Name: Dr. Ram-Awatar
Qualification: M.Sc., D.Phil., F. Pbs
Position: Scientist ‘F’
Research area: Gondwana Palynology (Peninsular & extra peninsular region)
Research Experience: 32 years
Members of the scientific bodies:
1. Life member of the Palaeobotanical Society, Lucknow
2. Fellow of the Journal of the Geological Society of India, Bangalore
3. Fellow of the Palaeontological Society of India, Lucknow
4.
Honour/Awards:
Awarded Team Gold Medal-2008, amongst the Scientists of the Institute who have excelled to
inculcate team sprit and collaborative intergrated work within the institute or in collaboration
with other institution(s).
List of Publications
1. Sarate, O.S. & Ram-Awatar 1984.Navalesporites gen.nov.- A new monolete miospore from
Satpura Gondwana Basin, India. Geophytology 14(2) : 249-251.
2. Tiwari , R.S. & Ram-Awatar 1986. Late Permian palynofossils from the Pali Formation,
South Rewa Gondwana Basin, Madhya Pradesh. Bull. geol. Min. metall. Soc. India , 54 :
250-255.
3. Tiwari , R.S. & Ram-Awatar 1987. A palynological assemblage from Parsora
Formation, Johilla Coalfield, South Rewa Gondwana Basin, Madhya Pradesh.
eophytology , 17(1) : 104-109.
4. Tiwari , R.S. & Ram-Awatar 1987. Palynostratigraphic studies of sub-surface SupraBarakar sediments from Korar Coalfield, Son Valley, Madhya Pradesh. Geophytology,
4(2): 256-264.
5. Ram-Awatar 1988. Palynological dating of Supra-Barakar formations in Son Valley
Graben. Palaeobotanist, 36 : 135-137.
6. Tiwari , R.S. & Ram-Awatar 1989. Sporae-dispersae and correlation of Gondwana
sediments in Johilla Coalfield, Son Valley Graben, Madhya Pradesh. Palaeobotanist ,37 :
94-114 .
7. Tiwari , R.S. &.Ram-Awatar 1990. Palyno-dating of Nidpur beds, Son Graben, Madhya
Pradesh. Palaeobotanis , 38 : 105-121.
8. Tiwari,
R.S.
&
Ram-Awatar
1992.
Observations
on
the
pollen
genus-
TrabaculosporitesTrivedi & Misra, 1970, from Nidpur beds, Sidhi District, Madhya
Pradesh. Geophytology, 20 (2) : 80-82 .
9. Tiwari , R.S. & Ram-Awatar 1992. A palynoassemblage from Mahadeva Formation in
Nidpur area, Madhya Pradesh. Geophytolog , 22 (2) : 111-113 .
10. Ram-Awatar 1993. Palynological dating of sub-surface sequence of Middle Pali
Member in Sohagpur Coalfield (M.P.), India. Geophytology ,23 (1) : 107-114.
11. Ram-Awatar 1994. Palynostratigraphy of Supra-Barakar Sediments - (Pali, Tiki Parsora
formations)
and
their
stratigraphic
positions
in
South
Rewa
Basin,Madhya
Pradesh,India.In: P.K.S. Guha (eds.)9th Int.Gond. Symp. Hyderabad,India, 1994,1 :439454.
12. Tiwari , R.S., Vijaya
& Ram-Awatar 1995. Potoeusaccites gen. nov.- A case of
transitionary character sate in saccus structure in the Late Permian bisaccate pollen.
Palaeobotanist , 42 (3):387-395 .
13. Singh T., Tiwari, R.S., Vijaya & Ram-Awatar. 1995. Stratigraphy and palynology of
Carboniferous
Permian-Triassic succession in Spiti Valley, Tethys
Himalaya,
India.J.Palaeontol.Soc.India.40 :439-454.
