ISSN No. 0972-2718
June 2001 www.bsip-india.org
About us Foundation Day The Birbal Sahni Institute of The Institute celebrated its 54th Foundation Day on September 10, 2000. On this occasion 'Fourth Jubilee Commemoration Lecture' Palaeobotany, Lucknow was on 'Research in the Universities and linkages with Natiol1al Institutions' established in the year 1946by the eminent ScientistProf.BirbalSahni. was delivered by Prof. K.B. Powar, Secretary General, Since then the Institute has made a Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi. He emphasized mark ofits own and grown to newer use of state-of-the-art technology to give a new impetus to heights. It has a commitment to scientific research. Prof. Ashok Sahni, Chairman, Governing Body disseminate palaeobotanical of the Institute presided over the function and reiterated close knowledge. Botanical and collaboration among centres of learning. Many guests and geological aspects of scientists from and outside the Institute graced the occasion. Palaeobotanical researches are being pursued through .new Founder's Day infrastructural facilities. The Pushpanjali on the Samadhi of Founder Prof. Birbal Sahni was Institute has many publications in offered by the Institute's staff and distinguished guests from the form of Journal, Monographs, other organisations on November 14, 2000 - the Founder's Day Thematic issues, Catalogues and of the Institute. On this day, two memorial lectures were also offerscontractand consultancy services. Keeping pace with organised- '30th Birbal Sahni Memorial Lecture' was delivered by developments in the new Shri B.C. Bora, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Oil and millennium, computational Natural Gas Corporation Limited, New Delhi on the topic 'Fossil facilities and investigations of fuels and energy security'. The speaker emphasised need for finding global climatic change have alternative sources of energy through augmentation of applied provided new impetus to Palaeobotany. Researches on identified Thrust Areas pertaining to Antiquity of Life, Gondwana Supercontinent,Coal Bed Methane, Petroliferous basins and Climatic/ Monsoonal Changes have yielded interesting results. Science popularization activities through lectures, exhibitions and reiated activities have attracted many students and public. The Institute is in the process of formulating newer frontlineresearchprojectsfor Xth Five-Year Plan. The present Newsletter contains some of the activities collectively participated by the staff.
A view of Founder's Day Function Distinguished Speakers
Prof. K.B. Powar A view of exhibition on Earthquake in Gujarat Fourth Golden Jubilee Commemoration Lecture researches on hydrocarbon and Publications Released other potential sources. '46th 1. A thematic volume of Sir Albert Charles Seward Memorial Lecture on 'Some The Palaeobotanist 49(2) on North-East India. front line areas in Biology' was delivered by Prof. S.s. 2. The Palaeobotanist. . . 49(3) Raghuvanshi, Ex-Prof. of compnsmg vanous Botany, Lucknow University, research papers. Lucknow. He highlighted 3. Bilingual Annual recent trends in modern Report 1999-2000. biological researches and their 4. Newsletter 2000. implications on societal needs. Prof. Ashok Sahni, Chairman, 5. Current Awareness Service Bulletin of BSIP Governing Body of the Institute presided over the Shri B.C. Bora Library. function. 30th Birbal Sahni Memorial Lecture
(Late) Dr. 55. Raghuvanshi 46th Sir Albert Charles Seward Memorial Lecture Staff offering floral tributes on Founder's Day
2 Exhibitions observing the day as an open On the occasion of Mahakumbh House. Shri C.V. . at Allahabad, largest religious Singh, General congregation of humanity on Manager, Tata earth, the Institute took part in Engineering and an exhibition on Vigyan Locomotive Darshnam from 15th January to Company 31st January 2001 which was Limited, organised by Department of Lucknow Science and Technology, New delivered a Delhi and participated by other lecture on 'Six Scientific Institutions. Many Sigma and devotees and visitors took innovation for keen interest in our exhibition Global and educated themselves. competitiveness'. Students visiting exhibition stall during the Kumbh Mela, An exhibition was also held at Allahabad. Lucknow University in the National month of December 2000, on citizens of Lucknow visited the the occasion of Lucknow Vishva Science Day Institute. Vidyalaya Mahotsav. Plant fossils The Institute organised an were displayed which attracted exhibition on earthquake in large number of students and Gujarat on the occasion of National general public. National Science Day on Technology Day February 28, 2001. Posters Engineer's Day were erected depicting BSIP celebrated National Institute joined the Nation in earthquake genesis and Technology Day on 11th May celebrating Engineer's Day on precautionary measures. A 2001 by organising lectures 15th September, 2000 by number of students and from Institute Scientists.
