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Title Prof. First Name G.V.R. Last Name PRASAD Photograph

Designation Professor

Address Department of Geology, Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110 007

Phone No Office 011-27667073

Residence 011-27662568

Mobile 9868207140

Email [email protected]

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Educational Qualifications

Degree Institution Year Ph.D. Panjab University, Chandigarh 1986

M.Phil. / M.Tech.

PG Vikram University, Ujjain 1981

UG Vikram University, Ujjain 1979

Certificate Course in French Diploma Course in French

Panjab University, Chandigarh Panjab University, Chandigarh

1984 1985

Career Profile

January(25) 1986 to Lecturer (ad-hoc), CAS in Geology, Panjab University,

May (10) 1986 Chandigarh

October(20) 1986 to Lecturer, Deptt of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu

August (6) 1992

August(7) 1992 to Reader, Deptt of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu

April (17)1998

April (18) 1998 Professor, Deptt of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu

to October (19)

2008

October (20) 2008 Professor, Department of Earth Science, Indian Institute of Science

to November (30) Education & Research – Kolkata (IISER-K)

2009

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December (1) 2009 Professor, Department of Geology, University of Delhi,

to date Delhi

Administrative Assignments 2002-2003 – Head, Department of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu. 2005-2007 – Head, Department of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu. 2006-2008 – Convener, Board of Studies in Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu.

Areas of Interest / Specialization Vertebrate Palaeontology – Evolution of Mesozoic Vertebrates with special reference to biogeographic origins, diversity and evolution of Mesozoic Mammals of India, and Cretaceous Palaeobiogeography of India.

Subjects Taught

Vertebrate Palaeontology Stratigraphy Principles of Palaeontology Evolution of Life Through Time

Research Guidance List against each head (If applicable)

1. Supervision of awarded Doctoral Thesis A) Dr.Chanchal Kumar Khajuria B) Dr.Somnath Kundal C) Dr.Kulwant Singh D) Dr.Varun Parmar E) Dr.Omkar Verma F) Dr.Supreem Singh Jamwal

2. Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under progress A) L.Ranjit Singh B) Pooja Grover C) Rajkumari Priyadarshini Devi D) M.S. Thanglemmoi

3. Supervision of awarded M.Phil dissertations A) Late Verender Singh Jaipuria B) Chanchal Kumar Khajuria C) Somnath Kundal D) Supreem Singh Jasmwal

Publications Profile List against each head(If applicable) (as Illustrated with examples)

1. Books/Monographs (Authored/Edited) 2. Research papers published in Refereed/Peer Reviewed Journals

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2015. Prasad, G.V.R., Sharma, A., Verma, O., Khosla, A., Singh, L.R. & Priyadarshini, R.K.

(in Press). Testudoid and crocodiloid eggshells from the Upper Cretaceous Deccan Intertrappean

Beds of Central India. C.R. Palevol, (Paris).

2015. Parmar, V. & Prasad, G.V.R. (in Press). Cricetid rodents from the Lower Siwalik Subgroup

of Jammu, India: Biochronological Significance.Palaeoworld (Nanjing).

2014.Prasad, G.V.R. & Sahni, A. Vertebrate fauna from the Deccan volcanic province:Response

to volcanic activity, in Keller, G., and Kerr, A.C., eds., Volcanism, Impacts, and Mass Extinctions:

Causes and Effects: Geological Society of America Special Paper 505, p. 1–18,

2014. Fabre, Anne-Claire, Cornette, R., Boyer, D.B., Prasad, G.V.R., Hooker, J. & Goswami, A.

A three-dimensional morphometric analysis of the locomotory ecology of Deccanolestes, a

eutherian mammal from the late Cretaceous of India". J. Vertebr. Paleontol.: 34 (1): 146-156

(Chicago).

2013. Prasad, G.V.R., Verma, O., Flynn, J.J. & Goswami, A. A new Late Cretaceous vertebrate

fauna from the Cauvery basin, South India: Implications for Gondwanan palaeobiogeography. J.

Vertebr. Paleontol. 33(6): (Chicago).

2013. Parmar,V., Prasad, G.V.R. & Kumar, D. The first multituberculate mammal from India.

Naturwissenschaften 100: 515-523 (Berlin).

2013. Goswami, A., Prasad, G.V.R., Verma, O., Flynn, J.J. & Benson, R.B.J. A troodontid

dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of India. Nature Communications (London) 4:1703 DOI:

10.1038/ncomms2716/WWW.nature.com/naturecommunications.