14. Ram-Awatar 1996. Palynological sucession through Gondwana sediments in South
Rewa Basin, Madhya Pradesh, India. Geophytology 26(1): 33-38.
15. Ram-Awatar 1996. Palynostratigraphy of Supra-Barakar Sediments - (Pali, Tiki Parsora
formations)
and
their
stratigraphic
positions
in
South
Rewa
Basin,Madhya
Pradesh,India.In: P.K.S. Guha (eds.)9th Int.Gond. Symp. Hyderabad,India, 1994,1 :439454
16. Ram-Awatar 1996. Palynozonation of the Middle Pali Member in Sohagpur Coalfield,
Madhya Pradesh. Palaeobotanist, 43 (3):96-101.
17. Ram-Awatar 1997. Palynological
evidence for the Permian-Triassic boundary in
Sohagpur Coalfield, India. Palaeobotanist, 46 (1,2):101-106..
18. Ram-Awatar 1997. Early Permian palynoassemblages from Korar Coalfield and its
climatic inference. Minetech, 19 (5):50-56.
19. Ram-Awatar 2001: Permo/ Triassic boundary in South Rewa Basin:A palynological
over view. Minetech : 22 (5 &6) : 61-71.
20. Vijaya, Tripathi, Archna. & Ram-Awatar 2001. Vertical distribution of spore and pollen
index species in Permian Sequence on Peninsular India. In: R.H Weiss (ed.)Contribution to the geology and palaeontology of Gondwana in honor of Helmut
Wopfner. pp, 475-495.
21. Ram-Awatar 2003. A Triassic palynoflora from Pali Formation, South Rewa Gondwana
Basin, Madhya Pradesh, India. Palaeobotanist, 52: 49-54.
22. Srivastava, A.K. & Ram-Awatar 2003. Palynological assemblage from the Motur clay
bed of Satpura Gondwana Basin , Madhya Pradesh, India. Geophytology,31 (1&2):81-86.
23. Upadhyay, R., Ram-Awatar, Kar, R.K., & Sinha, Anshu
K. 2004. Palynological
evidence for the Palaeocene evolution of the forearc basin, Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh
India. Terra Nova, 16: 216-225.
24. Ram- Awatar, Mukhopadhyay, A., & Adhikari, S. 2004. Palynostratigraphy of subsurface Pali sediments, Sohagpur Coalfield, M.P., India. Palaeobotanist, 53:51-59.
25. Binita Phartiyal, Sharma, A., Upadhya, R., Ram-Awatar & Sinha, Anshu K. 2005.
Quaternary geology,tectonics and distributions of palaeo-and present fluvio/ glacio
lakustrine deposits in Ladakh, NW Indian Himalaya- a study based on field observations.
Geomorphology, 65: 241-256.
26. Upadhyay R, Ram-Awatar, Kar R. K & Sinha Anshu K. 2005. First record of MiddleLate Jurassic palynomorphs from the Lamayuru complex, Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh,
India. Current Science, 88 (6): 980-986.
27. Ram-Awatar & Dutta, A. 2005: Palynodating of “Dhanda Pahar” sediments and its
stratigraphic status in South Rewa Basin, M.P. In : Majumder, S. et at., (eds.) Proc. of
workshop on solid fossil fuel: An Introspection and Perception in Indian context, Geol.
Surv. India, Spl. Publ 81,.pp.127-134.
28. Ram–Awatar, Saini, D.C. & Vethnamagyam, S.M. 2005. Pryanvaran Evam Swathyaya
Sanrakshan Mai Lavanodhvidh Bano Ki Upyogita Thatha Yogadan- International
through Hindi Medium – Parayan , Evan Swathyaya, Jauya: Evam Suchana Prodyogiki:
Nutan Sopan. ITRC Lucknow, February 28 to 2 March 2, 2005.
29. Ram-Awatar, Kumar, M. & Prakash, Neeru 2005. Palynological analysis of Lower
Gondwana sediments exposed along the Umrar River, South Rewa Basin, Madhya
Pradesh. Palaeobotanist 54: 87-97.