Science Motivation Camp
A ScienceMotivation other labs of the Institute. Camp for talented Lectureswere also arranged for students was jointly them. organisedby the Director Prof. A. K. Sinha Institute and the gave away the prizes to the Institute for Integrated winners. The aim of holding Society Development, such camps is to create interest Lucknow. The students in young students towards were taken around the science. Museum, Herbarium and
The student of science lives in a world of fragments. Nothing in that vast array of visible things that we call Nature appears to our restricted vision as a complete picture. True Artist that He is, the Creator never reveals the whole of His design at once. Like a child with a jigsaw puzzle we try to piece together the fragments of the picture. - Birbal Sahni
3 Research Findings The find of a lichen (Everniastrum cirrhatum), from Thanetian- Early the cultural stratum datable Ypresian), Tal between 1300 and 800 B.C. at Valley area of Uttaranchal. Imlidih-Khurd, Gorakhpur District (UP.), is significant to Two types of decipher its use as an cyanobacteria are identified as ingredient of spices and filamentous medicine. Vernacularly known as 'Chharila', it occurs on the Palaeoscytonema bark of trees in the temperate sp. and coccoid Gloeocapsomorpha prism Zalessky 1917. It is .3 ::3 postulated Cyanobacterial mats basal horizon of the Subathu .'3 that these cyanobacterial mats were laid down in a low relief pr~tecte.d intertidal-supratidal zones of slowly rising Subathu epIcontmental sea during transgression. (Vandana Prasad & Samir Sarkar)
'Plitranjeeva' (Drypetes roxbllrghii) with holes made across them from Announcement Imlidih-Klmrd, Gorakhpur (Ca 1300• 800 B.c.) strW1g up in a necklace Contact Course on form (scale in mm) Advanced Training in Palaeobotany, October 2001 forests of Himalayas, at elevations of 1000-4000m. The Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany is organising a Contact use of 'Putranjeeva' (Drypetes Course on Advanced Training in Palaeobotany from October 3rd to roxburghii) nuts is also evidenced in the cultural 19th 2001. The course will cover 7 days (October 3-10) teaching lexicon at the same site and the and practical demonstration at Lucknow, one day (October 12) Field Workshop at Jabalpur (M.P.), and 6 days (October 13-18) name signifies the life of the child referring to the stones of teaching around Jabalpur to cover Gondwana and Tert~ary the fruit being worn as sequences. Experienced and eminent palaeob?tams~s, palynologists, palaeontologists, botanists and geologIsts ":111 necklaces by children to ward deliver talk on various disciplines of Palaeobotany and allIed off any harm. A few nuts with subjects. The participants will be acquainted with t~e late.st holes made in them suggest knowledge of Palaeobotany in Indian context. In the fIeld tnp that they had been strung up as they will be provided geological information and will also be a necklace. It is a unique entitled to collect fossils/samples from different sites. Interested evidence of a definite aspect of human occult belief and candidates are required to send (before June 30th, 2001) application with full bio-data and area of specialisation along with activity. a bank draft of Rs. 4,0001- (Registra tion fee - Rs. 10001- (US$ (KS. Saraswat) 500) + Field Training Programme - Rs. 3,0001-(US$ 1500)) through Well preserved fossil proper channel to: Prof. AK. Sinha, Director, Birbal Sa.hruInstitute cyanobacterial mats were of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226 007; recorded for the first time Phone : 0522-381948/333620; Fax: -0522-381948/374528; from the basal horizon of the Email: [email protected]/[email protected] Subathu Formation (Late
4 Deputation Reports XXth Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (2000-01)
The main objective of the area of about 30 sq km. The collected by trenching from second consecutive polymetamorphic rock dry lake areas 4 km east of participation in the visit to the sequence consisting dominantly . Maitri for palynostratigraphical Antarctica Expedition by BSIP of biotite-garnet gneiss and work. Two exposed clay during XXth Indian Scientific pyroxene bearing granulites sequences within thick moraine Expedition was to explore with minor intercalation of bed were recovered from more areas in order to procure marbles and calc-silicate rocks, eastern as well as western large number of palynological ultramafics, amphibolites and flank of Zub Lake. Sediment samples in and around other metabasites is traversed profile samples were collected Schirmacher Oasis, East by a number of distinctly in the interval of 5 cm in each Antarctica. younger basalt (dolerite) case for palynological-studies and for the radiometric dates The area under investigation, dykes. The rocks have Schirmacher Oasis, is one of the undergone multiple episodes of the same were collected in the small snow and ice free polar rock desert near the shore of the East Antarctica with a maximum width of 3.5 km and a length of about 20 km in east-west direction. Its size is approximately 35 sq km of solid bed rock, fern and ice fields account for 27 sq km and 3 sq km respectively. The lakes, ponds and Thick iceshelf, Indian Bay pools in the lake district cover a total area of metamorphisms, migmatization interval of 20 cm. The various and deformation. about 3 sq km representing the samples like mosses, soil and essential part of the surface To achieve the target many moraines are stored properly water. The elevation of the potential areas were explored for palynological as well as oasis ranges between 0-228 m to procure a large number of other chemical analysis. The lake sediment core, lake water, with an average of about 100 palynological samples including m. The gentle slopes and plain moss turfs, frozen soil samples, snow and ice samples are kept areas are covered with a algal mats, moraine samples, in double corked plastic bottles mostly thin blanket of moraine lake water samples followed sealed with parafilm and debris. by fresh and polar ice samples carried in freezing condition The continent's hostile climate from different lake sites, for further analysis in the precludes most terrestrial life, valleys, nunataks and polar ice laboratory. only mosses and lichens are the bed in and around Schirmacher Daily air sampling was done by most widespread vegetation Oasis of East Antarctica. One exposing glycerine smeared where the ground is exposed lake sediment core was also slides using Burkard air and moisture is available. In collected (60 cm) from "Long sampler starting from 400S of the Schirmacher Oasis, the Lake" (70°45' 20" S and 11°4' E) Cape Town to Antarctica Precambrian crystalline 3 km west.of Zub Lake during mainland through Southern basement of the East Antarctic expedition. Two sediment ocean and on return voyage platform is exposed over an profiles (50 cm each) were from Antarctica to Cape Town 5 respectively. The air samples Prof. Valentina Yanko• In the Plenary Session, four are processed immediately Hombach of the Avalon lectures were delivered. They after collection in proper Institute of Applied Science, were 'Application of diatoms in mounting medium for Winnipeg was the President assessing environmental microscopic studies. A number and Dr. Jean-Pierre Debany of conditions' by Prof. MS.v. of rock samples were also Angres University, France was Douglas, University of procured from Schirmacher the Vice President of the Toronto, Canada; 'Foraminifera Oasis as well as higher Conference. One hundred and as bioi'1dicators in coral reef mountain and Nunataks for sixty seven papers were ecosystem: the FoRAM protocol' geological studies in BSIP. contributed. Forty six scientists by Prof. Pamela Hallock, from 22 countries attended the Still a vast area in Schirmacher University of South Florida, Conference. India was U.S.A., 'Meiobenthos as indicator Oasis and higher reaches of represented by two delegates of environmental stress' by Prof. Antarctica can be explored for (Dr. P.K. Kathal & Dr. Vandana V. Galtosova, Russia and lastly the palaeoclimatic studies. The Prasad). Forty six papers were Dr. Peter Hombach, of Institute will be engaged to Biodigestor Technologies, carry out such study. presented orally and 20 papers were displayed in the Poster U.S.A. expressed his views on The multifaceted approach Session. The Conference was 'Micro- and Meio-organisms in employing palynological, divided into four sessions. In waste management: An aerobiological, geological and the First Session the main economical approach to an elemental parameters through emphasis was on ecological problem.' the study of glacial lake anthropogenically induced and The following suggestions and sediments will help to decipher pollution related case histories recommendations were made chronology of palaeoclimatic on various micro and meio• at the conference: changes in relation to the so organisms. The Second Session