2013. Parmar, V., Singh, S., Priyadarshini, R.K., Sharma, U.K. & Prasad, G.V.R.2013. Fossil

Fish Remains from the Upper Oligocene-Early Miocene Indus Molasse, Ladakh Himalaya. Proc.

Ind. Nat. Sci. Acad. 79(2): 167-176 (New Delhi).

2012. Prasad,G.V.R. Vertebrate biodiversity of the Deccan Volcanic Province of India:

A comprehensive review. Bull. Geol. Soc. France 183 (6): 597-610 (Paris).

2012. Verma, O., Prasad, G.V.R., Khosla, A. & Parmar, V. Late Cretaceous godwanatherian

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mammals of India: Distribution, interrelationships and biogeographic implications. J. Palaeontol.

Soc. India 57(2): 1-10 (Lucknow, India).

2012. Parmar, V. & Prasad, G.V.R. Fossil fish fauna from the Lower Siwalik beds of

Jammu. J. Palaeontol. Soc. India 57(1): 43-52(Lucknow, India).

2012. Bajpai, S., Prasad, G.V.R., Prasad, V., Krishna, J. & Sarkar, A. Recent advances in

Phanerozoic biodiversity, bioevents and climate in India. Proc. Ind. Nat. Sci. Acad.

(New Delhi).

2012. Verma, O., Prasad, G.V.R., Goswami, A. & Parmar, V. Ptychodus decurrens Agassiz

(Elasmobranchii: Ptychodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous of India. Cretaceous Research

33: 183-188 (London).

2011. Goswami, A., Prasad, G.V.R., Upchurch, P., Boyer, D., Seiffert, E., Verma, O., Gheerbrant,

E. & Flynn, J. J. A radiation of arboreal basal eutherian mammals beginning in the Late

Cretaceous of India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of

USA 108(39): 16333-16338 (Washington, DC).

2011. Underwood, C., Goswami, A., Prasad, G.V.R., Verma. O. & Flynn, J.J. Marine vertebrates

from the ‘middle’ Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) of South India. Journal of Vertebrate

Paleontology 31(3): 539-552 (Chicago).

2011. Kundal, S.N. & Prasad, G.V.R. ?Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene microvertebrates from the

Upper Siwalik Subgroup of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India. Earth Science India 4(3): 143-158.

2010. Archibald, J. D., Clemens, W. A., Padian, K., Rowe, T., MacLeod, N., Barrett, P. M., Gale, A., Holroyd, P., Sues, HD., Arens, N.C., Horner, J.R., Wilson, G.P.,

Goodwin, M. B., Brochu, C.A., Lofgren, D.L., Hurlbert, S.H.,

Hartman, J.H., Eberth, D.A., Wignall, P. B., Paul B. Wignall, Currie, P.J., Weil,

A., Prasad, G.V.R., Dingus, L., Courtillot, V., Milner, A., Milner, A., Bajpai, S.,

Ward, D.J. & Sahni, A. Multiple causes, not a single cause for terminal

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Cretaceous extinctions. Science 328: 973 (Washington D.C.).

2010. Prasad, G.V.R., Verma, O., Gheerbrant, E., Goswami, A., Khosla, A., Parmar, V. & Sahni, A. First mammal evidence from the Late Cretaceous of India for biotic dispersal between India and Africa at the K/T transition. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 9: 63-71(Paris).

2010. Boyer, D.M., Prasad, G.V.R., Goswami, A., Krause, D.W., Godinot, M., Verma, O. & Flynn, J.J. New postcrania of Deccanolestes from the Late Cretaceous of India and their bearing on the evolutionary and biogeographic history of euarchontan mammals. Naturwissenschaften 97(4): 365-377 (Berlin).

2009. Prasad, G.V.R. Divergence time estimates of mammals from molecular clocks

and fossils – Relevance of new fossil finds from India. Journal of Biosciences 34

(5): 649-659 (Bangalore).

2009. Prasad, G.V.R. & Sahni, A. Late Cretaceous continental vertebrate fossil record

from India: Palaeobiogeographical insights. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de

France 180(4): 369-381 (Paris).

2009. Khosla, A., Sertich, J.J.W., Prasad, G.V.R. & Verma, O. Dyrosaurid remains from the intertrappean beds of India and the Late Cretaceous distribution of the Dyrosauridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4): 1321–1326 (Chicago).

2009. Vijaya, Prasad, G.V.R. & Singh, K. Late Triassic palynoflora from the Pranhita

Godavari valley, India: evidence from vertebrate coprolites. Alcheringa 33:

91-111 (Australia).

