Curriculum Vitae

Name: Dr. Anju Saxena

Date of Birth: 19.01.1979

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Phone: 9415582686

Address: C-66

Indira Nagar

Lucknow-226016

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

M. Sc. ( Geology) Lucknow University in 2001

Ph. D. ( Geology) Lucknow University in 2009

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Ø  From 06.11.08 to present: Working as Scientist-B in the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow. India. Currently engaged in the Megafloral and sedimentological study of Gondwna Basin of India.

Ø  From 17.03.2008 to 05.11.08: Worked as Geologist Junior in Geological Survey of India, Faridabad.

Ø  From 01.01.2004 to 31.12.2005: As Junior Research Fellow (CSIR) at Department of Geology, Lucknow University.

Ø  From 01.01.2006 to 16.03.2008: As Senior Research Fellow (CSIR) at Department of Geology, Lucknow University.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Working on the project related with Palaeofloristics and Palaeoecology of the Palaeozoic successions (Gondwana deposits) in Singrauli Coalfield (Son-Mahanadi Basin) and North West Himalayas (Himachal & Uttarakhand). To analyze the floristic succession, evolutionary prospective, biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironment. Megafloral assemblages, their taxonomical and taphonomical aspects, and sedimentary depositional environment of the Singrauli coalfield have been emphasized in the study.

Ph.D. Thesis based on the proxy records of Holocene climate change in lacustrine sediments and geomorphic changes in lakes of the Central Ganga Plain, (2009) from Centre of Advanced Study in Geology, University of Lucknow, under the supervision of Prof. I.B. Singh.

Awards and Achievments

·  Selected for Earth Science representative student from India for “Visit of 100-member Indian youth delegation to China from 7th to 16th June, 2007” organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.

·  Represented Lucknow University, at “Interactive Meet of Indian Research Scholars & Students with European and Indian Science Icons”, organized by Department of Science and Technology, at Vigyan Bhavan on February, 8, 2007.

·  Selected for Young Scientist Award Programme for Indian Science Congress (2006).

·  Secured All India First Rank in UPSC Exam of Geologists (GSI) (2005).

·  Received ‘Best Poster Presentation’ award in Second Open Science meeting PAGES, Beijing, China. (2005)

·  (JRF)-CSIR-UGC NET Qualified (2003)

·  Received Shanti Devi Bhatia Memorial Gold Medal for securing first position in post-graduation, (2001)

·  Received Ganesh Dayal Verma certificate and scholarship from Lucknow University endowment trust fund, for securing highest marks in M.Sc.I. (2000).

·  Received ‘Certificate of appreciation from Rotary Club and Tata Unisys Ltd. Education Centre’ for standing First in College in Intermediate exams, (1995)

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

  1. Srivastava, A.K. Saxena A. and Agnihotri D. (2012). Morphological and stratigraphical significance of Lower Gondwana Plant Fossils of Mohpani Coalfield, Satpura Gondwana Basin, Madhya Pradesh. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 80: 676-684.
  2. Singh, K.J., Serge V. Naugolnykh and Saxena, A. (2012). Permian and Triassic plant assemblages from the Tatapani-Ramkola Coalfield (India). Palaeontology and evolution of the biodiversity in the earth history, Geological Institute of RAS, Moscow: 98-109.

3.  Singh KJ, Saxena A and Goswami S (2012). Palaeobiodiversity of the Lower Godwana rocks in the Korba Coalfield, Chhattisgarh, India and observations on the genus Gangamopteris McCoy. Palaeobotanist, 61(1): 145-163.

  1. Saxena A., Singh I.B. and Agarwal P.N. (2011) Palaeoecological implications of ostracod and gastropod assemblages of the Holocene lake records from the Ganga Plain. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India, 56(2): 149-163.
  2. Singh, K. J., Chandra, S. and Saxena, A. (2011) Tatapania gen. nov., a possible cone of Schizoneura gondwanensis Feistmantel from the Late Permian in the Tatapani-Ramkola Coalfield, India. Palaeobotanist, 60: 251-263.
  3. Saxena, A. and Singh, I.B. Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Lakes and Ponds of the Interfluve Areas of Ganga Plain in the ~Past Hundred Years. (2011) (Eds. D.S. Singh and N.L. Chhabra) Geological Processes and Climate Change, MacMillan Publishers India Ltd. pp. 205-222.
  4. Srivastava, A.K., Saxena A. and Agnihotri, D (2010). Trace fossils from the Barakar Formation (Early Permian) of Satpura Gondwana Basin, Madhya Pradesh, India. Geophytology, 39: 17-22.
  5. Singh, S., Singh, M., Choudhary, A.K., Saxena, A., Singh, I.B. and Jain, A.K. (2010). Sr isotopic signature of the Ganga Alluvial Plain and its implication to Sr flux of the Ganga River System. International Journal of Earth Science. 99(8): 1991-1997.
  6. Srivastava, A.K., Saxena A., Agnihotri, Deepa. (2009). Insect Burrows from the Upper Permian sequence of Bijori Formation of Satpura Gondwana Basin, India. Permophiles, 54: 12-14 pp.
  7. Misra, A., Saxena, A., Yaduvanshi, M., Mishra, A., Bhadauriya, Y. and Thakur, A. (2007). Proposed river-linking project of India: A boon or bane to nature. Environmental Geology. 51: 1361-1376.
  8. Saxena, A. Prasad, V., Singh, I. B., Chauhan, M. S., Hasan, R. (2006). On the Holocene record of phytoliths of wild and cultivated rice from Ganga Plain: Evidenec for rice based agriculture. Current Science. 90: 1547-1552.
  9. Tewari., R, Srivastava, RK, Singh, KK, Saraswat, KS, Singh, IB, Chauhan, MS, Pokharia, AK, Saxena, A. Prasad, V and Shrama, M (2006): Second preliminary report of the excavations at Lahuradewa district, Sant Kabir Nagar, U.P. 2002 – 2003 – 2004 and 2005 – 2006. Pragdhara, 16: 35-68.