far understood Northern had the background • Importance of micro- and Hemisphere climate. The assessment, environmental meio-organisms in pollution studies should be generated data for regional, monitoring and reconstruction national and global utility will of environment of recent and highlighted amongst enhance our knowledge to past based on micro- and meio• masses and policy makers. assess and predict future organisms. The Third Session • Scientists should approach climatic changes in polar region was on industrial application of various problems related to vis-a-vis the global regulatory micro and meio-organisms. past as well as recent climatic phenomena. Lastly the Fourth Session laid environment by the study of environmental sensitive Samir K. Bera emphasis on taxonomy of micro- and meio-organisms. micro- and meio-organisms. IInd International Since micro- and meio• • Scientists should provide Conference on the organisms are highly research outcome which can responsive to environmental be utilised successfully by "Application of changes, the main theme of the the industry. Micro- and Meio• Conference was on the The Conference was well application of these organisms organised and successful. It organisms to in the interpretation of recent heralded the coming together Environmental and past environment, of various interdisciplinary pollution, background aspects. A good example is the Problems", Canada assessment and impacts, monitoring of several environmental monitoring and environmental issues like The conference was held in their industrial application. The climate change and global various micro- and meio• Winnipeg at Canada between warming and pollution as well August 28th to September 1st, organisms included were as in the interpretation of past 2000. It was jointly sponsored benthic and planktonic changes by the use of simple by the Avalon Institute of foraminifera, diatoms, biological tools in the form of Applied Sciences, Winnipeg, radiolaria, ostracods, algal micro- and meio-organisms. Canada; University of Angers, mats, coral reefs, dinoflagellate France, and Biodigestor cysts, cyanobacterial mats, Technologies Inc., USA. pollen, spores and bacteria. Vandana Prasad
6 Visit under Exchange Programmes
Integrated Long Term specimens were examined, significance. Quantitative photographed and photoplates diatom studies of four Programme (ILTP) of were made. Various aspects, Miocene- Pliocene sections from co-operation in related with the manuscript, Neill and Havelock Islands were discussed with Russian Science & were carried out for scientists. A study has been . biostratigraphic and Technology initiated with Dr. V.N. Sergeev palaeoceanographic between India and on comparative study of interpretations. microbial remains of Anabar Anil Chandra Russia Uplift and Turukhan Uplift of Siberia. This study will Under this programme, Institute Scientist Dr. Mukund continue during his visit later this year (Dr. Sergeev will be Proposed visit under Sharma visited Geological visiting BSIP under the ILTP Institute of Russian Academy INSA Inter-Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia programme during October to December 2001) to examine the Exchange from 17th January - 16th Vindhyan microbial remains. Programme February 2001. The Principal Mukund Sharma investigators of the programme Dr. S.K.M. Tripathi is selected are Prof. AK. Sinha (India) and to visit Szeged, Hungary for a Prof. M.A Akhmetiev (Russia). INSA-DFG Exchange period of three months under The mam objectives of the visit the International Scientific of Dr. Sharma were to finalise Programme Collaboration and Exchange of the Monograph on the Russian Dr. Anil Chandra visited the Scientists Programme between and Indian Stromatolites Indian National Science entitled "Precambrian Federal Institute of Stromatolites of India & Geosciences and Natural Academy and the Hungarian Resources (BGR), Hannover, Academy of Sciences to work Russia" by Dr. M.B. Raaben, with Prof. M. Kedves, J.A Prof. AK. Sinha & Dr. Mukund Germany under INSA• Deutsche University, Szeged, Hungary. Sharma, to initiate comparative The study is aimed at study of the microbial remains Froschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and acritarch biozonation of Exchange of Scientists biopolymer symmetry in the the Terminal Proterozoic Programme for three months walls of hydrocarbon producing colonial alga sequences of India and Russia from March A, 2001 to June 24, Botryococcus braunii, the extant and also to start a comparative 2001. The main purpose of the palm pollen, the effect of high study of the metaphyte and visit was to study in detail the metazoan evidences from depositional history of diatom temperature on morphology of Russia. bearing Neogene sediments extant pollen and from the Andaman and ultrastructural study of As per the objectives, the Nicobar Islands, India and partially degraded extant monograph was finalised, type their palaeoceanographic pollen walls.
To the onlooker, who alone holds the key, the seriousness with which we go about our little attempts must seem pitiable. For after all there can be only one real solution, one Truth. Some of us may boast that we have got at that one Truth: we only delude ourselves. None the less, curiosity lures us on, for there are few pursuits so absorbing as this study of fragments that we call Science. - Birbal Sahni
7 Lectures
By visiting scientists Methodology", Department of Palaeobiology: Techniques and Geology, University of Methodology", Department of in the Institute Lucknow (December, 2000). Geology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow Shri C.V. Singh, General Himalayan mountain building and Plate tectonics, invited lecture (December, 2000). Manager, Tata Engineering and of Earth System Sciences at J.S. Guleria Locomotive Company Limited, 88th Session of Indian Science Lucknow. Plant fossils and antiquity of some Congress, New Delhi (January, Six Sigma and innovation for common angiospermous plants in 2001). India at Refresher Course in Global competitiveness Implication of Plate tectonics in (Engineer's Day lecture on Botany organised by September 15, 2000). the enigmatic tectonic frame-work Department of Botany, along the Himalayan-Karakoram University of Lucknow (April Prof. S.c. Santra, Department transect Key-note address at 24, 2000). of Environmental Sciences, Seminar "Geology and Natural Kalyani University, Kalyani. Environment of the Lesser C.M. Nautiyal Environmental impact assessment: Himalaya: Present Status and Selection of Topics for science Current status in India (October Strategy for the next two Writing and various sources of 20, 2000). Decades", Nainital (March 23, Scientific Information and 2001). Science Writing for Radio. By Institute's G. Rajagopalan Usha Bajpai scientists outside Two lectures on Dating Methods Bio~deterioration of cuticular to M.5c. students at University membrane: Ultrastructural A.K. Sinha of Lucknow, Lucknow (April, studies- Plenary lecture at The Geologic evolution of 2000). National Seminar on Bio• Himalayan Mountain System at G.P. Srivastava deterioration of Materials at Government Autonomous DRDO, Defence Materials and Angiosperm Taxonomy, series of Science College, Jabalpur (July twelve lectures to the M.Sc. Stores Research and 10, 2000). Plant Sciences students at Development, Kanpur Tectonic frame-work of Himalayas: Botany Department, University (February, 2001). Palaeogeologic reconstruction and of Lucknow, Lucknow. S.K. Bera Plate tectonics at Southompton Manoj Shukla Oceanographic Centre, School Pollen grain and its role in of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Proterozoic carbonaceous mega Palaeoclimatic studies at Maitri European Way, Southompton, remains at DST sponsored Research Station, Antarctica. UK (August 21, 2000). Winter School/Training Course (January 15, 2001). "Precambrian Palaeobiology: Evolution of Himalayas through Mukund Sharma Techniques and Methodology", Geological Time Scale at Department of Geology, Proterozoic microbial build-ups at Refresher Course (for teachers) DST sponsored Winter School/ in Botany organised by University of Lucknow, Lucknow (December, 2000). Training Course "Precambrian Department of Botany, Palaeobiology: Techniques and Rahul Garg University of Lucknow Methodology", Department of (November 29, 2000). Acritarchs and their geologic Geology, University of Geological evolution of Himalayas significance and Dinoflagellate Lucknow, (December, 2000). and the role of Precambrian Ancestors, "Possible stromatolites in Tectono• Dinoflagellates" and presumed Jyotsana Rai stratigraphic interpretation at Dinoflagellate Biomarkers in the Mahan Vaigyanik Dr. Birbal Sahni DST sponsored Winter School/ Precambrian-Cambrian at DST at All India Radio, Lucknow in Training Course "Precambrian sponsored Winter School/ 'Vidyarthiyon ke liye' Palaeobiology: Techniques and Training Course "Precambrian Programme (July 17, 2000).
