Dr. (Mrs.) ANJALI TRIVEDI Curriculum Vitae Scientist C Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, (U.P.) India. email: anjali_trivedi@bsip.res.in ; atrivedee@gmail.com Phone +91-0522-2742933 (O), 07007384206 Fax: +91-522-2740485 Fields of Specialization : 1. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of Quaternary Palaeovegetation and Palaeoclimate 2. Melittopalynology and their applications 3. Impact of climate change in past climate, Human habitation and agriculture in Holocene. Areas of investigation: In recent times working on Quaternary palaeovegetation and palaeoclimatic studies on Gangetic Plain, based largely on pollen and other proxies such as geochemical, sediment texture etc. retrieved specially from the lakes lying close to ancient settlement sites. Ph.D. Thesis based on Vegetational History and Inferred Climate in Jammu Region Through Lake Sediment Palynological Studies. EMPLOYMENT Scientist- C, at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow (from 01.01.15 to till date) Scientist- B, at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow (from 27.07.2011 to 31.12.14). CAS-TWAS (Third World Academy of Sciences) Post Doctoral Fellowship 2010 at Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing, China Women Scientist Scheme (WOS-A) (SR/WOS-A/ES-18/2009)from 2010-2011 entitled Studies on Quaternary vegetation, climate change and human habitation in the Central Ganga Plain. Research Associate, CSIR, New Delhi from 2007-2010 to work on the Research project (09/107(0312)/2006-EMR-1) entitled Holocene vegetation and climate change of the Central Ganga Plain.
Senior Research Fellowship of CSIR from 2002 to 2004 at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow. Junior Research Fellow 1999 to 2001 in Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow in Project entitled The Transition of Lacustrine Faunal and Floral Communities across Pleistocene Holocene in Jammu and Ladakh. AWARDS AND HONOURS Awarded CAS-PIFI Presidential Visiting Scientist Fellowship 2016 at Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Awarded Best Paper presentation Award in National conference on Recent Development in Plant and Earth Sciences on 28-29 Nov.2013 at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow. Awarded CAS-TWAS (Third World Academy of Sciences) Visiting Scholar Fellowship 2012 at Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Awarded CAS-TWAS (Third World Academy of Sciences) Post Doctoral Fellowship 2010 at Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Awarded Women Scientist Scheme (WOS-A) (SR/WOS-A/ES-18/2009) entitled Studies on Quaternary vegetation, climate change and human habitation in the Central Ganga Plain. Awarded Young Scientist Research Project (SR/FTP/ES-127/2010) entitled Multiproxy records for Quaternary palaeoclimatic change, vegetation dynamics and relative human impact on the environment in the Central Ganga Plain under Fast track scheme by DST, New Delhi in 2010. Awarded Research Associate by CSIR, New Delhi from 2007-2010 to work on the Research project (09/107(0312)/2006-EMR-1) entitled Holocene vegetation and climate change of the Central Ganga Plain. Awarded Senior Research Fellowship of CSIR from 2002 to 2004 at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow and continued work from Jammu. Thesis entitled Vegetational History and Inferred Climate in Jammu Region Through Lake Sediment Palynological Studies in 2005 at Department of Botany, Lucknow University, Lucknow. Awarded BRPM Gold Medal by the Governor for the best research paper presentation in the 21st Annual Session of Academy of Environmental
