CURRICULUM VITAE
DR. SWATI TRIPATHI
Scientist ‘B’,
Quaternary Palynology Division,
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany,
53 University Road, Lucknow-226007 (UP), INDIA
Email: swatidixit26@gmail.com
Research Interest:
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Quaternary Vegetation and Climate change through biological proxies
especially pollen, spores, diatoms, etc.
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Melissopalynology
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Ethnobotany
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Examining morphology of pollen in living plants.
Educational Qualification:
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Ph.D. (Palaeobotany) awarded in 2011 from University of Lucknow.
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M.Sc. (Botany) awarded in 2007 from University of Lucknow, Triple Gold
Medalist.
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B.Sc. (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry) awarded in 2005 from University of
Lucknow.
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Intermediate passed from CBSE in 2002.
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HighSchool passed from CBSE in 2000.
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Medals/Awards:
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Birbal Sahni Memorial Gold Medal 2007 for obtaining highest percentage
of marks in M.Sc (Botany), Lucknow University.
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Kamayani Memorial Gold Medal 2007 for obtaining highest percentage of
marks among girls candidate in M.Sc (Botany), Lucknow University.
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Sri Rakeshwar Lal Sinha & Smt. Prema Sinha Gold Medal 2007 for
obtaining highest percentage of marks among successful women candidate in
M.Sc (Botany), Lucknow University.
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Dr. B.S. Venkatachala Memorial Gold Medal 2012 for the outstanding
piece of research work in Palaeobotany, BSIP, Lucknow.
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First position for presenting my research findings in hindi at Hindi
Pakhwara, 2013, BSIP, LKO.
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Received Young Scientist Award in IPC/IOPC-2012 joint conference and
congress held in Tokyo, Japan from 23rd-30th August, 2012.
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Best poster award in National Conference in Recent Developments in Plant
and Earth sciences 2013.
Membership:
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Life member of the Palaeobotanical society of India.
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Life member of the Palynological society of India.
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Life member of the Palaeontological Society of India.
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Life member of the International Society of Applied Biology.
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Annual member of International Organization of Palaeobotany (IOP).
Member, Editorial Board:
• Journal of Plant Science & Research
Work Experience:
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Worked as Junior Research Fellow in DST sponsored project dealing with
Quaternary palaeovegetation and climate changes from upper Assam area through
pollen records.
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Worked as Birbal Sahni Research Associate in BSIP Project from Upper Assam
and adjoining areas of Arunachal Pradesh.
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Presently working as Scientist B in Quaternary Palynology Division of BSIP,
Lucknow.
Present Project title: Holocene climatic variations and vegetation succession in
endangered wetland ecosystems and adjacent reserve forests in Brahmaputra and Barak
Valley, Assam.
Research papers published:
1.
Bera SK, Dixit Swati, Basumatary SK & Gogoi Rajib 2008. Evidence of
biological degradation in sediments of Deepor Beel Ramsar site, Assam as
inferred by degraded palynomorphs and fungal remains. Current Science 95: 178180.
2.
Bera SK, Basumatary SK & Dixit Swati 2008. Ethnomedicinal plants used among
bodo tribe of Assam, Northeast India. Journal of the Indian Botanical society
87(3&4): 242-247.
3. Bera SK, Dixit Swati, Basumatary SK & Sarma GC 2009. Pollen analysis of
honey from Kamrup reserve forests, Assam. Journal of Palynology 43: 57-65.
4. Bera SK, Basumatary SK & Dixit Swati 2009. 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: 1-9.
5. Bera SK & Dixit Swati 2010. Pollen morphological and phenological
characteristics in some economically important plant taxa from reserve forests of
Dibrugarh District, Assam. Journal of the Indian Botanical Society 89(1&2):
111-126.
6. Dixit Swati & Bera SK 2011. Mid-Holocene Vegetation and Climatic variability
in Tropical deciduous Sal (Shorea robusta) forest of Lower Brahmaputra valley,
Assam, Northeast India. Journal of the Geological society of India 77 (5): 419432.
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7.
Bera SK, Dixit Swati, Saini DC & Sekar B 2011. Impact of metal concentration
and
pollen preservation in Copper and Manganese ore rich soil from Balaghat
District, Madhya Pradesh: Mineral indicator plants and fungal remains.
