Faculty Details proforma for DU Web-site (PLEASE FILL THIS IN AND Email it to [email protected] and cc: [email protected] 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 www.du.ac.in Page 1 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 www.du.ac.in Page 4 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 www.du.ac.in Page 5 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.