 (Nanjing, China).
2014. Prasad, G.V.R. & Sahni, A. Vertebrate fauna from the Deccan volcanic province: Response to volcanic activity, in Keller, G., and Kerr, A.C., eds., Volcanism, Impacts, and Mass Extinctions: Causes and Effects: Geological Society of America Special Paper 505, p. 1–18.
2014. Fabre, Anne-Claire, Cornette, R., Boyer, D.B., Prasad, G.V.R., Hooker, J. & Goswami, A. A
three-dimensional morphometric analysis of the locomotory ecology of Deccanolestes, a eutherian
mammal from the late Cretaceous of India". J. Vertebr. Paleontol.: (Chicago).
2013. Prasad, G.V.R., Verma, O., Flynn, J.J. & Goswami, A. A new Late Cretaceous vertebrate fauna from
the Cauvery basin, South India: Implications for Gondwanan palaeobiogeography. J. Vertebr.
Paleontol. 33(6): (Chicago).
2013. Parmar,V., Prasad, G.V.R. & Kumar, D. The first multituberculate mammal from India.
Naturwissenschaften 100: 515-523 (Berlin).
2013. Goswami, A., Prasad, G.V.R., Verma, O., Flynn, J.J. & Benson, R.B.J. A troodontid dinosaur
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from the latest Cretaceous of India. Nature Communications (London) 4:1703 DOI:
10.1038/ncomms2716/WWW.nature.com/naturecommunications.
2013. Parmar, V., Singh, S., Priyadarshini, R.K., Sharma, U.K. & Prasad, G.V.R.2013. Fossil
Fish Remains from the Upper Oligocene-Early Miocene Indus Molasse, Ladakh Himalaya. Proc.
Ind. Nat. Sci. Acad. 79(2): 167-176 (New Delhi).
2012. Prasad,G.V.R. Vertebrate biodiversity of the Deccan Volcanic Province of India:
A comprehensive review. Bull. Geol. Soc. France 183 (6): 597-610 (Paris).
2012. Verma, O., Prasad, G.V.R., Khosla, A. & Parmar, V. Late Cretaceous godwanatherian
mammals of India: Distribution, interrelationships and biogeographic implications. J. Palaeontol.
Soc. India 57(2): 1-10 (Lucknow, India).
2012. Parmar, V. & Prasad, G.V.R. Fossil fish fauna from the Lower Siwalik beds of
Jammu. J. Palaeontol. Soc. India 57(1): 43-52(Lucknow, India).
2012. Bajpai, S., Prasad, G.V.R., Prasad, V., Krishna, J. & Sarkar, A. Recent advances in
Phanerozoic biodiversity, bioevents and climate in India. Proc. Ind. Nat. Sci. Acad.
(New Delhi).
2012. Verma, O., Prasad, G.V.R., Goswami, A. & Parmar, V. Ptychodus decurrens Agassiz
(Elasmobranchii: Ptychodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous of India. Cretaceous Research
33: 183-188 (London).
2011. Goswami, A., Prasad, G.V.R., Upchurch, P., Boyer, D., Seiffert, E., Verma, O., Gheerbrant,
E. & Flynn, J. J. A radiation of arboreal basal eutherian mammals beginning in the Late
Cretaceous of India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of
USA 108(39): 16333-16338 (Washington, DC).
2011. Underwood, C., Goswami, A., Prasad, G.V.R., Verma. O. & Flynn, J.J. Marine vertebrates
from the ‘middle’ Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) of South India. Journal of Vertebrate
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Paleontology 31(3): 539-552 (Chicago).
2011. Prasad, G.V.R. Vertebrate palaeontological research in India: Recent advances and future
prospects. In: Jaitley, A.K., Singh, A.D., Pandey, B. & Som Nath (eds), Palaeontology and
Stratigraphy: Basic to Applications, Book of Lecture Series, p.49-58, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi.
2010. Archibald, J. D., Clemens, W. A., Padian, K., Rowe, T., MacLeod, N.,
Barrett, P. M., Gale, A., Holroyd, P., Sues, HD., Arens, N.C., Horner, J.R., Wilson, G.P.,
Goodwin, M. B., Brochu, C.A., Lofgren, D.L., Hurlbert, S.H.,
Hartman, J.H., Eberth, D.A., Wignall, P. B., Paul B. Wignall, Currie, P.J., Weil,
A., Prasad, G.V.R., Dingus, L., Courtillot, V., Milner, A., Milner, A., Bajpai, S.,
Ward, D.J. & Sahni, A. Multiple causes, not a single cause for terminal
Cretaceous extinctions. Science 328: 973 (Washington D.C.).
2010. Prasad, G.V.R., Verma, O., Gheerbrant, E., Goswami, A., Khosla, A., Parmar, V. & Sahni, A. First mammal evidence from the Late Cretaceous of India for biotic dispersal between India and Africa at the K/T transition. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 9: 63-71(Paris).
