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BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY Annual Report 2004-2005 Herbarium Added about 1,100 plant specimens, 196 samples of polleniferous materials, 8 samples of wood blocks and 130 samples of fruit and seeds from Dudhwa National Park, Lakhimpur-Kheri (UP), and Tropical forests of Tamil Nadu and Kerala to enhance the reference materials of Herbarium. All plants materials were processed. About 16 samples of food and medicine value were also collected from above mentioned localities for Institute’s Museum. Data feeding in computer for Herbarium digitization is in progress. Holdings Particulars Additions during Total 2004-2005 Herbarium Plant specimens 1,100 22,371 Leaf specimens 200 973 Laminated mounts 6 66 of venation pattern Xylarium Wood blocks 8 4,148 Wood discs 2 68 Wood cores 1,203 5,832 Wood slides - 4,180 Palm slides - 3,195 (stem, leaf, petiole, root.) Sporothek Polleniferous materials 196 3,016 Pollen slides - 12,237 Carpothek Fruits & seeds 130 4,331 Museum Samples Medicinal & food plant 16 91 Herbarium facilities provided Sri V.K. Singh, Department of Botany, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. Dr. R.C. Srivastava, Botanical Survey of India, Central Circle U.P., Allahabad. Sri Bharu Goyal, Department of Botany, M.S. University, Baroda. Miss Mamta Singh Yaduvanshi, Department of Botany, M.L.S. University, Udaipur. Visitors: (USA). Korea. Dr. Willian E.Wight, Columbia University, New York Dr. Han Mi Gyeong, Government Museum, South Prof. Cheng-Sen Li, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing. Prof. Yu-Fei Wang, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing. Dr. Tomaz. Zelonka, Polish Academy of Science, Poland. Students of G.B. Pant University, Pantnagar, Nainital (Uttranchal). Students of Christian Medical College and Hospital Ludhiana (Punjab). Students of Kamla Nehru Institute, Sultanpur (UP). Forest Guards (Trainees) of State Forest Research Institute, Kanpur (UP). Teachers Attending Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, Lucknow University, Lucknow (UP). 51
BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY Annual Report 2004-2005 Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany Electronic Data Processing 256 KBPS Internet Connection with Radio link facility from Software Technology Park of India (Lucknow) has been commissioned in the Institute. Proxy, Mail and DNS Servers are successfully configured on Redhat Linux ES 3.0 Operating System. This provides 24 hours Internet facility to the staff. At present, 68 computers are connected with the LAN. E-mail accounts for scientists and various units/sections of the Institute have been opened through Mail Server on Institute’s Domain Name (BSIP.RES.IN). The inter-connectivity of windows with Linux Server has also been configured, so that the Windows users can use Linux security and services. This year, Institute has procured ten USB Pen Drives, one Iomega external CD Writer and three 800 VA APC UPS. Corel Draw Graphics suite 12 and Sigma Plot 9.0 softwares are also procured. Work for Institute’s web site (http:// www.bsip.res.in) is almost complete and is being tested on the Institute’s Server. List of palaeobotanical words for spelling check has been compiled. The work of English to Hindi translation of palaeobotanical words is in progress. Payroll, Form16 and Pension packages are modified as per the requirements and also the Institute’s Annual Accounts, Budget and Revised Estimates are prepared. The section is regularly providing help to the scientists in preparing the multimedia presentations, charts, graphs, lithologs and other research related diagrams for their publications and documentation. Section Cutting Workshop The unit is one of the important units of the Institute where fossil and rock samples are cut and their thin sections are prepared. During the year above 435 samples were cut and about 1,250 slides were prepared. In addition, 250 slices were made and polished for detailed examination by the scientists. A number of scientists, students and teachers visited the Unit. The visitors were given live demonstration of cutting, polishing and preparation of thin slides of the fossil materials. 52
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