2008. Prasad, G.V.R. & Bajpai, S. Agamid lizards from the Early Eocene of Western

India: Oldest Cenozoic lizards from South Asia. Palaeontologia Electronica

11(1) 4A:19p.

2008. Sahni, A. & Prasad, G.V.R. Geodynamic evolution of the Indian plate:

Consequences for dispersal and distribution of biota. Golden Jubilee Memoir of

the Geological Society of India 66: 203-225 (Bangalore).

2008. Nolf, D., Rana, R.S. & Prasad, G.V.R. Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) fish otoliths from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds, India: a revision. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 78: 239-259 (Brussels).

2008. Bhat, G.M., Kundal, S.N., Pandita, S.K. & Prasad, G.V.R. Depositional origin of

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tuffaceous units in the Pliocene Upper Siwalik Subgroup, Jammu (India), NW

Himalaya. Geolgical Magazine 145(2): 279-294 (Cambridge).

2007. Prasad, G.V.R., Verma, O., Sahni, A., Parmar, V.& Khosla, A. A Cretaceous hoofed mammal from India. Science 318: 937 (Washington D.C.)

2007. Prasad, G.V.R. & Manhas, B.K. A new docodont mammal from the Jurassic

Kota Formation of India. Palaeontologia Electronica 10(2), 7A:11p, (U.K.).

2007. Prasad, G.V.R., Verma, O., Sahni, A., Krause, D.W., Khosla, A. & Parmar, V. A new Late Cretaceous Gondwanatherian mammal from Central India. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 73(1): 17-24 (New Delhi). 2006. Parmar, V. & Prasad, G.V.R. Middle Miocene rhizomyid rodent (Mammalia)

from the Lower Siwalik Subgroup of Ramnagar, Udhampur District, Jammu &

Kashmir, India. Neues Jahrbuch f r Geologie und Pal ontologie,

Abhandlungen 6: 371-384(Stuttgart).

2006. Singh, R. S, Kar, R. & Prasad, G.V.R. Palynological constraints on the age of

mammal-yielding Deccan intertrappean beds of Naskal, Rangareddi District, Andhra

Pradesh. Current Science 90(9): 1281-1285 (Bangalore).

2005. Prasad, G.V.R. , Kundal, S.N. & Bhat, G.M. Mandible of Golunda (Rodentia,

Mammalia) from the Upper Siwalik Subgroup of Jammu, India. Annales de

Paléontologie 91: 181-196 (Paris).

2004. Prasad, G. V. R. & Rage, J.-C. Fossil frogs (Amphibia: Anura) from the Upper Cretaceous intertrappean beds of Naskal, Andhra Pradesh. Revue de Paléobiologie 23(1): 99-116 (Geneva).

2004. Khosla, A., Prasad, G. V. R., Verma., O., Jain, A. K. & Sahni, A. Discovery of a micromammal-yielding Deccan intertrappean site near Kisalpuri, Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh. Current Science 87(3): 380-383 (Bangalore). 2004. Rage, J.-C., Prasad, G. V. R. & Bajpai, S. Additional snakes from the uppermost Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of India. Cretaceous Research 25: 425-434 (London). 2004. Bajpai, S., Whatley, R. C., Prasad, G. V. R. & Whittaker, J. F. An Oligocene

non-marine ostracod fauna from the Basgo Formation (Ladakh Molasse), NW Himalaya, India. Journal of Micropalaeontology 23: 3-9 (London).

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2002. Prasad, G.V.R. & De Lapparent, F. Late Cretaceous crocodile remains from

Naskal (India):Comparisons and biogeographic affinities. Annales de

Paléontologie 88(1): 19-71 (Paris).

2002. Prasad, G. V. R. & Manhas, B. K. Triconodont mammals from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Geodiversitas 24(2): 445-464 (Paris ).

2002.Cione, A.L. & Prasad, G.V.R. The oldest known catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Asia (India, Late Cretaceous). Journal of Paleontology 76(1):

190-193 (Kansas).

2002. Evans, S.E., Prasad, G.V.R. & Manhas, B.K. Fossil lizards from the Jurassic

Kota Formation of India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 (2): 299-312

(Chicago).

2001. Prasad, G.V.R. & Manhas, B.K. First docodont mammals of Laurasian affinity from India. Current Science 81 (9): 101-104 (Bangalore).

2001. Evans, S.E., Prasad, G.V.R. & Manhas, B.K. Rhynchocephalians (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India.

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133: 309-334 (London).

2001. Vijaya & Prasad, G.V.R. Age of the Kota Formation, Pranhita-Godavari valley, India: A palynological approach. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of

India 46: 77-93 (Lucknow).