8 Internal Lectures Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Xigaze-Tingri (Rongbuk)- Khasa Brazil (11/5/2001 ). (Zham)-Kathmandu, which was Asha Khandelwal • S.K Bera -XX Indian Scientific started on April, 25th from Biodeterioration of aerobic Expedition to Antarctica (2000• Chengdu and ended at particles - Scanning Electron 2001) (11/5/2001). Kathmandu on May 04, 2000. Microscopic study (7/7/2000). Rajni Tewari - 10th Meeting of G. Rajagopalan Samir Sarkar - 10th Palaeobotanists and Participated as Resource Person International Palynological Palynologists, University of in DST sponsored Workshop on Congress, Nanjing China Guarulhos, Guarulhos (Sao Fluvial Geomorphology with (14/7/2000). Paulo, Brazil) (16/5/2001). special reference to Flood plains M.R. Rao - 10th National held at Indian Institute of A. Bhattacharyya - High Asia Conference on Aerobiology Dendrochronology Workshop, Technology, Kanpur from April 3-4, 2000. and its applications, Andhra Lamont Doherty Earth University, Vishakhapatnam, Observatory, New York (25/5/ C.M. Nautiyal Andhra Pradesh (28/7/2000). 2001). Attended the Science Neerja Jha - 17th Indian Vandana Prasad - 2nd Communication Course as a <::olloquium on International Conference on faculty member by Vigyan Micropalaeontology and Application of micro- and Parishad, Prayag (under a Stratigraphy (4/8/2000). meio- organisms to programme of NCSTC, DST) KS. Saraswat - Annual environmental problems, on December 9, 2000. Conference of Archeology (11/ Winnipeg, Canada (1/6/2001 ). Attended 45th Half-yearly 8/2000). S.KM. Tripathi - Seminar on Meeting of NARAKAS held at R.R. Yadav - PAGES Geology and Natural Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow on Workshop on South Asian Environment of Lesser Palaeo-environment, IITM Himalaya: Present Status and February 22, 200l. Pune strategies for the next two Chhaya Sharma, Asha (18/8/2000). decades, Kumaon University, Khandelwal & Nainital (8/6/2001 ). A. Bhattaeharyya - PAGES A. Bhattaeharyya Workshop on South Asian A.K Ghosh - National Attended INDSUBIO (Indian Palaeoenvironment, IITM Pune Symposium on recent advances Subcontinent Biomisation) (24/8/2000). in Geology and resource Workshop held at Max-Planck A.K Sinha - Evolution of potential of the Kachchh Basin, Institut fur Biogeochemie, Jena, BHU, Varanasi (15/6/2001). Germany from July 20-22, 2000. Himalaya through geological time scale, University of Manoj Shukla & Madhav In the workshop modern (0 year) pollen/ vegetation Lucknow (29/11 /2000). Kumar - 24th Annual Conference of Electron relationship in context of Rahul Garg - Acritarchs and Microscopic Study of India in preparation of vegetation map Possible dinoflagellate Electron Microscopy and allied based on pollen data for Indian ancestors (15/12/2000). subcontinent was discussed. fields, Panjab University, Shaila Chandra -6th lOP Chandigarh (25 & 29/6/2001). S.c. Bajpai, Puneet Bisaria & Conference, China (22/12/ Renu Srivastava 2000). DeputationlTrai nin9/ Attended Joint Hindi Workshop Asha Gupta - 10th StudyNisit Abroad/in held at Central Drug Research International Palynological Country Institute, Lucknow from July 6• Congress, China (29/12/2000). 7, 2000. G. Rajagopalan-Recent trends A.K Sinha Arehana Tripathi in 14C dating and isotopic Participated in the Post-15th Attended National Conference on studies (11/5/2001). Himalayas- Karakoram-Tibet e-Security, Computer Society of A K Sinha & Mukund Sharma Workshop Himalayas Field India held at Bangalore during - 31st International-Geological Excursion- Lhasa-Gyangze- July 29-30, 2000.