Biology on Nov. 7, 2000 at Acharya Narendra Dev Agriculture University, Faizabad. Junior Research Fellow 1999 to 2001 in Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow as under DST Sponsored Project (ESS/ CA/A4-22/96) entitled The Transition of Lacustrine Faunal and Floral Communities across Pleistocene Holocene in Jammu and Ladakh. PAPERS PUBLISHED Saxena, A. Trivedi, A. and Chauhan, M.S. 2017. Pollen rain vis-à-vis vegetation relationship in kikartal, Raebareli District, Uttar Pradesh. Jour. Palaeontol. Soc. India.62(1):121-127. Chauhan, M.S.Farooqui, A. & Trivedi, A. 2017. Plants foraged by bees for honey production in northern India: The diverse flora of India and its implications for apiculture Acta Palaeobotanica 57(1):119-132. Kumar V., Mehta, M., Mishra A. & Trivedi, A. 2017 Temporal fluctuations and frontal area change of Bangni and Dunagiriglaciers from 1962 to 2013, Dhauliganga Basin, Central Himalaya, India. Geomorphology 284:88-98. Saxena, A. & Trivedi, A. 2017. Pollen based vegetation and climate change records deduced from the lacustrine sediments of Kikar Tal (Lake), Central Ganga Plain, India. The Palaeobotanist 66: 37 46. Srivastava, G., Trivedi, A., Mehrotra, R.C., Paudayal, Khum N., Limaye, Ruta B., Kumaran, K.P.N., & Yadav, S.K. 2016. Monsoon variability over Peninsular India during Late Pleistocene: Signatures of vegetation shift recorded in terrestrial archive from the corridors of Western Ghats. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 443: 57 65. Zhang, Zhi-Yong, Harrison, P. S., Mosbrugger, V., Ferguson, D. K., Paudayal, N. K., Trivedi, A. & Cheng-Sen Li. 2015. Evaluation of the realism of climate reconstruction using the Coexistence Approach with modern pollen samples from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology.219: 172 182. Saxena, A., Trivedi, A., Chauhan, M.S. & Sharma, A. 2015. Holocene vegetation and climate change in Central Ganga Plain: A study based on multiproxy records from Chaudhary-Ka-Tal, Raebareli District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Quaternary International. 371: 164-174.
Trivedi, A., Saxena, A & Chauhan, M.S. 2015. Modern pollen rain deposition pattern in Lashoda Tal, Raebareli District, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Palaeobotanist. 64: 105 112. Trivedi, A., Chauhan M.S. & Farooqui, A. 2014. Studies on Pollen Rain visa-vis Vegetation Relationship and Thecamoebian Diversity in Bari Tal area, Lucknow District, Uttar Pradesh Biological Forum-An International Journal 6(1): 68-78. Chauhan, M.S., Trivedi, A. & Sharma, A. 2013. Pollen analysis of multifloral honeys from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Phytomorphology. 63(3&4):133-141. Trivedi A., Tiwari, D. P., Chauhan M.S. & Nautiyal C. M. 2013. Preliminary results on the palaeovegetation during Holocene-Pleistocene from Jalesar Lake, District Unnao, Uttar Pradesh. Report on Sanchankot Excavation, Department of AIH & Archaeology, Lucknow University, Lucknow. Trivedi, A., Chauhan, M.S., Sharma, A., Nautiyal, C.M. & Tiwari, D.P.2013. Late Pleistocene-Holocene palaeovegetation and palaeoclimatic records from Central Ganga Plain: a multiproxy study from Jalesar Lake, Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Quaternary International. 306:97-106. Trivedi, A. & Chauhan, M. S.2013. Holocene climatic inferences from lacustrine sediments from Jammu region. Man and Environment. XXXVIII(1): 74-89. Trivedi A., Chauhan, M. S., Sharma, A., Nautiyal, C. M. & Tiwari D. P. 2012. The palaeovegetation and palaeoclimate during Pleistocene-Holocene from Jalesar Lake, District Unnao, Uttar Pradesh. Curr. Sci.103 (5): 555-562. Trivedi, A., Kotlia, B.S. & Joshi, L.M. 2011. Mid Holocene vegetation shifts and climate change in the temperate belt of Garhwal Himalaya. The Palaeobotanist. 60:291-298. Chauhan, M.S. & Trivedi, A. 2011. Pollen analysis of honey from Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh. Jour. Apli. Biosci. 37(1): 48-51. Trivedi, A., & Chauhan, M.S. 2011. Modern Pollen rain of JalesarLake Unnao, Utter.Pradesh. Jour. of Palynology. 47: 11-21.