2010. Boyer, D.M., Prasad, G.V.R., Goswami, A., Krause, D.W., Godinot, M., Verma, O. & Flynn, J.J. New postcrania of Deccanolestes from the Late Cretaceous of India and their bearing on the evolutionary and biogeographic history of euarchontan mammals. Naturwissenschaften 97(4): 365-377 (Berlin). 2009. Prasad, G.V.R. Divergence time estimates of mammals from molecular clocks
and fossils – Relevance of new fossil finds from India. Journal of Biosciences 34 (5): 649-659 (Bangalore). 2009. Prasad, G.V.R. & Sahni, A. Late Cretaceous continental vertebrate fossil record from India: Palaeobiogeographical insights. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de
France 180(4): 369-381 (Paris). 2009. Khosla, A., Sertich, J.J.W., Prasad, G.V.R. & Verma, O. Dyrosaurid remains from the intertrappean beds of India and the Late Cretaceous distribution of the Dyrosauridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4): 1321–1326 (Chicago).
2009. Vijaya, Prasad, G.V.R. & Singh, K. Late Triassic palynoflora from the Pranhita
Godavari valley, India: evidence from vertebrate coprolites. Alcheringa 33: www.du.ac.in Page 6
91-111 (Australia).
2008. Prasad, G.V.R. & Bajpai, S. Agamid lizards from the Early Eocene of Western
India: Oldest Cenozoic lizards from South Asia. Palaeontologia Electronica
11(1) 4A:19p.
2008. Sahni, A. & Prasad, G.V.R. Geodynamic evolution of the Indian plate:
Consequences for dispersal and distribution of biota. Golden Jubilee Memoir of the Geological Society of India 66: 203-225 (Bangalore).
2008. Nolf, D., Rana, R.S. & Prasad, G.V.R. Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) fish otoliths from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds, India: a revision. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 78: 239-259 (Brussels).
2008. Bhat, G.M., Kundal, S.N., Pandita, S.K. & Prasad, G.V.R. Depositional origin of
tuffaceous units in the Pliocene Upper Siwalik Subgroup, Jammu (India), NW
Himalaya. Geolgical Magazine 145(2): 279-294 (Cambridge).
2007. Prasad, G.V.R., Verma, O., Sahni, A., Parmar, V.& Khosla, A. A Cretaceous hoofed mammal from India. Science 318: 937 (Washington D.C.)
2007. Prasad, G.V.R. & Manhas, B.K. A new docodont mammal from the Jurassi Kota Formation of
India. Palaeontologia Electronica 10(2), 7A:11p, (U.K.).
2007. Prasad, G.V.R., Verma, O., Sahni, A., Krause, D.W., Khosla, A. & Parmar, V. A new Late Cretaceous Gondwanatherian mammal from Central India. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 73(1): 17-24 (New Delhi).
2006. Parmar, V. & Prasad, G.V.R. Middle Miocene rhizomyid rodent (Mammalia)
from the Lower Siwalik Subgroup of Ramnagar, Udhampur District, Jammu &
Kashmir, India. Neues Jahrbuch f r Geologie und Pal ontologie,
Abhandlungen 6: 371-384(Stuttgart).
2006. Singh, R. S, Kar, R. & Prasad, G.V.R. Palynological constraints on the age of
mammal-yielding Deccan intertrappean beds of Naskal, Rangareddi District, Andhra Pradesh. Current Science 90(9): 1281-1285 (Bangalore). www.du.ac.in Page 7
2005. Prasad, G.V.R. , Kundal, S.N. & Bhat, G.M. Mandible of Golunda (Rodentia, ammalia) from the Upper Siwalik Subgroup of Jammu, India. Annales de Paléontologie 91: 181-196 (Paris). 2005. Prasad, G. V. R., Bajpai, S., Singh, S. & Parmar, V. First cricetid rodent (Class Mammalia) from the Ladakh Molasse, Northwestern Himalaya, India: Age implications. Himalayan Geology Spl. Volume 26(1): 85-92 (Dehradun).
2004. Prasad, G. V. R. & Rage, J.-C. Fossil frogs (Amphibia: Anura) from the Upper Cretaceous intertrappean beds of Naskal, Andhra Pradesh. Revue de Paléobiologie 23(1): 99-116 (Geneva).
2004. Khosla, A., Prasad, G. V. R., Verma., O., Jain, A. K. & Sahni, A. Discovery of a micromammal-yielding Deccan intertrappean site near Kisalpuri, Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh. Current Science 87(3): 380-383 (Bangalore).
2004. Rage, J.-C., Prasad, G. V. R. & Bajpai, S. Additional snakes from the uppermost Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of India. Cretaceous Research 25: 425-434 (London).