International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering 4(4): 719-724.
8.
Dixit Swati & Bera SK 2011. Holocene climatic fluctuation from lower
Brahmaputra floodplain of Assam, Northeast India. Journal of Earth System
Science. 121(1): 135-147.
9.
Bera SK & Dixit Swati 2011. Pollen analysis of Late Holocene lacustrine
sediment from Jeypore reseve forest, Dibrugarh, Assam. Geological process and
climate change, pp. 85-94, Macmillan Publishers India Ltd.
10. Bera SK, Basumatary SK, Nautiyal CM, Dixit Swati, Mao AA & Gogoi R 2011.
Late Holocene climate and vegetation change in Dzuko valley, Northeast India.
Journal of the Palaeontological society of India 56 (2): 143-148.
11. Dixit Swati, Basumatary SK, Bera, SK, Rahman A, Rabha Debojit & Thomas
Soumya 2012. Melissopalynological investigations from Goalpara District of
Assam, Northeast India. Journal of Palynology 47: 77-87.
12. Dixit Swati & Bera SK. 2012. Pollen rain studies in wetland environ of Assam,
Northeast India, to interpret present and past vegetation. International journal of
Earth Science and Engineering 4(4): 719-724.
13. Dixit Swati & Bera SK. 2012. Pollen-inferred Vegetation vis a vis Climate
dynamics since Late Quaternary from Western Assam, Northeast India: signal of
global climatic events. Quaternary International 256: 56-68.
14. Bera SK, Dixit Swati & Mandaokar BD 2012. Late Holocene vegetation
development and climate fluctuations in and around Northeastern Tripura, India.
Memoir of the Geological society of India 77: 371-379.
15. Basumatary SK, Dixit Swati, Bera SK & Mehrotra RC. 2013. Modern pollen
assemblages of surface samples from Cherrapunjee and its adjoining areas,
Meghalaya, northeast India, Quaternary International 298: 68-79.
16. Dixit Swati & Bera SK 2013. Vegetation vis a vis Climate change around
Bhogdoi swamp in Lower Brahmaputra flood plain of Assam, Northeast India
since late Holocene. The Palaeobotanist 62: 19-27.
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17. Dixit Swati, Basumatary SK, Singh H & Bera SK. 2013. Melissopalynological
studies of western part of Almora District, Uttarakhand. The Palaeobotanist 62:
39-46.
18. Bera SK, Gupta, Kanupriya, Basumatary SK, Dixit Swati, Rahman, A. 2013.
Pollen sedimentation in Urpad beel, Assam: Evidence of biological degradation in
wetland environ, Northeast India India. Journal of Applied Biosciences 39 (1):
10-15.
19. Bera SK, Gupta, Kanupriya, Basumatary SK and Tripathi Swati. 2013. 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): 63-73.
20. Tripathi Swati, Basumatary SK, Singh VK, Bera SK, Nautiyal CM & Thakur,
Biswajeet 2014. Palaeovegetation and Climate oscillation of western Odisha,
India: a pollen data-based synthesis for the Mid-Late Holocene. Quaternary
International 325: 83-92.
21. Bera SK, Dixit Swati & Gupta Kanupriya 2013. Late Holocene climate and
vegetation succession as inferred from Jokai reserve forest, Dibrugarh, Assam:
Pollen record and Anthropogenic impact. 51 Years after Daojali-Hading:
Emerging Perspectives in the Archaeology of Northeast India. In press.
22. Basumatary SK, Tripathi Swati, Bera SK & Kumar Subodh 2014. Pollen
morphology of Nepenthes khasiana Hook. f. (Nepenthaceae): an endemic
insectivorous plant of India. Palynology (Taylor & Francis). in press.
News and Notes:
Dixit Swati*, Quamar M.F. & Kar, R. 2013. The 13th International Palynological
Congress and 9th International Organization of Palaeobotany Conference-2012, Tokyo,
Japan. Jour. Geol. Soc. India, 81, 854-855.
Abstract published/Conferences attended:
In India:
1. Dixit Swati & Bera SK. 2011. Interplay between pollen and extant vegetation in
wetland environ of Lower Brahmaputra floodplain of Assam, India. National
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Conference on Science of Climate Change and Earth’s Sustainability: Issues and
Challenges ‘A Scientist-People Parternship’ 12-14 September, 2011, Lucknow. Pg.