Participation in Conferences/Seminars: Abroad

·  Poster presentation entitled as “Holocene monsoon variability in Ganga Plain revealed by multiproxy data of lake-fill sequences” at 6th International NCCR Climate Summer School on “Land Surface – Atmosphere Interactions in a Changing Climate" 26–31 August 2007, Grindelwald, Switzerland.

·  Two poster presentations entitled as “Palaeomonsoon and palaeovegetation reconstruction during the Holocene in the Ganga Plain: Examples from Lahuradewa lake”; and “Palaeoenvironmental changes in the Ganga Plain deduced from proxy records in lake fill sequences” in the Second Open science Meeting, PAGES, 10-12 Aug.2005, held in Beijing, China.

Participation in Conferences/Seminars: India

·  Participated in “National Conference on Quaternary geological processes: Natural hazards and climate change” at Centre of Advanced Study in Geology, Lucknow University, Lucknow, 25-26 February, 2009.

·  Oral Presentation of paper entitled as “Phytoliths in Lahuradewa Lake sediments as indicator of palaeovegetation and rice cultivation during Holocene”, in the Joint Annual Conference of Indian Archaeological Society, Indian society of Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, Indian History of Culture Society and National Seminar on the Archaeology of the Ganga Plain: International Seminar on First Farmers in Global Perspective, 18-20 Jan. 2006, Lucknow.

·  Oral Presentation of paper entitled as “Holocene monsoon variability and Palaeovegetation in the lake fill sequences of Ganga Plain. Sedimentary Basins of the Himalaya: Challenges for the future and XXII Convention of Sedimentologists (IAS), 21-23, Dec. 2005, Dehradun.

·  Oral Presentation of paper entitled as Phytoliths in Lahuradewa Lake sediments as indicator of palaeovegetation and rice cultivation during Holocene. National Seminar on the Archaeology of the Ganga Plain, 28-31 December, Lucknow.

·  Participated in the International Conference on the “Northward Flight of India in Mesozoic- Cenozoic: Consequences on Biotic Changes and Basin Evolution” held at the Dept. of Geology, University of Lucknow, 7th –9th Dec, 2005.

·  Participated in National Seminar on Himalayan Orogen- Foreland Interaction held in Dept. of Geology, University of Lucknow, from 29th -30th Jan 2003.

ABSTRACTS Published

1.  Singh, K.J. and Saxena, A. 2011. Biodiversity of the Palaeozoic rocks in the North West Himalaya, India- A Review. The XVII International Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian. 3-8 July, 2011, ICCP, Perth. Abstract Volume 115p.

2.  Saxena, A. and Singh, I.B. 2011. Geomorphic characteristics of interfluves regions of the Ganga Plain: A GIS approach. National Seminar on Late Quaternary Geology of the Himalayan Orogen and the Foreland Basin, 16-17 February, 2011, Lucknow Abstract Volume, 28-31p.

3.  Saxena, A. and Singh, I.B. 2009. Holocene palaeoclimate reconstruction deduced from the phytoliths record of lacustrine sediments, Ganga Plain. National Conference on Quaternary geological processes: natural hazards and climate change, 25-26 February, 2009, Lucknow. Abstract volume: 59p.

4.  Saxena, A. and Singh, I.B. 2009. Spatial and Temporal variations in the lakes and ponds of the interfluves areas of the Ganga Plain in the past ~100 years. National Conference on Quaternary geological processes: natural hazards and climate change, 25-26 February, 2009, Lucknow. Abstract volume: 60.

5.  Saxena, A., Singh, I.B., Prasad, V. and Chauhan, M.S. 2006. Phytoliths as indicator of palaeovegetation changes in Holocene Lahuradewa lake deposits. International Seminar on First Farmers in Global Perspective, 18-20 Jan. 2006, Lucknow. Abstract Volume.