2001. Patnaik, R., Sahni, A. & Prasad, G.V.R. Tooth enamel microstructure of a Late

Cretaceous Gondwanatherian mammal from India. Journal of the

Palaeontological Society of India 46: 15-23 (Lucknow).

2001. Rage J.C., Gupta S.S. & Prasad G.V.R. Amphibians and Squamates from the Neogene Siwalik beds of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 75 (2): 197-

205 (Stuttgart).

2001. Gupta, S.S. & Prasad, G.V.R. Micromammals from the Upper Siwalik Subgroup of the Jammu region, Jammu and Kashmir State, India: Some constraints on age. Neues Jahrbuch f r Geologie und Pal ontologie, Abhandlungen 220 (2): 153-187 (Stuttgart).

2000. Bajpai, S. & Prasad, G. V. R. Cretaceous age for Ir-rich Deccan inter-trappean

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deposits: Palaeontological evidence from Anjar, western India. Journal of the Geological

Society, London 157: 257-260 (Bath).

1998. Khajuria, C.K. & Prasad, G.V.R. Taphonomy of a Late Cretaceous

mammal-bearing microvertebrate assemblage from the Deccan inter-trappean

beds of Naskal, peninsular India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology,

Palaeoecology 137: 153-172 (Amsterdam).

1998. Thappa, B.D., Raina, B.K. & Prasad, G.V.R. Splenial and Vomerine dentitions of pycnodont fish from the upper part of the Subathu Formation (Eocene),

Malyuriyar, Rajauri District, Jammu and Kashmir. Journal of the Geological

Society of India 51, 543-550 (Bangalore).

1997. Prasad,G.V.R. & Manhas, B.K. A new symmetrodont mammal (Kotatherium

yadagirii nov. sp., ? Tinodontidae) from the Lower Jurassic Kota Formation,

Pranhita – Godavari valley, India. Geobios 30 (4) : 563-572 (Villeurbanne).

1997. Krause, D. W., Prasad, G. V. R., Koeningswald, W.V., Sahni, A. & Grine, F. E.

Cosmopolitanism among Gondwanan Late Cretaceous mammals. Nature

390: 504-507 (London).

1995. Prasad,G.V.R. & Khajuria, C.K. Implications of the infra- and inter-trappean biota from the Deccan, India, for the role of volcanism in Cretaceous - Tertiary

boundary extinctions. Journal of the Geological Society , London 150, 289-296 (Bath).

1995. Prasad,G.V.R., Khajuria, C.K. & Manhas, B.K. Palaebiogeographic significance of the Deccan infra- and inter-trappean biota from peninsular India. Historical

Biology 9, 319-334 (London).

1995. Rage, J.-C., Cappetta, H., Hartenberger, J.-L., Jaeger, J.-J., Sudre, J., Vianey-Liaud,

M., Kumar, K., Prasad, G.V.R., Sahni, A., 1995. Collision age. Nature 375, 286.

1995. Prasad,G.V.R. & Rage, J.C. Amphibians and squamates from the Maastrichtian of Naskal (India). Cretaceous Research 16, 95-107 (London).

1994. Prasad,G.V.R. & Godinot, M. Eutherian tarsal bones from the Late Cretaceous

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of India. Journal of Paleontology 68(4), 892-902 (Kansas).

1994. Khajuria, C.K., Prasad, G.V.R. & Manhas, B.K. Palaeontological constraints on the age of Deccan Traps. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 31(1), 21-32 (Berlin).

1994. Prasad,G.V.R., Jaeger, J.J., Sahni, A., Gheerbrant, E. & Khajuria,C.K. Eutherian

mammals from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) inter-trappean beds of

Naskal, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(2), 260-277

(Chicago).

1994. Godinot, M. & Prasad,G.V.R. Discovery of Cretaceous arboreal eutherians. Naturwissenschaften 81, 79-81 (Berlin). 1993. Prasad,G.V.R. & Cappetta,H. Late Cretaceous selachians from India and the age of the Deccan Traps. Palaeontology 36(1), 231-248 (London). 1992. Rage, J.C. & Prasad,G.V.R. New snakes from the Late Cretaceous Maastrichtian) of Naskal , India. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und

Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 187: 83-97 (Stuttgart).

1991. Prasad,G.V.R. & Rage, J.C. A discoglossid frog in the Late Cretaceous

(Maastrichtian) of India. Further evidence for a terrestrial route between India

and Laurasia by the latest Cretaceous. Comptes rendus de l’Academie des

Sciences, Serie II , 313, 273-278 (Paris).