9 S.K. Bera R.C Mehrotra & Rashmi Ani! Chandra Attended Pre-Antarctica Srivastava Visited BGR, Hannover, Expedition training program at Deputed (on request from Germany under INSA-DFG ITBP, Auli and Basudhara and Divisional Commissioner, exchange programme of the medical examination at AIIMS, Jabalpur) to visit Ghughua area Indian National Science New Delhi from August• situated near Shahpura, Academy for a period of three September 2000 as a part of Dindori District (MP) in months from 23 March to 23 selection for 20th Expedition. connection with development June 2001. Also attended "De induction of the National Fossil Park and course of adaptation to the establishment of a small Participation in Antarctic stress" organised by museum. Mehrotra and Scientific Meets Defence Research Institute of Srivastava also collected a Physiology and Allied Sciences, number of plant fossils from A.K. Sinha New Delhi from October 14-16, the area and nearby Deccan 15th Himalayas-Karakoram- Tibet 2000. Participated in 20th Intertrappean localities. Workshop held at Chengdu, Indian Scientific Expedition to Mukund Sharma China from April 22-24, 2000 Antarctica from December 23, and field excursion 25th April• 2000 to March 22, 2001. Visited Geological Institute, 4th May, 2000. Moscow from January 17 to Ratan Kar & P.S. Ranhotra 88th Session Indian Science February 16, 2001 under Congress held at New Delhi Attended the DST sponsored Integrated Long Term from January 3-7, 2001. 5t11 Glaciology Training Course, Programme between India and organised by Geological Russia. Chhaya Sharma, Samir Sarkar & Asha Gupta Survey of India, Lucknow from CM. Nautiyal & Punit Bisaria August 21 to September 17, 10th International Palynological 2000. Attended the Nagar Rajbhasha Congress held at Nanjing, China Karyanvayan Samiti Meeting from June 24-30, 2000. A.K. Sinha, G. Rajagopalan, held at Central Drug Research Shaila Chandra K. Ambwani, Manoj Shukla, Institute, Lucknow on 22nd Rahul Garg & Mukund February, 2001. 6th Internatlonal Organisation of Sharma Palaeobotany Conference held at Chhaya Sharma & K. Participated as Resource Ambwani Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, personnel and delivered Republic of China from July 31• Attended Group Monitoring lectures in DST sponsored August 3, 2000. Workshop of DST Sponsored Winter School/Training Course A.K. Sinha & Mukund Projects held at Nagpur from in "Precambrian Palaeobiology: Sharma February 22-24, 2001 and Techniques and Methodology" presented highlights of their 31st International Geological organised at the Department of work. Congress held at Rio de Janeiro, Geology, University of Brazil from August 6-17, 2000. Samir Sarkar Lucknow, December 4-18, Vandana Prasad 2000. Participated in the post seminar field excursion in the Nainital 2nd International Conference on Rajni Tewari Application of Micro- and Meio• and its adjoining areas of organisms to Environmental After attending the 10th RPP Uttaranchal on March 25, 2001. Meeting held at Guarulhos, Sao Problems held at Winnipeg, Paulo (Brazil) in December, A. Bhattaeharyya Canada from August 28• September I, 2000. 2000 visited British Museum of Attended 12th DST Group Natural History, London to Monitoring meet held at A. Bhattaeharyya & Vandana observe Palaeozoic and NEERI, Nagpur during Chaudhary Mesozoic plant megafossils, February 24-25, 2001 and High Asia Dendrochronology viz. a number of Glossopteris presented the Project report Workshop held at Lamont species and species of under Scientific and Doherty Earth Observatory, Ptilophyllum, Pterophyllum, Engineering Research Council New York, USA from Dicroidium, etc. (SERC) scheme. September 12-14, 2000. Symposium Neogene climate of Rajni Tewari A.K. Sinha, Samir Sarkar, Indian Ocean and the Indian & 10th RPP (Reuniiio De S.K.M. Tripathi, Ratan Kar Subcontinent held at lIT, P.S. Ranhotra Paleoboanicos E Palinol6gos) Kharagpur from March 28-29, 2001. Meeting held at University of Seminar Geology and Natural Guarulhos, Guarulhos, Sao Environment of the Lesser Asha Khandelwal Paulo, Brazil from December Himalaya: Present Status and 34th National Convention of the 11-16, 2000. Strategy for the next two Decades , held at Nainital from March 23• Indian College of Allergy and Jayasri Banerji, J.S. Guleria, 25, 2001. Applied Immunology held at J.P. MandaI, B.N. Jana, Lucknow from September 29• Jyotsana Rai & A.K. Ghosh Recent Projects 30,2000. National Seminar National Symposium on Recent A Project entitled "Palynologi• Geoenvironmental Studies: Indian Advances in Geology and Resource cal biD-petrolOgicaland dispersed organic matter (DaM) study of Scenario held at Jhansi from Potential of the Kachchh Basin held at Banaras Hindu Deccan Intertrappean November 9-10, 2000. sediments with reference to University, Varanasi from Anjum Farooqui December 21-23, 2000. Cretaceous- Tertiary (K-T) National Seminar on Coastal transition" has been sanctioned Evolution, Processes and Products Manoj Shukla, Usha Bajpai, by DST, New Delhi to Dr. and Annual Convention of Indian Madhav Kumar & Neeru Ratan Kar, attached with BSIP, Association of Sedimentologists Prakash under SERC Fast Track held at Cochin from October, Proposal for Young Scientist 2001. 24th Annual Conference of Scheme 2000-2001. Electron Microscope Society of Shyam C. Srivastava India on Electron Microscopy and A Project entitled "Cretaceous 23rd Indian Botanical Conference Allied Fields held at Chandigarh megafloral and coprolotic• held at Meerut from October from February 9-11, 2001. derived plant assemblage from 14-16, 2000. the deccan trap associated Asha Khandelwal & Usha O.S. Sarate & Anjali Dixit sedimentary sequences in the Bajpai Dongargaon -Pisd ura area, National Symposium on Maharashtra" has been Ecophysiological Consequences of National Seminar on sanctioned to Dr. K. Ambwani Environmental Pollution held at Biodeterioration of Materials held & Dr. Rashmi Srivastava by Faizabad (U.P.) from at Kanpur from February 17-18, DST, Earth System Science November 6-8, 2000. 2001. Division, New Delhi. Institute Garden won Prizes in the state fruit• vegetable and flower exhibition organised by the State Horticulture and :7 Fruit Utilization Department and State Flower Committee at Raj Bhawan Lucknow (February, 2001) in the categories of house plants, cut flowers and Institute Garden being awarded by the Hon. Minister lawn competition.
