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BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY Annual Report 2004-2005 Distinguished Visitors Dr. Giraud Foster, 917 Poplar Hill Road, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. Shri G.S. Srivastava, Ex-Dy. Director General, Geological Survey of India, Lucknow Professor P. Ramachandra Rao, Vice-Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Professor S.B. Singh, Vice Chancellor, Lucknow University, Lucknow. Professor S.K. Tandon, University of Delhi, New Delhi. Professor A.K. Singhvi, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. Dr. William E. Wright, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A. Dr. Benjamin I. Cook, University of Virginia, U.S.A. Dr. A.K. Singh, Central Mining Research Institute, Dhanbad. Professor Devendra Sharma, Ex Vice-Chancellor (Indore and Gorakhpur Universities), Lucknow Dr. Cheng-Sen Li, Institute of Botany, Beijing, China Dr. Yu-Fei Wang, Institute of Botany, Beijing, China. Professor Jagdish C. Kapur, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. Dr. Nikki Grainger, Department of Health, London, U.K. Dr. Arsenio B. Ella, Forest Products Research and Development Institute, DST College, Laguna, Philippines Reservations and Concessions The Institute is following Government of India norms, as applicable to Autonomous Bodies and as amended from time to time, for the reservations and concessions of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Physically Handicapped Persons for the posts meant for direct recruitment Acting Director Dr. Jayasri Banerji welcoming Dr. R.N. Lakhanpal during the Hindi Pakhwara celebrations 55
BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY Annual Report 2004-2005 Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany Status of Official Language The efforts to promote use of Hindi in official work continued in earnest throughout the year. The staff was encouraged to increase use of Hindi in official and scientific work. The institute has been an active member of the Nagar Rajbhasha Karyanvayan Samiti, Lucknow (Unit 6) and was represented in its 52 nd and 53 rd half-yearly meetings. The Quarterly and Half yearly reports to DST and NARAKAS were sent regularly. Hindi abstracts of research papers published in the Journal ‘The Palaeobotanist’ continue to be prepared and published. The Annual Report is published in Hindi also. The Newsletter of the Institute is bi-lingual. This year, 3 scientists submitted abstracts to the International Conference on Hindi Madhyam mein Antarrashtriya Vaigyanik Sangoshthi held at ITRC, Lucknow. In addition, a number of Institute scientists delivered science lectures, published popular science articles and broadcast radio/ TV science programmes in Hindi. Some scientists were invited to deliver lectures in science writing seminars also. Hindi Workshop To promote the use of Hindi, a one day Hindi Workshop was organised on May 20, 2004 at the Institute. Dr V.N. Tiwari from CDRI, Lucknow delivered 2 lectures dealing with various aspects of using Hindi in official work. He also answered queries from the audience on appropriate use of Hindi, while Institute scientist CM Nautiyal delivered a lecture on communicating science in Hindi. Hindi Fortnight The event was celebrated during September 14- 29, 2004 with enthusiasm and witnessed participation from all sections of the staff. A ‘Kavi Sammelan’ on 15 th September had renowned poet Dr Kunwar Bechain as the Chief Guest. Several other invited poets as well as six institute poets regaled the audience with their poetry till late evening. Over the fortnight, a number of competitions were organized for the institute staff. The winners included Dr Rashmi Srivastava and Dr Rajni Tewari (I), Mrs Renu Srivastava and Mrs SS Rathore (II), and Mr TK Mandal and Mr DK Pal (III) for Antakshari; Mr Ram Ujagar (I), Mr Deepak Pandey (II), and Mr Ajay K. Srivastava (III) for typing; Mr TK Mandal (I), Mr DK Pal (II), and Mr Subodh Kumar (III) for Essay Writing; and Mr Avinesh Srivastava and Mr Pushpendra Misra (I), Mr TK Mandal (II), and Dr Neerja Jha, Mr DK Pal and Mr Avinash Srivastava (III) for Spot the Error. In the Quiz, the teams comprising of Dr A Rajanikanth, Dr Rajni Tewari and Ms Anupam Jain (I), Dr Rakesh Saxena, Mr EG Khare and Shri Deepak Pandeya (II); Dr RR Yadav, Dr SK Participants of ‘Kavi Sammelan’ held on 15 th September, 2004. 56
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