1990. Prasad, G.V.R. & Khajuria, C.K. A record of microvertebrate fauna from the inter-trappean beds of Naskal, Andhra Pradesh. Journal of the

Palaeontological Society of India 35, 151-161 (Lucknow).

1989. Prasad, G.V.R. Vertebrate fauna from the infra- and inter-trappean beds of Andhra Pradesh: Age implications. Journal of the Geological Society of India

34, 161-173 (Bangalore).

1988. Prasad,G.V.R. & Sahni, A. First Cretaceous mammal from India. Nature 332

(6164): 638-640 (London).

1987. Prasad, G.V.R. & Sahni, A. Coastal-plain microvertebrate assemblage from the

terminal Cretaceous of Asifabad, Andhra Pradesh. Journal of the

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Palaeontological Society of India 32, 5-19 (Lucknow).

1987. Prasad, G.V.R. Squamules of osteoglossid fish from the inter-trappean beds of Pargi, Andhra Pradesh. Current Science 56(24), 1270-1272 (Bangalore).

1984. Sahni, A., Rana, R.S. & Prasad, G.V.R. SEM studies of thin egg shell fragments

from the inter-trappean (Cretaceous-Tertiary transition) of Nagpur and

Asifabad, peninsular India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India

29, 26-33 (Lucknow).

3. Research papers published in Academic Journals other than Refereed/Peer Reviewed Journals

2005. Prasad, G.V.R. Mammalian perspective of Late Cretaceous palaeobiogeography

of the Indian subcontinent. Gondwana Geological Magazine, Spl Volume 8:

111-122 (Nagpur).

2005. Prasad, G. V. R., Bajpai, S., Singh, S. & Parmar, V. First cricetid rodent (Class Mammalia) from the Ladakh Molasse, Northwestern Himalaya, India: Age implications. Himalayan Geology Spl. Volume 26(1): 85-92 (Dehradun). 1991. Prasad, G.V.R. & Singh, V. Microvertebrates from the inter-trappean beds of

Rangareddi District, Andhra Pradesh and their biostratigraphic significance.

Bulletin of the Indian Geologists Association 24(1), 1-20 (Chandigarh).

1987. Prasad, G.V.R. Fossil fish remains from the inter-trappean beds of Duddukuru,

Andhra Pradesh. Bulletin of the Indian Geologists Association 20(2), 33-39

(Chandigarh).

1986. Prasad, G.V.R. A new microvertebrate assemblage from the Lower Jurassic Kota Formation, Gorlapalli, Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh. Indian Society

of Geoscientists Bulletin 2, 3-13 (Lucknow).

1986. Prasad, G.V.R. Microfossil assemblage from the inter-trappean beds of

Asifabad, Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh. Research Bulletin (Science)


Panjab University 37 (3-4), 65-77 (Chandigarh).

1986. Sahni, A., Prasad, G.V.R. & Rana, R.S. New Palaeontological evidence for the age and initiation of Deccan Volcanics, Central peninsular India. Gondwana Geology

Magazine 1, 13-24 (Nagpur).

1984. Sahni, A. & Prasad, G.V.R. Pleistocene mammals from a new locality near Asifabad, Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh. Bulletin of the Indian Geologists

Association 17(2), 159-165 (Chandigarh).

4. Research papers published in Refereed/Peer Reviewed Conferences

2009. De Lapparent de Broin, F., Prasad, G.V.R., Bajpai, S., & Verma, O. Chelonian

remains from the Upper Cretaceous Deccan Intertrappean Beds of peninsular

India: review, new material and comparisons. Proceedings of Gaffney Turtle

Symposium, Special Publication of the Royal Tyrrell Museum, pp. 95-97

(Alberta).

2008. Prasad, G.V.R., Singh. K., Parmar, V., Goswami, A. & Sudan, C.S.

Hybodont shark teeth from the continental Upper Triassic deposits of India. In:Mesozoic Fishes 4 – Homology and Phylogeny Arratia, G. (ed), G. Arratia, H.-P. Schultze & M. V. H. Wilson (eds.): Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil,

(München, Germany) pp. 413-432.

2006. Prasad, G.V.R., Verma, O. & Parmar, V. An overview of Mesozoic mammalian

research in India. IXth International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial

Ecosystems and Biota 2006, pp.101-104, Paul M.Barrett & Susan E.Evans (eds),

Manchester, Cambridge Publications, U.K.