30. Chakraborti, B. & Ram-Awatar 2006. Inter-relationship of the palynofloral assemblages
from Mand Coalfield, Chhattisgarh and its significance. Indian Minerals 60 (3&4):153170.
31. Tripathi,A., Vijaya & Ram-Awatar 2006. Atlas of spores and pollen from the Triassic
successions of India. Diamond jubilee Int. Conf.- Changing Scenario in Palaeobotany
and allied subjects, BSIP, Special Publication, Lucknow, India.pp.1-128 .
32. Ram-Awatar 2007. Palynostratigraphy and depositional environment of Lower
Gondwana sediments in Raigarh Basin, Chhattiagarh, India. In : Micropalaeontology:
application in stratigraphy and Palaeoceanography (ed. DeveshK. Sinha) pp. 71-79.
33. Paul, S.K., Ram-Awatar., Mehrotra, R.C., Sharma, A., Phartiyal B., & Dorjey, C.P. 2007.
A new fossil palm leaf from the Hemis Formation of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir , India.
Current Science 92 (6):727-729.
34. Mehrotra RC, Ram-Awatar, Sharma A & Phartiyal B. 2007. A new palm leave from the
Indus Suture Zone Ladakh Himalaya, India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of
India 52 (2) :159-162.
35. Ram-Awatar & A. Rajanikanth 2007. Triassic conifer wood from the Tiki Formation,
South Rewa Basin, Madhya Pradesh, India. Palaeobotanist 56: 127-132.
36. Ram-Awatar 2011. Dominance of spore tetrads in the Triassic sediments of Indian
Gondwana and their climatic inference. Palaeobotanist, 60:363-368.
37. Ram-Awatar 2011.Fungal remains from Late Permian sediments of Mand Coalfield,
Chhattisgarh, India and their palaeoclimatic significance. Gondwana Geological
Magazine, 26 (1): 21-26.
38. Kumar, M., Ghosh, A.K., Ram-Awatar and Mehrotra, R.C.2012. Palynomorphs of
Gondwanic affinities in the Oligo-Miocene sediments of Kargil Molasse Group, Ladakh,
India. Palaeobotanist, 61: 165-176.
Catalogues:
39. Vijaya & Ram-Awatar 1994. Indian Gondwana, Annotated Synopses: Vol-I:
Palynology.Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow : 1-119 (A commemoration
to the 9th Int. Gond. Symp. held at Hyderabad from 10-14 January, 1994).
40. Tripathi,A., Vijaya & Ram-Awatar 2006. Atlas of spores and pollen from the Triassic
successions of India. Diamond jubilee Int. Conf.- Changing Scenario in Palaeobotany
and allied subjects, BSIP, Special Publication, Lucknow, India.pp.1-128
Papers accepted for Publication:
41. Madhav Kumar and Ram-Awatar 2012. Early to Late Jurassic palynofossils from South
Rewa Gondwana Basin, Madhya Pradesh, India. Geologia UPS, Brasil
42. Ram-Awatar, 2012. Reworked Gondwana Palynofossils from Ladakh Himalaya, India
and their Tectonic implications. Natn. Sem. Geodyn. Sed. and Biotic Res. in the Context
of India-Asia Collision. Mizoram University, Aizawl. (Mem. J. geol. Soc. India,
Bangalore).
43. Ram-Awatar and Gautam, S. 2012. Late Permian palynofossils from the Pali Formation,
South Rewa Basin, Madhya Pradesh, India.J.geol. Soc., India, Bangalore.
Paper submitted for Publication:
44. Ram- Awatar, R.C. Mehrotra, Rashmi Srivastava, K.C. Yadav and Saurabh Gautam
2013. Palynological evidence for marine incursion in the Talchir Formation of
Manendragarh, Koriya District, Chhattisgarh, India. Current science.