Trivedi, A., Singh, D S., Chauhan, M. S., Arya, A., Bharadwaj, V. & Awasthi, A. 2011. Vegetation and climate change around Ropanchapratalin Deoria district, Central Ganga Plain during last 1.35 ka. Jour. Palaeontol. Soc. India. 54(2):39-43. Phartiyal, B., Appel, E., Kotlia, B. S., Blaha, U., Trivedi, A. & Sharma, C. 2010. Late Quaternary environments in the Kumaun Lesser Himalayas, Indiadeduced from multi-disciplinary techniques, Quaternary International, 213(1-2): 44-55. Trivedi, A. & Chauhan, M. S. 2009. Holocene vegetational history and palaeoenvironment in the Jammu region (Surinsar Lake), Northwest Himalaya. Jour. Geol. Soc. Trivedi, A. & Chauhan, M. S. 2008. Pollen Proxy Records of Holocene vegetation and climate change from Mansar Lake, Jammu region, India. Curr. Sci. 95(9): 1347-1355. Bera, Subir, Ghorai, N., Mandal, K. C., Bera, S. K. & Trivedi. A. 2004. The role of Syphrus serarus wied. as a pollinator in Darjeeling Hills, West Bengal, India: a palynological assessment. Geophytology 34 (1&2): 105-109. Bera, S. K., Trivedi, A. & Sharma, C. 2002. Trapped pollen and spores from spider webs in Lucknow environs. Curr. Sci. 83(12): 1580-1585. Sharma, C., Trivedi, A. and Malik, M. A. 2001. Modern pollen/spore rain in Surinsar and Mansar lakes, Jammu. Geophytology, 31(1&2):9-17. ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED Trivedi, A., Tang, Ye-Na, Yao, Yi-Feng, Farooqui, A., Wortley, A.H., Blackmore, S., Li, Cheng-Sen. Asian summer monsoon variability inferred from pollen records in lake deposits of south west Yunnan, China During since ~ 11000 yrs BP in the forthcoming conference 3rd NECLIME Asian Meeting Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, February 23-27, 2016. Trivedi, A., Saxena, A., Chauhan, M.S., Sharma, A., Nautiyal, C.M. & Tiwari, D.P. Vegetation, climate change and human habitation since Last Glacial Maximum in Central Ganga Plain, based on multiproxy records from Lashoda Tal, Raebareli District, Uttar Pradesh, India in the forthcoming conference Quaternary Climate Change: New Approaches and Emerging Challenges to be held during Dec. 15-16, 2014.
Trivedi, A., Saxena, A. & Chauhan, M.S. Studies on pollen rain vis-a-vis vegetation relationship in Chaudhari-Ka-Tal, Raebareli District, Uttar Pradesh. National Conference on Recent Development in Plant and Earth Sciences, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, Nov. 28-29, 2013. Saxena, A., Trivedi, A. & Chauhan, M.S. Late-Quaternary vegetation and climate change in Central Ganga Plain, based on pollen records from Chaudhary-Ka-Tal, Raebareli District, Uttar Pradesh. XXIV Colloquium on Micropaleontology and Stratigraphy, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, Nov., 18-21, 2013. Saxena, Anju, Trivedi, A. & Chauhan, M.S. Late-Quaternary vegetation and climate change in Central Ganga Plain, based on pollen records from Chaudharty-Ka-Tal, Raebareli District, Uttar Pradesh XXIV colloquium on micropaleontology and stratigraphy Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, November 18-21,2013. Trivedi, A., Chauhan, M.S, & Farooqui A. Studies on pollen rain vis-a-vis vegetation relationship in Bari Tal area, Lucknow District, Uttar Pradesh. National conference on sedimentation and tectonics with special reference to energy resources of North-East India & 30 th convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologists, November 28-30, 2013. Trivedi, A., Saxena A. & Chauhan, M.S. Studies on pollen rain vis-vis vegetation relationship in Chaudhari-Ka-Tal, Raebareli District, Uttar Pradesh. National conference on Recent Development in Plant and Earth Sciences Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, November 28-29, 2013. Zhi-Yong Zhang, Volker Mosbrugger, Khum N. Paudiyal, Trivedi, A., & Cheng- Sen Li. The relationships of modern pollen Data with climatic parameters in Central Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. International conference on Plant, Culture and Environment (ICPE), Xinxiang city, Hinan Province, P. R. China, September 20-23, 2012. Trivedi, A., Chauhan, M.S., Tewari, D.P., Nautiyal, C.M., Sharma, A. & Singh, M.P. Vegetation, climate change and human habitation in the Central Ganga Plain since 43,000 yr BP, based on pollen records from Jalesar Lake, Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh. International Conference of Indian Archaeological Society and special Seminars on Recent Archeological Achievements in India, AIH & Archaeology Department, Lucknow University, Lucknow, December, 28-30, 2010.