2004. Arratia, G., López-Arbarello, A., Prasad, G. V. R., Parmar, V. & Kriwet, J. Late Cretaceous – Palaeocene percomorphs (Teleostei) from India - Early radiation of Perciformes. In: Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates 2. Fishes, Arratia, G., Wilson, M. V. H. & Cloutier, R. (eds), pp. 635-663, Verlag Dr. FriedrichPfeil, (München). 2004. Prasad, G.V.R., Manhas, B.K. & Arratia, G. Elasmobranch and actinopterygian remains from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of India. In: Mesozoic Fishes 3 - Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity, Arratia, G. & Tintori (eds), pp. 625-638, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, (München, Germany).


1999. Prasad, G. V. R. & Sahni, A. Were there size constraints on biotic exchanges

during the northward drift of the Indian plate? In. Gondwana Assembly :

New Issues and perspectives, eds Sahni, A. & Loyal, R.S. Proceedings of the

Indian National Science Academy, 65, A, 3: 377-396 (New Delhi).

1999. Sahni, A. & Prasad, G. V. R. Late Cretaceous biogeographic affinities of

the Indian subcontinent: New perspectives. Proceedings of the International

Symposium on Shallow Tethys (ST) 5, pp.375-379 (Chiang Mai, Thailand).

1996. Prasad, G.V.R. & Khajuria, C.K. Palaeoenvironment of the Late Cretaceous mammal-bearing inter-trappean beds of Naskal, Andhra Pradesh, India. In: L.Rama Rao Volume on Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Environments, Ed. Sahni, A. (Bangalore: B.B.D. Power Press; Geological Society of India Memoir 37), 337-362. 1996. Sahni, A., Venkatachala, B.S., Kar, R.K., Rajanikanth, A., Prakash, T., Prasad, G.V.R. & Singh, R.Y. New palynological data from the Deccan inter-trappean

beds: Implications for the latest record of dinosaurs and synchronous initiation

of the volcanic activity in India. In: L.Rama Rao Volume on Cretaceous

Stratigraphy and Environments, Ed. Sahni, A. (Bangalore: B.B.D. Power Press;

Geological Society of India Memoir 37), 267-283.

1996. Bhatia, S.B., Prasad, G.V.R. & Rana, R.S. Maastrichtian non-marine ostracodes from peninsular India: Palaeobiogeographic and age inplications. In: L.Rama Rao

Volume on Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Environments, Ed. Sahni, A.

(Bangalore: B.B.D. Power Press; Geological Society of India Memoir 37),

297-311.

1987. Sahni, A., Rana, R.S. & Prasad, G.V.R. New evidence for intercontinental

Gondwana relationships based on late Cretaceous-earliest Palaeocene coastal

fauna from peninsular India. Proceedings of the Sixth International Gondwana

Symposium, American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Monograph 41:

207-218 (Ohio).


5. Research papers Published in Conferences/Seminar other than Refereed/Peer Reviewed Conferences Other publications (Edited works, Book reviews, Festschrift volumes, etc.)

2008. Prasad, G.V.R. Sedimentary basins and fossil records. In: Glimpses of

Geoscience Research in India , Singhvi, A.K., Bhattacharya, A, & Guha, S. (eds),

The Indian Report to IUGS 2004-2008, Indian National Science Academy, pp.90-96.

1990. Bhatia, S.B., Prasad, G.V.R. & Rana, R.S. Deccan volcanism a late Cretaceous

event: Conclusive evidence of ostracodes. Contributions to the Seminar cum

Workshop IGCP 216 & 245 at Chandigarh, India, February, 1990, 47-49.

1990. Prasad, G.V.R. & Khajuria, C.K. Late Mesozoic mammals from India and their

significance. Contributions to the Seminar cum Workshop IGCP 216 & 245 at

Chandigarh, India, February 1990, 50-51.

1990.Prasad, G.V.R. & Srinivasan, S. Gurmatkal inter-trappean beds: Age reassessment. Contributions to the Seminar cum Workshop IGCP 216 & 245

at Chandigarh, India, February 1990, 113-114.

1988. Sahni, A., Jaeger, J.J., Rana, R.S. & Prasad, G.V.R. Takli Formation and coeval

Deccan inter-trappeans. Proceedings of the Symposium on Palaeocene of

India: limits and subdivisions at Lucknow, India, November 1986, 28-33.

List against each head(If applicable)

1. Organization of a Conference 2. Participation as Paper/Poster Presenter

1. 74th Annual Meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology held at Berlin, Germany from 5-8

November, 2014.

2. IInd International Symposium of IGCP Project 608 held Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan from 4-10 September, 2014.

3. Ist International Symposium of IGCP Project 608 held at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India from 20-27 December, 2013.


