Dr. Swati Dixit
M.Sc. (Gold Medalist-2007), Ph.D.,
Scientist ‘B’,
Quaternary Palynology Division,
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany,
53 University Road, Lucknow-226007 (UP), INDIA
Email: swatidixit26@gmail.com
, swatidixit2001@yahoo.com
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
Ph.D. (Palaeobotany) awarded in 2011 from University of Lucknow.
M.Sc. (Botany) awarded in 2007 from University of Lucknow, Triple Gold Medalist.
B.Sc. (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry) awarded in 2005 from University of Lucknow.
Intermediate passed from CBSE in 2002.
HighSchool passed from CBSE in 2000.
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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Appreciation Certificate for presenting my research findings in hindi at
Hindi Pakhwara, 2011, 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.
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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Annual member of the Indian Botanical society.
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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).
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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: Studies on climatic variations and vegetation succession in some endangered wetland ecosystem and adjacent reserve forests in Brahmaputra
& Barak valley as inferred from organodebris analysis (pollen-spore, diatom,
NPP) since Holocene: palaeoecological interpretation in a flood plain of Assam.
RESEARCH INTEREST:
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Quaternary Climate change through biological proxies especially pollen, spores, diatoms, etc.
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: 178-
180. (Impact factor journal).
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): 419-
432 (Impact factor journal).
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. (Impact factor journal).
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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. (Impact factor journal).
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 (SCI Journal).
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. (Impact factor journal).
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. (Impact factor journal).
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 (in press) (Impact factor journal).
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 (March).
17.
Dixit Swati , Basumatary SK, Singh H & Bera SK. 2013. Melissopalynological studies of western part of Almora District, Uttarakhand. The Palaeobotanist 62
(March).
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
Conference on Science of Climate Change and Earth’s Sustainability: Issues and
Challenges ‘A Scientist-People Parternship’ 12-14 September, 2011, Lucknow: 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
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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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 121. (Poster).
9. Bera SK, Mandaokar BD & Dixit Swati 2009. Late Holocene vegetation development and climate fluctuations in and around Northeastern Tripura, India.Geodynamics, sedimentation and biotic response in the context of India-Asia collision” Nov. 26th-
28th, 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.
24 th Annual general meeting of Indian Phytopathological society (eastern zone), 2011
& National Symposium on ‘Microorganisms and Plant Health’, Gauhati University,
Guwahati: 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. Pg. 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 10 th
century AD. National conference on
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Biodiversity assessment conservation and utilization, Department of biodiversity. AG
College, Pune. Pg. 58-59.
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. 9 th
IOP/13 th
IPC-
2012, Japan, pp. 47-48. 23 rd
to 30 th
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 the south bank of the Brahmaputra flood plain, Northeast India. 9 th
IOP/13 th
IPC-
2012, Japan, pp. 14. 23 rd
to 30 th
August, 2012.
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