2004. Bajpai, S., Whatley, R. C., Prasad, G. V. R. & Whittaker, J. F. An Oligocene non-marine ostracod fauna from the Basgo Formation (Ladakh Molasse), NW Himalaya, India. Journal of Micropalaeontology 23: 3-9 (London).
2002. Prasad, G.V.R. & De Lapparent, F. Late Cretaceous crocodile remains from Naskal (India):Comparisons and biogeographic affinities. Annales de Paléontologie 88(1): 19-71 (Paris). 2002. Prasad, G. V. R. & Manhas, B. K. Triconodont mammals from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Geodiversitas 24(2): 445-464 (Paris ).
2002. Cione, A.L. & Prasad, G.V.R. The oldest known catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Asia (India, Late Cretaceous). Journal of Paleontology 76(1): 190-193
(Kansas).
2002. Evans, S.E., Prasad, G.V.R. & Manhas, B.K. Fossil lizards from the Jurassic
Kota Formation of India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 (2): 299-312
(Chicago).
2001. Prasad, G.V.R. & Manhas, B.K. First docodont mammals of Laurasian affinity from India. Current Science 81 (9): 101-104 (Bangalore).
2001. Evans, S.E., Prasad, G.V.R. & Manhas, B.K. Rhynchocephalians
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(Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133: 309-334 (London).
2001. Vijaya & Prasad, G.V.R. Age of the Kota Formation, Pranhita-Godavari valley,
India: A palynological approach. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of
India 46: 77-93 (Lucknow).
2001. Patnaik, R., Sahni, A. & Prasad, G.V.R. Tooth enamel microstructure of a Late
Cretaceous Gondwanatherian mammal from India. Journal of the
Palaeontological Society of India 46: 15-23 (Lucknow).
2001. Rage J.C., Gupta S.S. & Prasad G.V.R. Amphibians and Squamates from the
Neogene Siwalik beds of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 75 (2): 197- 205 (Stuttgart).
2001. Gupta, S.S. & Prasad, G.V.R. Micromammals from the Upper Siwalik Subgroup of the Jammu
region, Jammu and Kashmir State, India: Some constraints on age. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie
und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 220 (2): 153-187 (Stuttgart).
2000. Bajpai, S. & Prasad, G. V. R. Cretaceous age for Ir-rich Deccan inter-trappean
deposits: Palaeontological evidence from Anjar, western India. Journal of the Geological
Society, London 157: 257-260 (Bath).
1998. Khajuria, C.K. & Prasad, G.V.R. Taphonomy of a Late Cretaceous
mammal-bearing microvertebrate assemblage from the Deccan inter-trappean
beds of Naskal, peninsular India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology,
Palaeoecology 137: 153-172 (Amsterdam).
1998. Thappa, B.D., Raina, B.K. & Prasad, G.V.R. Splenial and Vomerine dentitions
of pycnodont fish from the upper part of the Subathu Formation (Eocene),
Malyuriyar, Rajauri District, Jammu and Kashmir. Journal of the Geological
Society of India 51, 543-550 (Bangalore). www.du.ac.in Page 9
1997. Prasad,G.V.R. & Manhas, B.K. A new symmetrodont mammal (Kotatherium
yadagirii nov. sp., ? Tinodontidae) from the Lower Jurassic Kota Formation,
Pranhita – Godavari valley, India. Geobios 30 (4) : 563-572 (Villeurbanne).
1997. Krause, D. W., Prasad, G. V. R., Koeningswald, W.V., Sahni, A. & Grine, F. E.
Cosmopolitanism among Gondwanan Late Cretaceous mammals. Nature
390: 504-507 (London).
1995. Prasad,G.V.R. & Khajuria, C.K. Implications of the infra- and inter-trappean
biota from the Deccan, India, for the role of volcanism in Cretaceous - Tertiary
boundary extinctions. Journal of the Geological Society , London 150, 289-296 (Bath). 1995. Prasad,G.V.R., Khajuria, C.K. & Manhas, B.K. Palaebiogeographic significance
of the Deccan infra- and inter-trappean biota from peninsular India. Historical
Biology 9, 319-334 (London).
1995. Rage, J.-C., Cappetta, H., Hartenberger, J.-L., Jaeger, J.-J., Sudre, J., Vianey-Liaud,
M., Kumar, K., Prasad, G.V.R., Sahni, A., 1995. Collision age. Nature 375, 286.
1995. Prasad,G.V.R. & Rage, J.C. Amphibians and squamates from the Maastrichtian
of Naskal (India). Cretaceous Research 16, 95-107 (London). 1994. Prasad,G.V.R. & Godinot, M. Eutherian tarsal bones from the Late Cretaceous
of India. Journal of Paleontology 68(4), 892-902 (Kansas). 1994. Khajuria, C.K., Prasad, G.V.R. & Manhas, B.K. Palaeontological constraints on
the age of Deccan Traps. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 31(1), 21-32 (Berlin).
