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BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY Annual Report 2004-2005 Lectures by outside scientists Professor J.C. Kapur, Programme Director, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi • e-Governance: Possibilities and Constraints (August 20, 2004) Shri G.S. Srivastava, Ex-Dy. Director General, Geological Survey of India • Geoscientific Database Management (National Technology Day Lecture; May 11, 2004) Prof. Dr. Cheng-Sen Li & Prof. Yu-Fei Wang, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China • Climate, Vegetation and Landscape in China: Present and Past Conditions (December 14, 2004) Dr. William Wright, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, New York, USA • Reconstruction of Asian Monsoon Variability from Treerings: A new beginning (November 03, 2004) Dr. Tomasz Zielonka, Institute of Botany, Krakow, Poland • Application of tree-ring studies in understanding the Forest Dynamics in Europe (November 19, 2004) Professor J.C. Kapur, Programme Director, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi delivering a lecture on e-Governance: Possibilities and Constraints (August 20, 2004) 41
BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY Annual Report 2004-2005 Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany Deputation/Training/Study/Visit Abroad/in Country R.C. Mehrotra On invitation from Professor Cheng-Sen Li, visited Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing for one month during April-May, 2004 for strengthening the scientific collaboration with Chinese scientists. Jayasri Banerji, G.P. Srivastava, Archana Tripathi & B.D. Singh On invitation from the Secretary (Science and Technology), visited Ranchi during May 25-29, 2004 and presented the Institute’s proposal for developing the Birbal Sahni Memorial Science Centre (at Sahibganj) and Fossil Park (at Mandro) in Rajmahal Hills before Honourable Chief Minister of Jharkhand State. Akhil Antal Attended Computer Karyashala organized by ITRC, Lucknow from June 7-11, 2004. Asha Gupta Visited Sierra Nevada and National Park during associated field excursions of XI International Palynological Congress, Granada (Spain) held in July 2004. Also visited Alhambra’s Museum, Museum of Fine Arts and Generalife palace. Y.P. Singh Attended the Tech-ed Event of Microsoft held at New Delhi from August 25-27, 2004. Dhirendra Sharma & Avanish Kumar Attended Short Term Training in Libsys Software organized by Libsys Corporation and held at Gurgaon from September 13-23, 2004. Rakesh Saxena Attended Workshop on Academia– Industry Interface Seminar organized by Petrotech Society and held at INSA, New Delhi during September 17-19, 2004. B.K. Misra, Rakesh Saxena, O.S. Sarate, B.D. Singh & Anupam Sharma Participated in the Seminar on Advances in FTIR Instrumentation and its Applications organized by Micro Device Metrohm Limited at Hotel Taj Residency, Lucknow on September 22, 2004. A.K. Ghosh Attended 2 nd Foundation Training Programme for Scientists and Technologists held at Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, sponsored by DST during July 5- September 24, 2004. Also participated in Review/Brain Storming Session–DST Training organised by IIPA New Delhi and held at Heritage Village, Manesar, New Gurgaon during October 23- 24, 2004. A. Bhattacharyya, Anupam Sharma & Vandana Prasad Participated in DST sponsored Training Programme on Fluvial Systems held at Department of Geology, MS University, Baroda from November 16-25, 2004. As a resource person, Bhattacharyya provided Field Training to the participants regarding sample collection of pollen and tree-ring. Manoj Shukla & J.S. Guleria Attended 1 st NIAS–DST Course for Senior Scientists– Administrators on Multidisciplinary Perspective in Science and Technology held at National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore during November 15–27, 2004. P.S. Katiyar & Y.P. Singh Attended Open Source Technology and Linux Seminar organized by UPTEC Lucknow on November 19, 2004. D.C. Saini Deputed to accompany Dr. Tomasz Zielonka, Visiting Scientist (under INSA/Polish Academy of Science Bilateral Exchange Programme) on a field trip to Dudhwa National Park, Lakhimpur-Khiri (UP) during November 25-26, 2004. C.M. Nautiyal Attended 52 nd and 53 rd Meetings of NARAKAS held at CDRI, Lucknow in August 2004 and in February 2005, respectively. Also attended National Seminar on Scientific Attitude: Role of Media organised by Rajasthan University, Jaipur and NCSTC/ DST during November 29-30, 2004. A. Rajanikanth Attended the European Plant Taphonomy Meeting- November, 2004 held in The Netherlands and presented a research paper. Also visited different Museums and Botanical Gardens, viz. -Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Hortus Botanicus, National Museum of Ethnology (Leiden), National Museum, Central Museum, Palaeobotanisch Museum Budapestlaan, Universite Museum (Utrecht), Museum of Natural Sciences, City Museum (Brussels), NEMO Science Centre, and Rijks Museum (Amsterdam). Rajni Tewari After attending the European Plant Taphonomy Meeting- November, 2004 held in The Netherlands visited different Museums and Botanical Gardens, viz. -Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Hortus Botanicus, National Museum of Ethnology (Leiden), National Museum, Central Museum, Palaeobotanisch Museum Budapestlaan, Universite Museum 42
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