66. (Oral).
2. Dixit Swati & Bera SK 2009. Pollen analysis of late Holocene lacustrine sediment
from Rangjuli reserve forest, Assam, Northeast India. Climatic changes during the
Quaternary: Special reference to Polar Regions and Southern Ocean (October 22-23,
2009, NCAOR, Goa).
1. Dixit Swati & Bera, SK 2008. Diatom assemblage as indicator of environmental
conditions: A preliminary interpretation from surface sediment of Lower Assam flood
plain. Plant Life Through The Ages, BSIP, Lucknow. Pg. 46. (Poster).
4. Bera SK, Dixit Swati & Basumatary SK 2007. Pollen interplay in and around
important wetlands of Assam valley, North East India: evidence of anthropogenic
influence. XXI Indian Colloq. Micropalaeontol.Stratigr. BSIP, Lucknow. Pg. 11.
(Poster).
5. Bera SK, Basumatary SK, Nautiyal, CM, Dixit Swati, Mao AA & Gogoi R 2008. A
Pollen sequence from the vegetation and climatic changes in and around Dzuko
Valley, Nagaland since last 1100 yrs BP. Plant Life Through The Ages., BSIP,
Lucknow. Pg. 22. (Poster).
6. Bera SK & Dixit Swati 2008. Use of varied substrates in interpreting modern pollen
rain in and around Jeypore reserve forest, Assam, Northeastern India. Plant Life
Through The Ages, BSIP, Lucknow. Pgs. 23-24. (Poster).
7. Bera SK & Dixit Swati 2009. Pollen analysis of late Holocene lacustrine sediment
from Jeypore Reserve Forest, Dibrugarh, Assam. National Conference on Quaternary
Geological Processes: Natural Hazards and Climate Change, University of Lucknow,
Lucknow. Pg. 13 (Poster).
8. Bera SK, Dixit Swati & Basumatary SK 2009. Pollen/vegetation relationship in
wetland ecosystem, lower Brahmaputra valley: a threat to biodiversity.
National
Seminar on Exploration Utilization and Strategy Action Plan for Sustainable
Management of Plant Resources, Gauhati University, Guwahati. Pg. 121. (Poster).
9. Bera SK, Mandaokar BD & Dixit Swati 2009. Late Holocene vegetation development
and climate fluctuations in and around Northeastern Tripura, India.Geodynamics,
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sedimentation and biotic response in the context of India-Asia collision” Nov. 26th28th, 2009, Department of Geology, Mizoram University, Aizawl. (Poster).
10.Dixit Swati, Basumatary SK, Bera SK, Rahman A, Debojit Rabha and Soumya
Thomas 2011. Melissopalynological investigations from Goalpara District, Assam.
24th Annual general meeting of Indian Phytopathological society (eastern zone), 2011
& National Symposium on ‘Microorganisms and Plant Health’, Gauhati University,
Guwahati. Pg. 34. (Poster).
11.Bera SK, Gupta, Kanupriya, Basumatary SK and Dixit Swati. 2011. Incidence of
differential pollen dispersal in different tiers of reserve forests, Northeast India: A twin
study based on spider webs and air catches. National Symposium on Plant Diversity
and resources: Evolution, analyses, Stress and Challenges and Palaeophytodiversity:
Its Aspects and Prospects. Kolkata. Pgs. 6-7.
12.Dixit Swati and Bera SK. 2012. Reconstruction of vegetation vis-à-vis climatic
fluctuations since early Holocene in and around lower Brahmaputra flood plain of
Assam, Northeast India: based on pollen proxy records. International seminar on
emerging threats and challenges to Biodiversity: policy framework for sustainable
management. Department of Botany, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. Pg. 140.
(Oral).
13.Dixit Swati, Bera SK, Gupta Kanupriya and Rahman A. 2012. Climate induced
vegetational succession from Dakurbhita archaeological excavation site, Lower
Brahmaputra valley of Assam since 10th century AD. National conference on
Biodiversity assessment conservation and utilization, Department of biodiversity. AG
College, Pune. Pgs. 58-59.