1994. Prasad,G.V.R., Jaeger, J.J., Sahni, A., Gheerbrant, E. & Khajuria,C.K. Eutherian
mammals from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) inter-trappean beds of
Naskal, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(2), 260-277
(Chicago).
1994. Godinot, M. & Prasad,G.V.R. Discovery of Cretaceous arboreal eutherians. Naturwissenschaften 81, 79-81 (Berlin).
1993. Prasad,G.V.R. & Cappetta,H. Late Cretaceous selachians from India and the age www.du.ac.in Page 10
of the Deccan Traps. Palaeontology 36(1), 231-248 (London).
1992. Rage, J.C. & Prasad,G.V.R. New snakes from the Late Cretaceous Maastrichtian) of Naskal , India. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und
Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 187: 83-97 (Stuttgart).
1991. Prasad,G.V.R. & Rage, J.C. A discoglossid frog in the Late Cretaceous
(Maastrichtian) of India. Further evidence for a terrestrial route between India
and Laurasia by the latest Cretaceous. Comptes rendus de l’Academie des
Sciences, Serie II , 313, 273-278 (Paris). 1990. Prasad, G.V.R. & Khajuria, C.K. A record of microvertebrate fauna from the
inter-trappean beds of Naskal, Andhra Pradesh. Journal of the
Palaeontological Society of India 35, 151-161 (Lucknow). 1989. Prasad, G.V.R. Vertebrate fauna from the infra- and inter-trappean beds of
Andhra Pradesh: Age implications. Journal of the Geological Society of India
34, 161-173 (Bangalore).
1988. Prasad,G.V.R. & Sahni, A. First Cretaceous mammal from India. Nature 332
(6164): 638-640 (London).
1987. Prasad, G.V.R. & Sahni, A. Coastal-plain microvertebrate assemblage from the
terminal Cretaceous of Asifabad, Andhra Pradesh. Journal of the
Palaeontological Society of India 32, 5-19 (Lucknow).
1987. Prasad, G.V.R. Squamules of osteoglossid fish from the inter-trappean beds of Pargi, Andhra Pradesh. Current Science 56(24), 1270-1272 (Bangalore).
1984. Sahni, A., Rana, R.S. & Prasad, G.V.R. SEM studies of thin egg shell fragments
from the inter-trappean (Cretaceous-Tertiary transition) of Nagpur and
Asifabad, peninsular India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India
29, 26-33 (Lucknow).
3.Research papers published in Academic Journals other than Refereed/Peer Reviewed Journals
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2005. Prasad, G.V.R. Mammalian perspective of Late Cretaceous palaeobiogeography
of the Indian subcontinent. Gondwana Geological Magazine, Spl Volume 8:
111-122 (Nagpur).
1991. Prasad, G.V.R. & Singh, V. Microvertebrates from the inter-trappean beds of
Rangareddi District, Andhra Pradesh and their biostratigraphic significance.
Bulletin of the Indian Geologists Association 24(1), 1-20 (Chandigarh).
1987. Prasad, G.V.R. Fossil fish remains from the inter-trappean beds of Duddukuru,
Andhra Pradesh. Bulletin of the Indian Geologists Association 20(2), 33-39
(Chandigarh).
1986. Prasad, G.V.R. A new microvertebrate assemblage from the Lower Jurassic
Kota Formation, Gorlapalli, Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh. Indian Society
of Geoscientists Bulletin 2, 3-13 (Lucknow).
1986. Prasad, G.V.R. Microfossil assemblage from the inter-trappean beds of
Asifabad, Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh. Research Bulletin (Science)
Panjab University 37 (3-4), 65-77 (Chandigarh).
1986. Sahni, A., Prasad, G.V.R. & Rana, R.S. New Palaeontological evidence for the age and initiation of Deccan Volcanics, Central peninsular India. Gondwana Geology
Magazine 1, 13-24 (Nagpur).
1984. Sahni, A. & Prasad, G.V.R. Pleistocene mammals from a new locality near
Asifabad, Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh. Bulletin of the Indian Geologists
Association 17(2), 159-165 (Chandigarh).