Conflict between the testimony of the rocks and that of the plants or of the animals is apparent but not real. -Birbal Sahni
11 Staff News Appointments Promotions Elected
Mr. Saurabh Pradhan, Dr. (Ms) Jayasri Banerji, Prof. AK Sinha was Technical Assistant 'A' w.e.£. Scientist 'F', w.eJ. 01.04.2000. unanimously elected as the 21.11.2000. Dr. KS. Saraswat, Scientist 'F', Chairman - Committee of Miss Nandani, Attendant 'I' w.e.f. 01.04.2000. Nationpl Representatives by w.e.f. 15.05.2000. the International Lithosphere Dr. Vijaya, Scientist 'E', w.eJ. Program (ILP) General Body at 01.04.2000. Mrs. Beena, Attendant 'I' w.eJ. 31st International Geological 30.03.2001. Dr. JS. Guleria, Scientist 'E', Congress held at Rio de Dr. Rajiv Upadhyay, Senior w.eJ. 01.04.2000. Janeiro, Brazil from 6th to 17th Research Associate (Pool Dr. Rakesh Saxena, Scientist August, 2000 for the period of Scientist - CSIR) w.eJ. 'D', w.eJ. 01.04.2000. five years (since August 2000). 27.04.2001 ILP is sponsored by Dr. (Mrs) Chanchala International Union of Retirements Srivastava, Scientist 'D', w.eJ. Geological Sciences (lUGS) and 01.04.2000. the International Union of Dr. S.A Jafar, Scientist 'F' took voluntary retirement w.eJ. Dr. Ram Awatar, Scientist 'D', Geodesy and Geophysics w.eJ. 01.04.2000. 30.11.2000 (AN). (IUGG). Dr. B. Sekar, Technical Officer Elected 'President' of Earth 'D', w.eJ. 01.04.2000. Sciences System for 89/h Session Mr. P.K Bajpai, Technical of Indian Science Congress, Officer 'e', w.eJ. 01.04.2000. Lucknow-2002. Mr. RC Mishra, Technical Officer 'A', w.eJ. 01.04.2000. Medal Awarded Mr. Pradeep Mohan, Technical A Gold Medal for best Officer 'A', w.eJ. 01.04.2000. Research Paper entitled Mr. HS. Srivastava, Section Mr. MS. Rana, Technical "Holocene climatic inferences Officer retired on 28.02.2001 Assistant 'B', w.eJ. 01.04.2000. from lacustrine sediments from (AN). Mr. AK Srivastava, Technical Surinsar Lake, Jammu" Assistant 'B', w.eJ. 01.04.2000. presented at the National Symposium on Ecophysical Mr. S.C Singh, Technical Consequences of Environmental Assistant 'B', w.eJ. 01.04.2000. pollution held at Narendra Deo Mr. Avanish Kumar, Technical University, Faizabad (D.P.) in Assistant 'B', w.e.f. 01.04.2000. November- December, 2000 Mr. Mishri Lal, D.D.C w.e.f. was awarded to Chhaya 01.06.2000. Sharma, Anjali Dixit & B. Sekar. Dr. Anand Prakash, Scientist Mr. S.s. Panwar, D.D.C w.e.f. 01.06.2000. 'F' took voluntary retirement U.P. Vigyan w.eJ. 26.03.2001 (FN). Mrs. S.s. Rathore, U.D.C w.eJ. 01.06.2000. Sancharak Award Mrs. Renu Srivastava, D.D.C CM. Nautiyal was chosen for w.eJ. 01.06.2000. 'D.P. Vigyan Sancharak Award' Mrs. Jagath Janani, Officiating for contribution to science PS to Director w.eJ. 01.11.2000 communication by VICAS and and joined duty as PS w.e.f. District Science Club, 01.06.2001 Allahabad.
12 Governing Body and Research Advisory Council Reconstituted
Governing Body Professor B.D. Sharma Professor S.B. Bhatia Haryana Haryana Chairman Professor I.B. Singh Professor Ashok Sahni Lucknow Member (Ex-officio) Chandigarh Dr. N.D. Mitra Shri Ravi Shanker Members Kolkata Seniormost Deputy Director Professor V.S. Ramamurthy Professor S.N. Agashe General GSI, Northern Region, Lucknow Secretary or his Nominee, Bangalore New Delhi Professor Manju Banerjee Shri Arun Sharma Kolkata Non-Member Secretary Joint Secretary & Financial Shri Kuldeep Chandra (Ex-officio) Adviser or his Nominee, Dehradun Registrar, New Delhi Professor P.K Khare B.5.I.P., Lucknow Dr. H.K Gupta Allahabad Hyderabad Professor J.S. Singh Prof. Divya Darshan Pant, Member, Governing Body Varanasi (18th Oct. 1919-8th May 2001) tProfessor D.O. Pant Prof. Divya Darshan Pant, monumental work in the form of a Allahabad enlinentbotamstand monograph entitled "An Members (Ex-officio) palaeobotanist known world over Introduction to Gymnosperms, Cycas Dr. N.P. Singh died on 8th May 2001 at and Cycad ales. " The botanical Kolkata Allahabad. He was an illustrious community remembers him for his pupil of Prof. Birbal Sahni and Dr. S.K Acharyya original work and more than 300 Kolkata was a dedicated research papers, teacher and researcher. reviews and Professor M.P. Singh Through his untiring monographs Lucknow efforts, he established a published in various Member-Secretary school of Palaeobotany national and (Ex-officio) at the Botany international journals. He was a member and Professor A.K Sinha Department, Director, Allahabad University, fellow of several B.S.I.P., Lucknow. Allahabad. Prof. Pant International was born on 18th Academic and Non-Member Assistant October 1919 at Scientific bodies like Secretary (Ex-officio) Ranikhet in Kumaon Interna tional Mr. S.c. Bajpai Himalaya and was Organisation of Registrar, inspired in his career Palaeobotany, B.S.I.P., Lucknow by well acclaimed scientists like International Society of Plant Prof. John Walton, Glassgow Morphologists, International Research Advisory University, Prof. T.M. Harris, FRS, Association of Plant Taxonomy Council Reading University & Prof. R. and related orgamsations. He was also a fellow of all the three Chairman Krausel of Senkenberg Institute, Frankfurt. He contributed to the academies of India. He was Professor J.S. Singh growth of Sahni Institute through awarded International Silver Varanasi various capacities as the member Medal by the Sahni Institute in Member-Convener of Governing Body and Research 1971, Birbal Sahni Gold Medal by (Ex-officio) Advisory Council. He was a the Indian Botamcal Society in Director, synonym to Cycads and was Life 1976, and won many medals for B.5.I.P., Lucknow Member of the Palm & Cycad his significant contributions. He Members Society of Australia and Cycad was survived by his wife, a son Dr. KR. Gupta Society of South Africa. The and two daughters and many New Delhi Institute is bringing out his committed students.