Trivedi, A. Tiwari, D. P. & Verma, S. Modern pollen deposition in Jalesar lake, Unnao, Utter Pradesh National. Conference on Quaternary Geological Processes: Natural Hazards and Climate Change, 25-26 February 2009. Singh, M.P. and Trivedi, A., & Tiwari, D.P. Proxy pollen records of climate change and human impact on the environment in the central Ganga plain. Indian Science Congress, 3-7 January 2009. Trivedi, Anjali. Holocene vegetation and climate change in the Jammu region, based on pollen proxy records. National Seminar on Glacial geomorphology and Palaeoglaciation in Himalaya, 14-15 March, 2008. D.S., Singh, Dixit, A., Awasthi, A. & Bhradwaj, V. Late Holocene history of Chhoti Gandak area, Deoria district, Ganga Plain. Conference of Plant Life Through The Ages. BSIP, 16-17 Nov, 2008. Dixit, A., Awasthi, A., Bhradwaj, V., & Singh, D.S. Holocene climate change, A study based on Ropan Chhapra Tal, Deoria district, Ganga plain. Indian Association of Sedimentologists XXIV convention and National seminar on Sedimentary basins of India and their Economic Resources, India, 4-6 March, 2008. Phartiyal, B., Sharma, C., Kotlia, B S., Sanwal, J. & Trivedi, A. Climatic variations in the Kumaon Himalaya over the past 21 Ka BP deduced from multidisciplinary techniques. 17th Himalayan Karakoram Workshop, Sikkim, India, 25-27 March, 2002, Gangtok, Sikkim. Trivedi, Anjali. Holocene climatic variation from lacustrine sediments from JammuRegion, India. International Conference on Asian monsoon variability during the past change (Amv-PGC), India, 11-14 September, 2007. Sharma, C. & Trivedi, A. Palaeoclimatic inferences from lacustrine sediments from Mansar Lake, Jammu. Second International Conferences of Plants and Environmental Pollution (ICPEP-II). 04-09 Feb, 2002, NBRI, Lucknow. Sharma, C., Dixit, A. & Sekar, B. Holocene climatic inferences of lacustrine sediments based on pollen and chemical analyses. 21st Annual Session of Environmental Biology. Nov. 2000. Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad. Sharma, C., Dixit, A. & Malik, M. A. Palaeoclimatic inferences from lacustrine sediments from Surinsar Lake, Jammu. XVII Indian Colloquium on Micropaleontology and Stratigrapy, Feb. 2000 Vikram University, Ujjain.