4.Research papers published in Refereed/Peer Reviewed Conferences
2009. De Lapparent de Broin, F., Prasad, G.V.R., Bajpai, S., & Verma, O. Chelonian remains from the Upper Cretaceous Deccan Intertrappean Beds of peninsular www.du.ac.in Page 12
India: review, new material and comparisons. Proceedings of Gaffney Turtle Symposium, Special Publication of the Royal Tyrrell Museum, pp. 95-97 (Alberta). 2008. Prasad, G.V.R., Singh. K., Parmar, V., Goswami, A. & Sudan, C.S. Hybodont shark teeth from the continental Upper Triassic deposits of India. In:Mesozoic Fishes 4 – Homology and Phylogeny Arratia, G. (ed), G. Arratia, H.-P. Schultze & M. V. H. Wilson (eds.): Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, (München, Germany) pp. 413-432. 2006. Prasad, G.V.R., Verma, O. & Parmar, V. An overview of Mesozoic mammalian
research in India. IXth International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial
Ecosystems and Biota 2006, pp.101-104, Paul M.Barrett & Susan E.Evans (eds),
Manchester, Cambridge Publications, U.K.
2004. Arratia, G., López-Arbarello, A., Prasad, G. V. R., Parmar, V. & Kriwet, J. Late Cretaceous – Palaeocene percomorphs (Teleostei) from India - Early radiation of Perciformes. In: Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates 2. Fishes, Arratia, G., Wilson, M. V. H. & Cloutier, R. (eds), pp. 635-663, Verlag Dr. FriedrichPfeil, (München).
2004. Prasad, G.V.R., Manhas, B.K. & Arratia, G. Elasmobranch and actinopterygian remains from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of India. In: Mesozoic Fishes 3 - Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity, Arratia, G. & Tintori (eds), pp. 625-638, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, (München, Germany).
1999. Prasad, G. V. R. & Sahni, A. Were there size constraints on biotic exchanges
during the northward drift of the Indian plate? In. Gondwana Assembly :
New Issues and perspectives, eds Sahni, A. & Loyal, R.S. Proceedings of the
Indian National Science Academy, 65, A, 3: 377-396 (New Delhi).
1999. Sahni, A. & Prasad, G. V. R. Late Cretaceous biogeographic affinities of
the Indian subcontinent: New perspectives. Proceedings of the International
Symposium on Shallow Tethys (ST) 5, pp.375-379 (Chiang Mai, Thailand).
1996. Prasad, G.V.R. & Khajuria, C.K. Palaeoenvironment of the Late Cretaceous mammal-bearing inter-
trappean beds of Naskal, Andhra Pradesh, India. In: L.Rama Rao Volume on Cretaceous www.du.ac.in Page 13
Stratigraphy and Environments, Ed. Sahni, A. (Bangalore: B.B.D. Power Press; Geological Society
of India Memoir 37), 337-362.
1996. Sahni, A., Venkatachala, B.S., Kar, R.K., Rajanikanth, A., Prakash, T., Prasad, G.V.R. & Singh, R.Y. New palynological data from the Deccan inter-trappean beds: Implications for the latest record of dinosaurs and synchronous initiation of the volcanic activity in India. In: L.Rama Rao Volume on Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Environments, Ed. Sahni, A. (Bangalore: B.B.D. Power Press; Geological Society of India Memoir 37), 267-283. 1996. Bhatia, S.B., Prasad, G.V.R. & Rana, R.S. Maastrichtian non-marine ostracodes
from peninsular India: Palaeobiogeographic and age inplications. In: L.Rama Rao
Volume on Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Environments, Ed. Sahni, A.
(Bangalore: B.B.D. Power Press; Geological Society of India Memoir 37),
297-311.
1987. Sahni, A., Rana, R.S. & Prasad, G.V.R. New evidence for intercontinental
Gondwana relationships based on late Cretaceous-earliest Palaeocene coastal
fauna from peninsular India. Proceedings of the Sixth International Gondwana
Symposium, American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Monograph 41:
207-218 Ohio).
5. Research papers Published in Conferences/Seminar other than Refereed/Peer Reviewed Conferences Other publications (Edited works, Book reviews, Festschrift volumes, etc.)
2017. Dhiman, H., Verma, V. & Prasad, G.V.R. Preliminary study of microstructure and taphonomy of dinosaur eggs and nests of the Upper Cretaceous Lameta Formation, near Padyala, Lower Narmada valley, India. In: Advanced Micropaleontology, Kathal, P.K., Nigam, R. & Talib, A. (eds), pp. 211-232, Scientific Publishers, New Delhi, India. 2008. Prasad, G.V.R. Sedimentary basins and fossil records. In: Glimpses of Geoscience Research in India , Singhvi, A.K., Bhattacharya, A, & Guha, S. (eds), The Indian Report to IUGS 2004-2008, Indian National Science Academy, pp.90-96. 1990. Bhatia, S.B., Prasad, G.V.R. & Rana, R.S. Deccan volcanism a late Cretaceous
event: Conclusive evidence of ostracodes. Contributions to the Seminar cum
Workshop IGCP 216 & 245 at Chandigarh, India, February, 1990, 47-49. www.du.ac.in Page 14
1990. Prasad, G.V.R. & Khajuria, C.K. Late Mesozoic mammals from India and their
significance. Contributions to the Seminar cum Workshop IGCP 216 & 245 at
Chandigarh, India, February 1990, 50-51.