14. Tripathi Swati, Basumatary SK, Bera SK, Nautiyal CM, Devi Nelakshi & Sarma
GC. 2013. Late Pleistocene vegetation and climate changes inferred from a pollen
record of Eastern Himalayan foothills: a part of Indo-Burma range. 3rd National
Conference on Environment and Biodiversity, Pune. Pg. 7. (Lead Lecture).
15. Gupta Kanupriya, Bera SK & Tripathi Swati. 2013. Incidence of differential pollen
dispersal and deposition as inferred from Patharkhandi reserve forest, Barak Valley,
Assam. XXIV Indian Colloquium on Micropaleontology and Stratigraphy. Wadia
Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun. Pgs. 32-33.
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16. Tripathi Swati, Bera SK & Gupta K. 2013. Palaeovegetation and Climate oscillation
of upper Assam, northeast India: a pollen data-based synthesis for the Mid-Late
Holocene. XXIV Indian Colloquium on Micropaleontology and Stratigraphy. Wadia
Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun. Pgs. 164-165. (Poster).
17. Tripathi Swati, Basumatary SK, Sarma GC, Brahma Munmun, Gupta Kanupriya &
Bera SK. 2013. Palynologial evaluation of honeys from Lower Assam, Northeast
India: a qualitative and quantitative approach. National Conference on Recent
Developments in Plant and Earth Sciences. Birbal Sahni Insititute of Palaeobotany,
Lucknow. Pg.138.
18.Thakur Biswajeet, Singh VK, Tripathi Swati, Basumatary SK, Bera SK & Nautiyal
CM. 2013. Diatom-based study of flood plain sediments from western Odisha, India
to decipher monsoonal fluctuations since Mid-Holocene. National Conference on
Recent Developments in Plant and Earth Sciences. Birbal Sahni Insititute of
Palaeobotany, Lucknow. Pg.136. (Poster).
19.Tripathi Swati, Basumartary SK, Singh VK, Bera SK, Nautiyal CM & Thakur
Biswajeet. 2013. Signals of Hypsithermal and Little Ice Age from western Odisha,
India: a palaeoecologial interpretation since Mid- Late Holocene. National
Conference on Recent Developments in Plant and Earth Sciences. Birbal Sahni
Insititute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow. Pg.139. (Best poster award).
In abroad:
1. Dixit Swati & Bera SK. 2011. Late Quaternary climatic fluctuations from Lower
Brahmaputra valley of Assam, Northeast India: in context with global climatic
events. World Conference on Palaeontology and Stratigraphy, Thailand, pp. 198.
28th Nov to 2nd Dec. (Oral).
2. Dixit Swati & Bera SK. 2012. Pollen recorded Vegetation and Climate dynamics
since Late Quaternary from Deepor wetland-Ramsar site of Assam, Northeast
India: in relevance to global climatic events and human impact. 9th IOP/13th IPC2012, Japan, pp. 47-48. 23rd to 30th August, 2012.
3. Bera SK & Dixit Swati. 2012. Late Holocene vegetational and climatic changes
as inferred from radiocarbon dates and palynodata of older alluvial sediments on
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the south bank of the Brahmaputra flood plain, Northeast India. 9th IOP/13th IPC2012, Japan, pp. 14. 23rd to 30th August, 2012.
Workshop and Training Programme attended:
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Attended a workshop on “Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy” during 26th
-31st, October, 2009 at BSIP, Lucknow.
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Participated actively in a training programme on Cenozoic Dinoflagellate cysts
(theoretical classes at BSIP, Lucknow and field visit to Goa) for the collection of
samples during 14th -26th February, 2011.
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Attended a training program on Palaeosols during 6th-12th November, 2013 at
BSIP, Lucknow.
Professional training received:
Attended a training programme of three months including a field excursion
(Solan, H.P.) in geology, organized jointly with CAS, Deptt. of Geology,
University of Lucknow and BSIP, Lucknow in 2009. I studied the fundamentals
of physical and structural geology, mineralogy, etc. While in field got acquainted
with the various geomorphic features, petrology and mapping of sedimentary
basins in the Himalayan region from the scientists having expertise in field
geology.
Personal details:
Name: DR. SWATI TRIPATHI
Husband’s Name: Mr. Satyendra Tripathi
Sex: Female
Date of Birth: 26/02/1986
Marital Status: Married
Citizenship: INDIAN
Category: GENERAL
Languages Known: English and Hindi
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