4. TWAS 12th General Conference and 23rd General Meeting held at Tianjin, China from 18-21 September 2012.

5. Invited talk on “Evolution of Early Mammals in Gondwanaland: New perspectives from India” at the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Beijing, China on September 17, 2012.

6. Invited talk on “Mesozoic mammals from India: Stratigraphic distribution, diversity and palaeobiogeographic context” at 34

th International Geological Congress held at Brisbane,

Australia from 5-10, August 2012.

7. Delivered a talk on “Relevance of fossils from northward drifting Indian plate in untangling Cretaceous Palaeobiogeographic riddle” at the Annual Meeting of Delhi University Botanical Society, May 24, 2012. 8. Prof. M.R.Sahni memorial lecture on “Evolution of early mammals in Gondwanaland: New

perspectives from India” at Lucknow University, Lcknow, March 3, 2012.

9. Prof. M.R.Sahni memorial lecture on “Deccan Volcanic Province: Biodiversity, Age and

Palaeobiogeography" at Panjab University, Chandigarh, February 11, 2011.

10. Keynote address on “Vertebrate Palaeontological Research in India: Recent Advances & Future Prospects” at the workshop on Palaeontology and stratigraphy: Basics to applications held at BHu, Varanasi , February 27-28, 2011.

11. National Seminar on Geodynamics, sedimentation and biotic response in the context of

India-Asia collision held Aizwal from 26-28 November, 2009.

12. International Conference on Vertebrate Palaeobiogeography and continental

bridges across Tethys, Mesogaea, and Mediterranean Sea held at Bologna,

Italy from 28-29 September 2009.

13. 69th Annual Meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology held at Bristol

University, Bristol, U.K. from 23-26 September, 2009.

14. Invited talk on “Vertebrate faunal dispersals in and out of the Mobile Indian

Raft” delivered at the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris on 17th

April, 2008.

15. 67th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology organized by Texas

University at Austin, USA from 17-20 October, 2007.

16. 1st International Palaeobiogeography Symposium organized by Paris University VI and

Museum Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle at Paris from 10-13 July, 2007.

17. Invited talk on “Late Cretaceous vertebrate fauna of India: faunal dispersal mechanisms”

at the University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, USA, on 24th October,

2007.

18. Field Workshop in Ladakh Himalaya organized by the University of Delhi in

collaboration with National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad and


sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, from

5-12 July, 2006.

19. Field Workshop on the Cretaceous Fatehgarh Formation of Barmer basin,

Rajasthan (state), organized by Jodhpur University, Jodhpur and sponsored

by the Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, from 25-26 March,

2006.

20. Fourth International Meeting on “Mesozoic Fishes, Homology, and Character

Definition” held at Madrid, Spain from 8-14 August, 2005.

21. Workshop on “Recent Advances and Perspective Challenges in Indian Non-

Marine Late Cretaceous” organized by Gondwana Geological Society, 23-25

April, 2005 at Nagpur.

22. First Jammu & Kashmir State Science Congress held at the University of Jammu, Jammu from 7-9 February, 2005

23. IIIrd DST PMC Group Monitoring workshop held at Madras University, Chennai from 22-24 December, 2004.

24. Invited talk delivered at the Institut für Paläontologie, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany on

“Implications of the Deccan intertrappean biota for the duration of volcanism,

K/T boundary extinctions and Palaeobiogeography” in December 2002

25. Third International Meeting on “Mesozoic Fishes – Systematics, Palaeoenvironments and Biodiversity”held at Serpiano, Switzerland from 26-31 August, 2001.

` 26. Invited talk delivered at the Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology,

University College London, London on “Terminal Cretaceous biota from

peninsular India: Palaeobiogeographic Implications” in January 2000.

27. International Symposium on Shallow Tethys (5), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1-5

February, 1999.

28. X th National Workshop on “Electron Microscopy”, Chandigarh, 12-23 May, 1998.

29. Workshop on “Foreland Basins of Himalaya”, Jammu, 16-19 March, 1998.

30. Second International Meeting on “Mesozoic Fishes - Systematics and the Fossil

Record”, Buckow, Berlin, Germany, 6-11 July, 1997.

31. DST “Interaction Meeting on NW Himalayan Geotransect Programme (NWHGP)”,


Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun, 30-31 August, 1996

32. Group Discussion and Field Meeting on “Anjar K/T Section”, Physical Research

Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 8-11 November, 1995.

33. DST “Interaction Meet of Earth Scientists”, Jammu, 21-23 August, 1995.

34. Project Monitoring Workshop of EMR Schemes of Earth and Environmental

Sciences Research Committee, CSIR, New Delhi, 21 November, 1994.