1990. Prasad, G.V.R. & Srinivasan, S. Gurmatkal inter-trappean beds: Age
reassessment. Contributions to the Seminar cum Workshop IGCP 216 & 245
at Chandigarh, India, February 1990, 113-114.
1988. Sahni, A., Jaeger, J.J., Rana, R.S. & Prasad, G.V.R. Takli Formation and coeval
Deccan inter-trappeans. Proceedings of the Symposium on Palaeocene of
India: limits and subdivisions at Lucknow, India, November 1986, 28-33.
List against each head (If applicable) 1. Organization of a Conference
A. Brainstorming Session on “Palaeontological Research in India: Future Directions” sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi and held at the University of Jammu, Jammu from 9-10 October, 2006.
B. 18th Group Monitoring Meet and Young Scientist Award Programme Committee held at the University of Jammu, Jammu from 14-17 December, 2006.
C. Organised a session on “Evolution of Indo-Pakistan biotas from the break-up of Gondwanaland (Late Jurassic) to the initiation of the collision with Eurasia (Eocene): between endemism and dispersals in association with Gregoire Metais and D. De Franceschi at the 5th International Palaeontological Congress held at Sorbonne University, Paris, France from 9-13 July, 2018.
2. Participation as Paper/Poster Presenter
1. Presented a talk on “Isolation of the Indian subcontinent during its northward drift phase- www.du.ac.in Page 15
consequences for the evolution of life and biotic interchanges at the 5th International Palaeontological Congress held at Sorbonne University, Paris, France from 9-13 July, 2018. 2. Brainstorming Session on Indian Stratigraphic Nomenclature held at INSA, New Delhi from 22-23 February, 2018.
3. Delivered a talk on “The Science of Fossils” on 18th November, 2017 to participants in the Workshop on Integrative Taxonomy held at the Department of Environmental Studies under the sponsorship of MOEFCC.
4. Delivered a plenary talk on 3rd March, 2017 at the 12th Jammu & Kashmir Science
Congress held at the University of Jammu.
5. Invited talk at Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France on July 10, 2016 On “Untangling the conundrum of Cretaceous vertebrate fauna of the northward drifting Indian plate”.
6. 12th International Symposium on “Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems” & IIIrd International Symposium of IGCP Project 608 held at Shenyang, China from 16-20 August 2015.
7. XII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science held at Goa from 13-17 July, 2015.
8. 74th Annual Meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology held at Berlin, Germany from 5-8 November, 2014.
9. IInd International Symposium of IGCP Project 608 held Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan from 4-10 September, 2014.
10. Ist International Symposium of IGCP Project 608 held at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India from 20-27 December, 2013.
11. TWAS 12th General Conference and 23rd General Meeting held at Tianjin, China from 18-21 September 2012.
12. Invited talk on “Evolution of Early Mammals in Gondwanaland: New perspectives from India” at the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Beijing, China on September 17, 2012.
13. Invited talk on “Mesozoic mammals from India: Stratigraphic distribution, diversity and palaeobiogeographic context” at 34th International Geological Congress held at Brisbane, Australia from 5-10, August 2012. www.du.ac.in Page 16
14. Delivered a talk on “Relevance of fossils from northward drifting Indian plate in untangling Cretaceous Palaeobiogeographic riddle” at the Annual Meeting of Delhi University Botanical Society, Delhi, May 24, 2012.
15. Prof.M.R.Sahni Memorial lecture on “Evolution of early mammals in Gondwanaland: New perspectives from India” at Lucknow University, Lucknow, March 3, 2012.
16. Participated in the DST-CSIR sponsored Brainstorming Session on “Goals of Solid Earth Geoscience in India in the next decade” held at IIT Kharagpur from September 6-7, 2012.
17. 59th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy held at Lyme Regis, Dorset, U.K from 12-17 September, 2011.
18. Prof. M.R.Sahni memorial lecture on “Deccan Volcanic Province: Biodiversity, Age and Palaeobiogeography" at Panjab University, Chandigarh, February 11, 2011.
19. Keynote address on “Vertebrate Palaeontological Research in India: Recent Advances & Future Prospects” at the workshop on Palaeontology and stratigraphy: Basics to applications held at BHU, Varanasi , February 27-28, 2011.
20. Keynote address at the National Seminar on Geodynamics, sedimentation and biotic response in the context of India-Asia collision held Aizwal from 26-28 November, 2009
21. International Conference on Vertebrate Palaeobiogeography and continental bridges across Tethys, Mesogaea, and Mediterranean Sea held at Bologna, Italy from 28-29 September 2009.
