Dr. S. K. Basumatary, Scientist D,

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. S. K. Basumatary, Scientist D, M. Sc. in Botany (Special paper Microbiology), Gauhati University, Assam. Ph. D. in Palaeobotany, University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Quaternary Palynology Division, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, 53 University Road, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) RESEARCH INTEREST: Modern and Quaternary vegetational and climate reconstruction through multiproxy data. Study of biodiversity and their conservation. RESEARCH FIELD AREA: Northeast India IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS: 1. Bera S.K., Basumatary S.K., Agarwal A. & Ahmed M Conversion of forestland in Garo Hills, Meghalaya for construction of roads: A threat to the environment and biodiversity. Current Science 91 (3): Basumatary S.K. & Bera S.K Modern pollen-spore Assemblage from Sediment of Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest, East Garo Hills, Meghalaya. Journal of Palynology, 43:

2 3. Bera S.K., Dixit Swati, Basumatary S.K. & Sarma G.C Pollen analysis of honey from Kamrup reserve forests, Assam. J. Palynol. 43: Bera S.K., Basumatary S.K. & Dixit S Studies on pollen morphology and phenological characteristics of some economically important arborescent taxa of tropical forest, lower Brahmaputra Valley, Assam, North East India. Journal of Palynology, 43: Bera S.K., Dixit Swati, Basumatary S.K. & Gogoi R Evidence of biological degradation in sediments of Deepor Beel Ramsar site, Assam as inferred by degraded palynomorphs and fungal remains. Current Science 95(2): Basumatary S.K. & Bera S.K Development of vegetation and climate change in West Garo Hills since late Holocene: pollen sequence and anthropogenic impact. Journal of the Indian Botanical Society 89: Mehrotra R.C., Bera S.K., Basumatary S.K. & Srivastava G Study of fossil wood from the Middle Late Miocene sediments of Dhemaji and Lakhimpur district of Assam, India and its palaeoecological implications. Journal of Earth System Science 120 (4): Bera S.K., Basumatary S.K. & Brahma M Interplay between pollen and vegetation in and around Dhir beel, Dhubri District, Assam: a future potential Ramsar site. Journal of the Indian Botanical Society 90 (1&2): Mehrotra R.C., Basumatary S.K., Bera S.K., Srivastava G., Sarma G.C. & Baruah C.K First report of the plant fossils from the Manas National Park, Assam. Palaeobotanist 60(2): Bera S.K., Basumatary S.K., Nautiyal C.M., Dixit, Swati, Mao A.A. & Gogoi R Late Holocene climate and vegetation change in Dzuko valley, North east India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India, 56(2): Bera SK & Basumatary SK Vegetation history and monsoonal fluctuations during the last 12,500 years BP inferred from pollen record at Lower Subansiri basin, Assam, northeast India. The Palaeobotanist 62: Dixit Swati, Basumatary SK, Singh H & Bera SK Melissopalynological studies from western part of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The Palaeobotanist 62:

3 13. Basumatary SK, Dixit Swati, Bera, SK, Mehrotra, RC Modern pollen assemblages of surface samples from Cherrapunjee and its adjoining areas, Meghalaya, northeast India. Quaternary International 298, Bera, SK, Gupta Kanupriya, Basumatary, SK, Dixit Swati & Rahman, A Pollen sedimentation in Urpad beel, Assam: evidence of biological degradation in wetland environ, northeast India. J. Appl. Biosci., 39(1): Bera SK, Gupta, Kanupriya, Basumatary SK and Tripathi Swati Incidence of differential pollen dispersal in different tiers of reserve forests, Northeast India: A twin study based on spider webs and air catches. Journal of Applied Biosciences 39 (2): Basumatary, S. K., Bera, S. K., Sangma, S. N. & G. Marak, G Modern pollen deposition in relation to vegetation and climate of Balpakram valley, Meghalaya, northeast India: Implications for Indo- Burma palaeoecological contexts. Quaternary International 325, Tripathi Swati, Basumatary SK, Singh VK, Bera SK, Nautiyal CM and Thakur Biswajeet Palaeovegetation and Climate oscillation of western Odisha, India: apollen data-based synthesis for the Mid-Late Holocene. Quaternary International 325, Bera SK, Basumatary, SK & Gogoi, R Evidence of deterioration in phytodiversity of Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India based on palynological evidence. The Palaeobotanist 63: Basumatary, SK, Murthy, S & Bera, SK Modern pollen spectra from Chamrajnagar District of Karnataka, India. The Palaeobotanist 63: Basumatary SK & Bera SK Modern pollen record on Bat Guano deposit from Siju Cave and its implication to palaeoecological study in south Garo hills of Meghalaya, India. J. Cave and Karst studies 76(3): Basumatary SK, Tripathi Swati, Bera SK & Kumar Subodh Pollen morphology of Nepenthes khasiana Hook. f. (Nepenthaceae): an endemic insectivorous plant of India. Palynology 38: Tripathi Swati, Basumatary SK, Singh VK, Bera SK, Nautiyal CM & Thakur Biswajeet Palaeovegetation and Climate oscillation of western Odisha, India: a pollen databased synthesis for the Mid-Late Holocene. Quaternary International 325:

4 23. Basumatary SK, Tripathi Swati, Bera SK, Nautiyal CM, Devi N & Sarma GC Late Pleistocene palaeoclimate based on vegetation of the eastern Himalayan foothills in Indo-Burma. Palynology, 39(2): Basumatary SK, Tripathi Swati, Jalil A & Rahman A Pollen deposition pattern in Kathali wetland and its adjoining areas of Garo Hills, Meghalaya, northeast India. The Palaeobotanist 64: Basumatary SK, Narzary D & Brahma Munmun A comparative palynological study on butterfly mud puddling localities and surface forest samples: a case study from northeast India. Palynology, 41(1): Basumatary SK, Gogoi B & Prasad Vandana Characteristic modern pollen assemblages in relation to vegetation types in the East Khasi Hills, northeast India. Palynology, 41(2): Tripathi Swati, Arya A, Basumatary SK & Bera SK Modern pollen and its ecological relationships with the tropical deciduous forests of central Uttar Pradesh, India. Palynology 40(2): Tripathi Swati, Basumatary SK, Bera SK, Mehrotra RC & Sarma GC Modern pollen- vegetation relationship from the tropical forest of eastern buffer zone of Manas National Park, Assam, northeast India. Geophytology 46(2): Mehrotra RC, Srivastava G & Basumatary SK Fossil woods from the late Miocene-Pliocene sediments of Arunachal Pradesh. Geophytology 46(2): Basumatary SK, McDonald HG, Gogoi R Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph preservation in the dung of the Greater One-horned Rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis), and its implication to palaeoecology and palaeodietary analysis: A case study from India. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 244: Tripathi Swati, Basumatary SK, Bera SK, Brahma Munmun & Sarma GC A palynological study of natural honeys from the Bongaigaon district of Assam, northeast India. Palynology, doi.org/ / ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN DAILY NEWSPAPER: Assam Tribune/Asomia Pratidin, Assam, India. Umar Ujjala, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

5 MEMBERSHIP: 1. Life member of the Palaeobotanical society of India. 2. Life member of the Palynological society of India, Kerela, India. 4. Member, Editorial board, Bio-Science Letters (an e journal of Bodoland University, Assam, India). RECOGNITION Awarded Month of the paper organized by the BSIP, September, 2014 Awarded Iyenger-Sahni Medal-2015 organized by the BSIP, November, Awarded Chandra Dutt Pant Medal-2016 organized by the BSIP, November, TRAINING ACQUIRED AND FIELD EXCURSION: 1. Successfully completed professional course in Geology organized by the Palaeontological society of India, Centre of advance study in Geology, University of Lucknow (40 lecture series and field trip to Solan, HP). 2. Attended one month Training on Sequence Stratigraphy organized by Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow. 3. Various National and International conferences attended and presented research papers. 4. Conducted field work of Institute project to various localities of Northeast India for collection of samples for paleoecological study.