6.  Saxena, A., Chauhan, M.S., Prasad, V. and. Singh, I.B. 2005. Holocene monsoon variability and Palaeovegetation in the lake fill sequences of Ganga Plain. Sedimentary Basins of the Himalaya: Challenges for the future and XXII Convention of Sedimentologists (IAS), 21-23, Dec. 2005, Dehradun. Abstract Volume, 82pp.

7.  Saxena, A. and Singh, I.B. 2005. Palaeoenvironmental changes in the Ganga Plain deduced from proxy records in lake fill sequences. Second Open science Meeting, PAGES, 10-12 Aug. 2005, Beijing, China. Abstract Volume, 156pp.

8.  Saxena, A., Singh, I.B., Chauhan, M.S. and Prasad, V. 2005. Palaeomonsoon and palaeovegetation reconstruction during the Holocene in the Ganga Plain: Examples from Lahuradewa lake. Second Open science Meeting, PAGES, 10-12 Aug. 2005Beijing, China. Abstract Volume, 154-155pp.

9.  Saxena, A., Prasad, V., Sharma, M., Singh, I. B. 2004. Phytoliths in Lahuradewa Lake sediments as indicator of palaeovegetation and rice cultivation during Holocene. National Seminar on the Archaeology of the Ganga Plain, 28-31 December, Lucknow, 47pp.

10.  Singh, I.B., Saxena, A. 2004. Geomorphology and stratigraphy of Lahuradewa Lake. National Seminar on the Archaeology of the Ganga Plain, 28-31 December, Lucknow, 53pp.

11.  Sharma, M., Prasad, V., Saxena, A., Singh, I. B. 2004. Microscopic Charcoal in Lacustrie sediments of Lahuradewa as evidence of human activity. National Seminar on the Archaeology of the Ganga Plain, 28-31 December, Lucknow, 48pp.

12.  Prasad, P., Sharma, M., Saxena, A. Singh, I. B. 2004. Fossil diatom assemblages from Lahuradewa Lacustrine sediments as clues for human activity. National Seminar on the Archaeology of the Ganga Plain, 28-31 December, Lucknow, 45pp.

13.  Tewari, R., Srivastava, R. K., Singh, K. K., Saraswat, K. S., Singh, I. B., Chauhan, M. S., Shekar, B., Pokharia, A. K., Saxena, A., Prasad, V., Sharma, M., Joglekar, P. P.2004. Epilogue Implications for the Archaeological Studies in Ganga Plain. National Seminar on the Archaeology of the Ganga Plain, 28-31 December, Lucknow, 59pp.

14.  Saxena, A., Prasad, V., Chauhan, M.S. and Singh, I.B. 2004. Record of oryzae phytoliths in a Holocene lake deposit of Ganga Plain, India. In Proceedings of 5thInternational meeting of phytolith research, 13-16 Oct. 2004, Moscow, Russia.

15.  Sharma, S., Joachimski, M., Sharma, M., Tobschall, H. J., Singh, I. B., Sharma, C., Chauhan, M. S., Morgenroth, G., Agarwal, P., Saxena, A. 2002. Monsoon variability reconstruction for last 15ka in Ganga Plain using multiproxy data. 5th International meeting on Global Continental Palaeohydrology, GLOCOPH, Pune, India. 49pp.

Training Courses attended

·  Participated in “Field Excursion and training programme on Late Cenozoic Dinoflagellate Cysts” from 14-26 February 2011 at BSIP, Lucknow.

·  Attended two days training course on Use of Hindi language in technical and administrative work organized by Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, from 3-4, February 2011, at Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow.

·  Participated in the Geological Field Expedition in the Manali-Leh Nubra Valley area of Western Himalaya at AAPG, Dehradun from Aug. 1-9, 2010.

·  Participated in ‘Five days Training and Workshop on Science writing in Hindi’, organized by Council of Science and Technology, U.P., from 22-26 May, 2009, at Geological Survey of India, Northern Region Aliganj, Lucknow.

·  Participated in ‘Five days training course of efficient use of Hindi on Computers’ organized by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 23-27 June, 2008 at National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.

·  Attended 6th International NCCR Climate Summer School on “Land Surface – Atmosphere Interactions in a Changing Climate" 26–31 August 2007, Grindelwald, Switzerland.

·  Training course on “Artificial Recharge to Ground Water” at Central Ground Water Board, Northern Region, Lucknow on 17th and 18th March, 2004.

·  Two week (13th to 25th January, 2003) training programme on “Remote Sensing and GIS applications for Management of Natural Resources and Natural Disasters” organized by Remote Sensing Application Centre, UP.

Additional Information

·  Completed one year course of “Proficiency in German Language” from University of Lucknow, Lucknow.

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