1994-95 - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany

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Sri Pranab Mukherjee, Minister for External Affairs, Government of India showing keen interest in the
exhibits.
Hungary visited the Institute's Museum. Besides, several other distinguished visitors and
members of educational institutions in the country also visited the Museum. During the
year,. forty-five field excursions were undertaken by the scientists of the Institute and 2,106
specimens and 5,294 samples were collected from 127 localities. TIlis collection shall be
taken up for palaeobotanical investigations in the next year, i.e., 1995-96.
Exhibitions were arranged by the Institute at the 82nd Indian Science Congress,
Calcutta and at the Regional Science Centre, Lucknow on the National Science Day, on the
themes "Lab to Man" and "Science for Health", respectively. On the occasion of National
Science Day, a Quiz Competition was organised in collaboration with the Regional Science
Centre, Lucknow and prizes were distributed to the winners. About 600 students of 10
educational institutions visited the Institute on this occasion.
The Institute has pubHshed numbers 2 and 3 of Volume 42 of the journal - The
Palaeobotanist, and the Annual Reports for the year 1993-94, both in English and Hindi. A
special publication on "Coaliferous fossil fuel resources of India: Parameters of studies in
palynology and biopetrology" is in process.
A state-of-the-art machine for thin-sectioning of rocks comprising plant fossils has
been installed; this facility shall cater the needs of our depattments who require finely
finished sections for their study.
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