13 Short Notes
Coral Reefs - Nature's Best Model of Bio-diversity The coral reefs are common in wavelength suitable for like India high density of tropical marine waters having photosynthesis by symbiotic human population in coastal water temperature around algae. In fact, corals exhibit a areas create major problem due 21°C. Corals are small animals perfect example of symbiosis • to pollution in the reef areas. In that live in vast colonies and a basic need of life and a recent years severe coral form the coral reefs. By mechanism of evolution. Plenty diseases have been reported secreting calcium carbonate, of light is required for the from different parts of the these build up a skeleton. Coral growth of corals and they world and it is assumed that reefs are formed when colonies prefer to grow at a bathyal pollution in the coastal areas is of tropical marine plants and level (water depth) of 10-60 m. the cause of these diseases. animals with limestone Their existence is most suitable Industrial effluents, urban skeleton rise on the top. in clear water deficient in sewage discharge are the main Virtually, they fabricate the nutrients. They efficiently cause of this pollution. most visually diverse natural prepare their own food and at In the field of marine science, environments, a human being the same time recycle the waste Japan is considered as one of can experience. Coralline algae product generated by them. the most advanced countries in are considered as one of the A high degree of bio-diversity the world. Due to rapid most abundant carbonate is the characteristic feature of urbanisation and increased producers. Encrusting coral reefs and perhaps they industrialisation, major islands corallines are expected to be form the most complex of Japan viz., Hokkaido, important binders and ecosystem on this planet. They Honshu, Shikoku and Kyusu encrusters in modern and fossil are in true sense the nodal are facing enormous trouble reefs. Apart from their binding organism of the marine food for the land resources. function in coral reefs, chain. As a matter of fact, they Recently, Japanese are utilising encrusting corallines may also are responsible for the overall the ocean floor for its form "algal-reefs". The reef maintenance of marine exploitation and utilisation. and island complex make ecosystem. Deterioration of They have developed the possible neighbouring of sea coral reefs is a threat to marine technology for the construction grass beds and coastal life. Coral reefs prevent sand of artificial reef with the help mangrove forests by acting as a erosion and protect coastal of concrete blocks and iron buffer against heavy seas. In human population. Moreover, structures. During the turn, those trap sediments, number of drug yielding reproductive season of store nutrients and serve as species live around coral reefs. seaweeds a mixture of mature nurseries for a number of reef It is evident that increased thalli of seaweed is residents. Halimeda, a calcium• levels of carbon dioxide in the transplanted to these artificial hardened green alga frequently atmosphere slow down the reefs. After a couple of years, occupies soft sea bottoms various organisms colonise on between reefs and submarine coral growth. Enhanced these artificial reefs. hillocks. concentration of carbon dioxide owing to Ultimately, these artificial reefs Great Barrier Reef in north• anthropogenic activities is the maintain ecological balance. east Australia is the world's cause of rise in global Moreover, Japanese are temperature and that dependent upon various sea single largest coral domain, foods. These artificial reefs are that covers 135,000 square eventually increases coral miles. Recently, it has been bleaching and ultimate significant from economical observed that coral pigments destruction of coral reefs. point of view too. absorb the ultra violet Human activity plays a major radiation reaching beneath the role in the degradation of coral A.K. Ghosh sea surface and re-emit it at the reefs. In developing countries
14 Facilities Enhanced
The cabling work of Local Area Network (LAN) was completed which provides Internet Connectivity through 60 nodes in the Institute. At present 29 Pentium Computers are linked through LAN which offer 24 hrs Internet facility to the Institute employees via 64 KBPS leased line connection. E-Mail accounts for scientists, Units/Sections have been opened through Mail Server using Institute Domain Name (i.e., bsip.res.in). The Institute has recently procured six Pentium-III 866 MHz Computers, six Inkjet Printers, six 500VA offline UPS, three HP LaserJet Printers and one Internal CD-Writer. An automatic polishing machine with hydraulic vacuum •• system was added to the Section Cutting unit. The machine was designed and fabricated indigenously. Mass Spectrometer M5-10 with control Unit received as a gift from the National Geophysical Research Institute . I l~ (NGRI) Hyderabad is being put into operation for K-Ar Improved automatic polishing machine and Ar-Ar dating. National Fossil Parks Ghughua National Fossil Park The Institute is interacting with the Jabalpur Commissioner and members of the Forest Department to develop Ghughua National Fossil Park near Shahpura, Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh which lies on a plateau in the eastern part of the Satpura Hills. The Institute scientists are helping to identify the fossil specimens and to reconstruct palaeovegetation and palaeoclimate of the area. It is also working to establish a fossil museum to make public aware of importance of preserving natures' marvels. Proposed Birbal Sahni Memorial Fossil Park BSIP to extend its expertise to establish the proposed Birbal Sahni Memorial Fossil Park in the Rajmahal Hills, Jharkhand. The Institute is working with the Mandar Nature Club (MNC) Bhagalpur (Bihar). It is proposed to develop Fossil Rich areas of Mandro (Sahibganj), and other areas as centers of eco-tourism and a field museum is also proposed.