Training/Study Visits: Visited CAS, Institute of Botany, Beijing, China under CASPIFI Programme as visiting Scientist Fellowship Scheme from June 14, 2016 to June 15, 2017. Attended course work on Palaeosols at BSIP, Lucknow from November 06 to November 12, 2013 Visited CAS, Institute of Botany, Beijing, China under TWAS Programme as visiting Scientist Fellowship Scheme from August, 11 to October, 25, 2013. Visited CAS, Institute of Botany, Beijing, China under TWAS Programme as Post doctoral fellow Fellowship Scheme from 01 May, 11 to July, 17, 2011. Attended course on Training on Late Cenozoic Dinoflagellate cysts at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India under guidance of Prof. Martin James, Brock University, Canada from 14 to Febraury, 19 2011. Professional Geology course (including field excursion to Solan, H.P. and adjoining sites) at Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh from 21st April to 11th July, 2009. MEMBERSHIP OF SOCIETIES Life member of Palaeontological Society of India Department of Geology, Lucknow. Life member of Academy of Environmental Biology ITRC, Lucknow. Life Member of Palaeobotanical Society of India BSIP, Lucknow. Declaration The above mentioned information s are true to best of my knowledge. Date: 01, July 2017 Place: Lucknow, India. (ANJALI TRIVEDI)
Paper submitted Zhang, Zhi-Yong., Harrison, P. S., Mosbrugger, V., Ferguson, D. K., Paudayal, N. K., Trivedi, A. and Cheng-Sen Li, Evaluation of the realism of climate reconstruction using the Coexistence Approach with modern pollen samples from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Review of Palaeosciences and Palynology. Papers under preparation Li, Su-Ping., Trivedi, A., An, Zhi-Sheng., Xiao-Ke,Qiang., Li, Cheng-Sen. Reconstruction of Early Pliocene Climate in Qinghai Lake, NW China based on Palynological Data. Yi-Feng, Yao.,Trivedi, A., Li, Chen- Sen. Holocene vegetation climate change and Human impacton Taiwan Province, China.
CONFERENCES AND TRAINING ATTENDED Field excursion and Training Programme on Late Coenozoic Dinoflagellates Cysts- February 14-16, 2011. BSIP, Lucknow. China visit from 1 st May 2011to 31 st April, 2012 under TWAS Post Doctoral Fellowship. International Conference of Indian Archaeological Society and special Seminars on Recent Archaeological Achievements in India, AIH & Archaeology Department, Lucknow University, Lucknow, December, 28-30, 2010. National Conference on Quaternary Geological Processes: Natural Hazards & Climate Change, CAS in Geology, Lucknow University, Lucknow, 25-26 February 2009. National Seminar on Glacial Geomorphology and Palaeoglaciation in Himalaya, CAS in Geology, Lucknowuniversity, Lucknow, 14-15 March, 2008. International Conference on Asian Monsoon variability during the Past Changes (Amv-PGC), India, Department of Geology, Nainital University, Nainital, 11-14 September, 2007 Second International Conference of plant and Environmental Pollution (ICPEP II), NBRI, Lucknow, February, 04-09, 2002. Indian Science Congress, Lucknow University, Lucknow, January, 03-07, 2002. Contact Course on Advanced Training in Palaeosciences organized by BirbalSahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, October, 3-10, 2001. DST sponsored Winter School Training course on Precambrian Palaeobiology: Techniques and Methodology, December, 04-18, 2000. Report submitted Stratigraphical distribution of Ediacaran biota in the Krol Tal sequence of lesser Himalaya under winter programming sponsored by DST and organized by CAS in of Geology, Lucknow University, December, 2000. Short course on deep water sedimentary systems: Key advances, latest techniques and currents trends, Geology Department, Jammu University, Jammu October, 24-30, 1999. XVI- Convention Indian Association of Sedimentologists (An International meeting), Jammu University, Jammu, October, 24-30, 1999. MEMBERSHIP OF SOCIETIES Life member of Palaeontological Society of India Department of Geology, Lucknow. Life member of Academy of Environmental Biology ITRC, Lucknow. Member of Palaeobotanical Society of India BSIP, Lucknow. Membership of International Society of Applied Biology, Lucknow.