22. 69th Annual Meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology held at Bristol University, Bristol, U.K. from 23-26 September, 2009.
23. Invited talk on “Vertebrate faunal dispersals in and out of the Mobile Indian Raft” delivered at the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France on 17th April, 2008.
24. 67th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology organized by Texas University at Austin, USA from 17-20 October, 2007.
25. 1st International Palaeobiogeography Symposium organized by Paris University VI and Museum Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle at Paris from 10- 13 July, 2007. www.du.ac.in Page 17
26. Field Workshop in Ladakh Himalaya organized by the University of Delhi in collaboration with National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad and sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, from 5-12 July, 2006.
27. Field Workshop on the “Cretaceous Fatehgarh Formation of Barmer basin, Rajasthan (state)”, organized by Jodhpur University, Jodhpur and sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, from 25-26 March, 2006.
28. Fourth International Meeting on “Mesozoic Fishes, Homology, and Character Definition” to be held at Madrid, Spain from 8-14 August, 2005.
29. Workshop on “Recent Advances and Perspective Challenges in Indian Non- Marine Late Cretaceous” organized by Gondwana Geological Society, 23-25 April, 2005 at Nagpur.
30. First Jammu & Kashmir State Science Congress held at the University of Jammu, Jammu from 7-9 February, 2005
31. IIIrd DST PMC Group Monitoring workshop held at Madras University, Chennai from 22-24 December, 2004.
32. Invited talk delivered at the Institut für Paläontologie, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany on “Implications of the Deccan intertrappean biota for the duration of volcanism, K/T boundary extinctions and Palaeobiogeography” in December 2002
33. Third International Meeting on “Mesozoic Fishes – Systematics, Palaeoenvironments and Biodiversity”held at Serpiano, Switzerland from 26-31 August, 2001.
` 34. Invited talk delivered at the Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, University College London, London on “Terminal Cretaceous biota from peninsular India: Palaeobiogeographic Implications” in January 2000.
35. International Symposium on Shallow Tethys (5), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1-5 February, 1999.
36. X th National Workshop on “Electron Microscopy”, Chandigarh, 12-23 May, 1998.
37. Workshop on “Foreland Basins of Himalaya”, Jammu, 16-19 March, 1998.
38. Second International Meeting on “Mesozoic Fishes - Systematics and the www.du.ac.in Page 18
Fossil Record”, Buckow, Berlin, Germany, 6-11 July, 1997.
39. DST “Interaction Meeting on NW Himalayan Geotransect Programme (NWHGP)”, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun, 30-31 August, 1996
40. Group Discussion and Field Meeting on “Anjar K/T Section”, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 8-11 November, 1995.
41. DST “Interaction Meet of Earth Scientists”, Jammu, 21-23 August, 1995.
42. Project Monitoring Workshop of EMR Schemes of Earth and Environmental Sciences Research Committee, CSIR, New Delhi, 21 November, 1994.
43. IX th International Gondwana Symposium on “Gondwana Geology, Geophysics, and Mineral Resources”, Hyderabad, 10-14 January, 1994.
44. Training Course on “Coaliferous Fossil Fuel Resources of India: Parameters of Studies in Palynology and Biodiagenesis”, BSIP, Lucknow, 13-20 December, 1993.
45. Department of Science & Technology “Brain Storming Session on Palaeobiochemistry”, Chandigarh, 9-10 December, 1993.
46. IXth Convention of Indian Geological Congress and Seminar on “Acquisition and Appreciation of Modern Techniques in Earth Sciences Related Industries”, Thanjavur, 5-7 October, 1993.
47. Workshop on “Major Stratigraphic Boundaries in India”, Jammu, 27-29 November, 1991.
48. Seminar cum Workshop (IGCP 216 & 245) on “Cretaceous Event Stratigraphy and the Correlation of the Indian Non-marine Strata”, Chandigarh, February, 1990.
49. XIIIth Indian Colloquium on Micropalaeontology and Stratigraphy, Lucknow, 23-25 January, 1989.
50. National Seminar on “Stratigraphic Boundary Problems in India”, Jammu, 7-9 April, 1988.
51. Symposium on “Palaeocene of India”, Lucknow, 14-16 November, 1986. 5-12 July, 2006.
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Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration) Research Projects Completed 1. “Young Scientist Project” funded by the Department of Science & Technology, New
Delhi on a research problem entitled “Microvertebrate palaeontology of the infra- and
inter-trappean beds of peninsular India with special reference to biostratigraphy,
palaeoecology, and palaeogeography”.
2. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, funded project on
“Microvertebrate biostratigraphy and mammalian phylogeny of the Upper Gondwana
sediments (Kota Formation), Adilabad, A.P.”.
3. DST funded major project on “Microbiota from Continental Sedimentary Sequences
in the Indus and Shyok Suture Zones, Ladakh Himalaya: Age and Biogeographic
affinities”.