Science has grown because, in a large measure, the great scientists have sought truth in that way. But I suppose no man today, not even a scientist, can live in a world of his own, in some kind of ivory tower, cut off f~om what is happening. Therefore, science today has perhaps begun to cross the borders of morals and ethics. If it gets divorced completely from the realm of morality and ethics, then the power it possesses may be used for evil purpose. But above all, if it ties itself to the gospel of hatred and violence, then undoubtedly it will have taken a wrong direction which will bring much peril to the world. I plead with the scientists here and elsewhere to remember that the scientific spirit is essentially one of tolerance, one of humility, one of realization that somebody else may also have a bit of the truth. Scientists should note that they do not have a monopoly of the truth; that nobody has a monopoly, no country, no people, no book, however sacred. - Jawaharlal Nehru
15 New Additions to the Library LIST OF BOOKS PURCHASED DURING 2000-2001
Accession No. Singhvi,Mead,Maheshwari,AuthorHarpar,DATQasim,Mudgal,Young,Jones,Prasad,Pandey,AnonymousCalow,Walker,Hajra,Nagi,JPKellman,Komarov,Prain,Kalwar,Naskar,Mathur,Hemmleb,JHuber,Cleal,Maher,Sehgal,Alunad,Dassanayake,Ross,Boucot,Subrahmanyan,Blum,Sivakoti,Awasthi,Gaur,Uniyal,Khanna,Dhaliwal,Manickam,Kumar,Sharma,Bradley,Pullaiah,IACJRDATPDWRPKMLBTBAPeterSZRLAJSKKNSSBKSCPCNSAKMShaminVRSKKMMartinDDTVLDS&etVS&JKalMDL Title 564545645556451564585645956526565275651256461565055650956515565225652356524565165651756518565195652056521564655646656467564695647056476564565645256457564605646356510565285650456508565135652956464564715653056501565025650316 56453Thompson,Juyal,56477 KP R Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plants of Indian Subcontinent 564625651156468 India - 2000: Reference Annual Intranet & Internet Applications for Librarians, Vol. I World of Internet Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction in Arid Lands Great World Atlas Numerical Paleobiology Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon Indian Ocean Images & Realities An Introduction to Palaeobotany Arid Ecology: Resources, Hazards & Rural Development Policies, Vol. I Blackwell's Concise Encyclopedia of Ecology Kumaun Himalaya Ki Lokvanaspativigyan Flora of Sundarban Flora of Upper Lidder Valley of Kashmir Himalaya Intranet & Internet Applications for Librarians, Vol. II Arid Ecology: Resources Hazards & Rural Gevelopment Policies Vol. 2 Flora of Andhra Pradesh Palaeoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary Ecology and Biodiversity of Indian Mangroves Part I Ecology and Biodiversity of Indian Mangroves Part II Reference Encyclopedia India, 2001 Ghosts of Everest Warm Climate in Earth History Fossils Illustrated- Plant fossils Quaternary Climates, Environments and Magmatism
Palaeo communities Fossil Plants & Spores: Modem Techniques Women Scientists in the Third World Terrestrial Biosphere & Global Change Maximum Security: Hackers Guide to Protecting Your Internet Site and Network Building Business Website Complete Reference Internet Millennium Edition Tropical Environments Plant Diversity of Eastern Nepal Monocotyledonous Plants of UP Dicotyledonous plants of UP Flora of K-ullu Districts Polymorphic Plants of the Western Ghat Recent Studies on the Indian Bryophytes A Handbook of Lichens Lichenology in Indian Subcontinent Greening the Mountain Deserts Flora of the District Garhwal N - W Himalaya Medicinal Plants of the World Floristic Diversity & Conservation Strategies in India Plant Diversity Hotspots in India Flora of the USSR Vol. 28: Tribe 12 Atlas of Early Paleogene Invertebrate Fossils of the Himalayan Foot Hills Belt 0iFcR~T ~ ~ Uill·~ ~~ ~ :* ~ : tf. ~~T ~ fAt 26.09.2000~ ~ ~~ . 14-28 ~,2000 eN ~ if 20.09.2000 : ~q ~ ~fdlflPIt11 ~ ~ GfJT~ fcl:?n Tf<:fT, ~fdljIPIt11 ~~~BlWf~~ ]:j~ : * IcRTG: ~ Rtl? fcr:r:r : (~%hic71 ~rcfiif ~ ~:~. ~ ql1f CfJ4 ill R ~l~ «\R1 ~ 4CfJ 'l1rT fW:rr 1 mtf1rlq)] , ]:jRl~lrl(j1 ~ ~ 18 ~:~mmGl1B ]:j~:*~~K\31~ ~, 2000 eN ~ fcl:?n Tf<:fT, 28.09.2000 eN ~ ~ GfJT
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Besides, he assured that botanical expertise of the Institute would be utilised to establish a park within the Montreal National Botanical Garden, Canada. Some Interesting Websites Montreal Mayor, Mr. Pierre Bourque visiting the International Organisation of Palaeobotany: Institute with Lucknow Mayor Dr. S.c. Rai and http://ibs.uel.ae.uklibs/palaeo/indexst.htm Director, BSIP Prof. AX Sinha Paleobotanical Section of the Botanical Society of America. http://www.dartmouth.edu/-daghlian/paleo/ Brain Storming Session A Provisional World List of Geosites for Palaeozoic Palaeobotany http://ibs.uel.ae.uklibs/palaeo/pfr2/geosites.htm A Brain Storming Session was organised on American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists April 20, 2001 to workout the New trends of http://www.be.edu/be_org/assoeiations/aasp/ researches to be taken up in the Xth Five The Canadian Association of Palynologists Year Plan. An outline of activities pertinent http://www.ualberta.eal-abeaudoi/eap/eap.htm to modern day science have been suggested, International Federation of Palynological Societies particularly in the areas of Stratigraphy, http://geo.arizona.edu/palynology/ifps.html Taphonomy, Evolution, Phylogeny, The Paleobotany and Palynology Group of the Florida Museum of Sedimentology, Environment, Coal Bed Natural History Methane, Isotope Studies and related aspects. http://www.f!mnh.uf!.edu/natsei/paleobotany/paleobotanyhtm The discussion was initiated by Prof. A.K Paleontological Museum of The University of Oslo (Norway) Sinha, Director and participated by Institute http://www.toyen.uio.no/palmus/galleri/forsider/english/planter.htm Scientists. It is proposed to organise series of Glossary of Pollen and Spore Terminology presentations of Institute Scientists on their http://wwwbiol.ruu.nl/-palaeo/glossary/index.htm chosen areas of research and their relevance Royal Holloway, UK to integrated research studies. http://www.rhul.ae. uk! We are grateful to the Deparhnent of Science Publisher Director, BSTP Editors A. Rajanikanth & & Technology,Government of India, New Mukund Sharma Delhi;to the Chairman and Members of the Compilation B.D. Singh, A. Rajanikanth & Governing Body, Research Advisory Council A.K. Srivastava and Finance& BuildingCommittee of the Proof Reader R.L. Mehra Institute for continued support and Hindi Translator Puneet Bisaria Typeset & Page Design Syed Rashid Ali encouragement. I am grateful to all scientists, Correspondence Director, Birbal Sahni technical and administrative staff for their Institute of Palaeobotany. kind co-operation. 53 University Road, Lucknow 226 007 (India) Fax 0091-522-381948/374528 E-mail publ [email protected] Phone 0091-522-/324291/323206/ 325822/325945 Primed at Army Printing Press, 33 Nehru Road, Sadar Cant!.. Lucknow 226 002 Prof. Anshu K Sinha, Tel. : 48 I 164, 480546 Director (Photographs: Courtesy Museum, BS!P) Visit us at www.bsip-india.org 24