35. IX th International Gondwana Symposium on “Gondwana Geology, Geophysics, and

Mineral Resources”, Hyderabad, 10-14 January, 1994.

36. Training Course on “Coaliferous Fossil Fuel Resources of India: Parameters of

Studies in Palynology and Biodiagenesis”, BSIP, Lucknow, 13-20 December, 1993.

37. Department of Science & Technology “Brain Storming Session on

Palaeobiochemistry”, Chandigarh, 9-10 December, 1993.

38. IXth Convention of Indian Geological Congress and Seminar on “Acquisition and

Appreciation of Modern Techniques in Earth Sciences Related Industries”,

Thanjavur, 5-7 October, 1993.

39. Workshop on “Major Stratigraphic Boundaries in India”, Jammu, 27-29 November,

1991.

40. Seminar cum Workshop (IGCP 216 & 245) on “Cretaceous Event Stratigraphy and

the Correlation of the Indian Non-marine Strata”, Chandigarh, February, 1990.

41. XIIIth Indian Colloquium on Micropalaeontology and Stratigraphy, Lucknow, 23-25

January, 1989.

42. National Seminar on “Stratigraphic Boundary Problems in India”, Jammu, 7-9 April,

1988.

43. Symposium on “Palaeocene of India”, Lucknow, 14-16 November, 1986.

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration) Research Projects Completed

1. “Young Scientist Project” funded by the Department of Science & Technology, New


Delhi on a research problem entitled “Microvertebrate palaeontology of the infra- and

inter-trappean beds of peninsular India with special reference to biostratigraphy,

palaeoecology, and palaeogeography”.

2. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, funded project on

“Microvertebrate biostratigraphy and mammalian phylogeny of the Upper Gondwana

sediments (Kota Formation), Adilabad, A.P.”.

3. DST funded major project on “Microbiota from Continental Sedimentary Sequences

in the Indus and Shyok Suture Zones, Ladakh Himalaya: Age and Biogeographic

affinities”.

4. DST funded multidisciplinary project on “Tectonics, P-T Constraints and Timing of

India-Asia Collision along the NW Himalayan Geotransect” under HIMPROBE

Programme”(One of the Principal Investigators in a multiinstitutional,

multidisciplinary project).

5. Taxonomic diversity and biogeographic affinities of Cretaceous microvertebrate

fauna of India under DST-DAAD project based personal exchange programme.

6. DST funded major project on “Mesozozoic mammalian faunal changes:

The fossil record from India”.

Awards and Distinctions

Honours

1. Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA), New Delhi

2. Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc.), Bangalore

3. Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (FNASc.), Allahabad

4. Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)

International & Nationa Awards / Recognitions

1. J.C.Bose National Fellowship -2010-2015.


2. Samuel P. & Doris Welles Fund, University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley – 2007.

3. Collections Study Grant of American Museum of Natural History,

New York – 2007. 4. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Preparator’s Grant Award – 2006.

5. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize – 2003

6. L. Rama Rao Birth Centenary Award – 2003

7. University Grants Commission Research Award for 1999 – 2002

8. National Mineral Award (Govt. of India) for the year 1994

9. National Geographic Field Grants (1993-1995).

Association With Professional Bodies

1. Editing - Associate Editor, Journal of Earth System Science 2. Reviewing - Reviewer for Current Science, Geological Society of India, Palaeontological Society of India, Episodes, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Palaeoworld, Historical Biology 3. Advisory Committees and Boards

Chairman, FAST Track Young Scientist Scheme in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (2012-2015) Member, Governing Body of Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow (2014-2017). Member, Research Advisory Committee, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow (2014-2017).

Member, UGC Advisory Committee Member, DRS Phase III of Department of Geology, Anna University, Chennai (2014-2017). Member, UGC Advisory Committee Member, CAS, Department of Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2013-2017). Member, Governing Body of Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow (2011-2013).

Member, National Committee of IUGS-SCL-INQUA (2008-2011).

Member IGCP Project – 506 (Marine and Non-Marine Jurassic: Global Correlation and Major Geological events).

Member, Governing Body of Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow (2007-2010). Member, Research Advisory Committee of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun (2007-2010).


Member, Department of Science & Technology (New Delhi) Program Advisory Committee (2007-2012).

Member, Department of Science & Technology (New Delhi) Funds for Infrastructure in Science & Technology Subject Expert Committee in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (2005-2008).

Member, Department of Science & Technology (New Delhi) Program Advisory Committee (2004-2007).

Member, Management Advisory Committee, DST Young Scientist Programme (1999-2003)

4. Office Bearer

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