4. DST funded multidisciplinary project on “Tectonics, P-T Constraints and Timing of
India-Asia Collision along the NW Himalayan Geotransect” under HIMPROBE
Programme”(One of the Principal Investigators in a multiinstitutional,
multidisciplinary project).
5. Taxonomic diversity and biogeographic affinities of Cretaceous microvertebrate
fauna of India under DST-DAAD project based personal exchange programme.
6. DST funded major project on “Mesozozoic mammalian faunal changes:
The fossil record from India”. Research Collaborations American Museum of Natural history(AMNH), New York, USA (Collaborator – Dr.John J.
Flynn)
University College London, U.K. (Collaborator – Dr.Anjali Goswami)
Laboratoire de Paléontologie, MNHN, Paris, France (Collaborators - Drs. Jean-Claude Rage,
Emmanuel Gheerbrant.
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Awards and Distinctions
Honours
1. Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA), New Delhi
2. Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc.), Bangalore 3. Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (FNASc.), Allahabad
4. Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
5. Fellow of the Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Science
International & Nationa Awards / Recognitions 1. J.C.Bose National Fellowship - 2015 – 2020 2. J.C.Bose National Fellowship -2010-2015. 3. Visiting Scientist at the Muséum National de Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France – (1st June to 3rd August 2017). 4. Visiting Scientist at Muséum National de Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France (1st may-6th July 2016). 5. Visiting Scientist at the Muséum National de Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France – (1st March 2008 to 31st May 2008).
6. Samuel P. & Doris Welles Fund, University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley – 2007.
7. Collections Study Grant of American Museum of Natural History, New York – 2007. 8. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Preparator’s Grant Award – 2006.
9. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize – 2003 10. L. Rama Rao Birth Centenary Award – 2003 11. University Grants Commission Research Award for 1999 – 2002
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12. National Mineral Award (Govt. of India) for the year 1994 13. National Geographic Field Grants (1993-1995).
Association With Professional Bodies
1.Editing - Associate Editor, Journal of Earth System Science (2013-2016).
2. Guest Editor – Island Arc, Special Volume on Land-Ocean linkages and biotic evolution during the Cretaceous: Contribution from Asia and Western Pacific (IGCP 608). 3. Regional Coordinator – International Geological Correlation Programme Project 608 (Cretaceous Ecosystems and their responses to palaeoenvironmental changes in Asia and western Pacific, 2013-2018)
4. Member – Editorial Board, Geological Society of India, Bangalore, India (201 - 201.
5. Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Geosciences (2014-to date).
6. Member, Editorial Board, The Palaeobotanist (2015 onwards).
7.Reviewing - Reviewer for Current Science, Geological Society of India, Palaeontological Society of India, Episodes, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Journal of Earth System Science, Palaeoworld, Historical Biology, Geological Society of America, Royal Society Open Science, Island Arc etc.
Advisory Committees and Boards
Chairman, Expert Committee, DST Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists (2015-2018).
Chairman, Expert Committee for Swarnajayanti Fellowship (DST)(2015-2017).
Member INSA INSPIRE Faculty Selection Committee (2016-to date)
Member, CSIR’s Earth & Environmental Sciences and Sub-Committee of Earth Sciences Committee on Disaster Preparedness (2015-2018).
Member, Governing Body of Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow (2014-2017 ).
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Member, Research Advisory Committee of Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow (2014-2017). Member, UGC Advisory Committee for DRS in Geology, Anna University, Chennai(2013-2017).
Chairman, Expert Committee, DST Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists (2012-2015).
Member, UGC Advisory Committee for DRS in Geology Department, Dibrugarh University, Chandigarh (2013-2017).
Member, UGC Advisory Committee for Centre of Advanced Study in Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2012-2016).
Member, Governing Body of Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow (2011-2014 ). Member, Governing Body of School of Open Learning, Univerrsity of Delhi (2014-2016).
Member, Governing Body of Miranda House, University of Delhi (2011- 2013).
Member, Governing Body of School of Open Learning, Univerrsity of Delhi (2011-2013).
Member, National Committee of IUGS-SCL-INQUA (2008-2011). Member IGCP Project – 506 (Marine and Non-Marine Jurassic: Global Correlation and Major Geological events). Member, Governing Body of Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow (2007-2010). Member, Research Advisory Committee of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun (2007-2010). Member, Department of Science & Technology (New Delhi) Program Advisory Committee (2007-2012). Member, Department of Science & Technology (New Delhi) Funds for Infrastructure in Science & Technology Subject Expert Committee in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
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(2005-2008). Member, Department of Science & Technology (New Delhi) Program Advisory Committee (2004-2007). Member, Management Advisory Committee, DST Young Scientist Programme (1999-2003)
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