Dr. Neeru Prakash
Scientist
Palaeobotany
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
India
Biography
Dr. Neeru Prakash is Presently working on Kachchh and Saurashtra basins of Western India under the five year plan projects of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany at Lucknow, India. Dr. Neeru Prakash qualification includes B.Sc. Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, with 1st class in 1979 from University of Lucknow; M. Sc. Botany, with 1st class in 1981- University of Lucknow; Ph. D. Botany, 1989- (Palaeobotany) Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, awarded from University of Lucknow. She has Proficiency in French from Lucknow University. Research area: Research work done mainly on plant mega fossils of Jurassic-Cretaceous deposits of various sedimentary basins of India.
Research Interest
Her research interest includes Upper Gondwana plant Mega Fossils, Biodiversity, Phytogeography, Palaeoecology and Palaeoclimatology.
Publications
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Singh RS, Pandya N. Equisetites Sehoraensis sp. nov. from Jabalpur Formation, Madhya Pradesh. Geophytology. 1990;20(1):72-3.
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PANDYA N, SRIVASTAVA V. A new conifer fossil from Vemavaram (early Cretaceous), Andhra Pradesh, India. Geophytology. 1990;20(1).
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Goswami S, Singh KJ, Chandra S. Palaeobotany of Gondwana basins of Orissa State, India: A bird's eye view. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2006 Dec 15;28(4):218-33.
