Curricular vitae

CURRICULAR VITAE



Ranjana

M.Sc. (B.H.U.)

BSRS( Birbal Sahni Research Scholar)

Quaternary Palynology Division,

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany,

53 University Road, Lucknow-226007 (UP), India

Email: [e-mail]

Research Interest

Quaternary Climate Change and Relative Sea Level Changes through Biological Proxies such as Pollen/Spore and Thecamoebian.

Title of Ph.D. Thesis
Climate induced relative sea level changes and coastal vegetation in Krishna Delta, South east

Coast of India.

Educational Qualification(s)	Qualification	Year	Board/Univ.	College/Institute	Mark%
	M.Sc.	2011	Banaras Hindu University	Faculty of Science	81.9
	B .Sc.	2008	Banaras Hindu University	Women’s College	63.17
	XII	2003	C.B.S.E	Jawahar Navodaya Vidhyalaya, Mau UP	80
	X	2001	C.B.S.E	Jawahar Navodaya Vidhyalaya,Mau, UP	83.6

GATE-(GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST IN ENGINEERING)

Qualified in Year 2011 & 2012

M.Sc. Dissertation

1. 
   Effect of two Medicinal plant on growth of “Alternaria” Submitted to Department of
   

Botany, Banaras Hindu University.

Conference Attended

1. 
   International symposium on “Phycological Research” in 2010.Varanasi(B.H.U).
   
2. 
   National Symposium on “Emerging Trend in Plant Sciences” in 2011.Varanasi(B.H.U).
   
3. 
   XXIV Indian Colloquium on Micropalaeontology and Stratigraphy,Dehradun, 2013.Uttrakhand.
   
4. 
   National Conference on Recent Development in Plant and Earth Sciences,Lucknow, 2013. Uttar Pradesh.
   
5. 
   5^th All India Students Symposium on Geology (GEOYOUTH-2014) Udaipur, Rajasthan.
   

Paper Published

1- Farooqui A, Kumar A, and Ranjana.Thecamoebians as Proxies for Seasonally Induced Hydrological Changes in Sub-tropical Ponds of India.Gondwana Geological Magazine, Special Volume No.15, 2014, pp.31-39.

2- Farooqui A.,Pattan J.N.,Parthiban G.,Srivastava J.,Ranjana.Palynological record of Tropical rain forest vegetation and sea level fluctuations since 140 ka from sediment core, south eastern Arabian sea.Palaeogeography,Palaeoclimatology,Palaeoecology,volume-411,2014,pp.95-109.
Abstract Published

1. 
   Ranjana,Farooqui A.,S.M. Hussain. Palaeoclimate and Relative sea level changes in Krishna River Delta, Andhra Pradesh, India in 5th All India Students Symposium on Geology (Geoyouth -2014).Udaipur, Rajasthan, 2014. pp 21-22.
   
2. 
   Farooqui A.,Ranjana,C.M.Nautiyal and S.M.Hussain.Relative sea level fluctuations along the Pednapatnam coast:palynological record. National Conference on Recent Development in Plant and Earth Sciences,Uttar Pradesh Lucknow,2013,pp. 41.
   
3. 
   Farooqui A. Ranjana.Morpohology and morphometry of Centropyxis aerophila Complex in XXIV Indian Colloquium on Micropalaeontology and stratigraphy,Dehradun, 2013,pp.24.
   
4. 
   Farooqui A. Kumari R. Holocene Shoreline Changes in the Mahanadi Delta,India:Mangrove Palynology.COASTAL AND ESTUARINE RESEARCH FEDERATION:Toward Resilient Coasts and Estuaries, Science for Sustainable Solutions.(CERF 2013).San Diego,California,USA.(Abstract book)2013,pp.67.
   

Abstract Submitted

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  “The Demise of Evergreen vegetation: A palynological study” in the 101^th Indian Science Congress to be held at University of Jammu from 3-7 February 2014.
  

Workshop/Training Programs attended

1. 
   SYM Program (Select your mentor) - 10 days of Orientation program conducted in BSIP for the BSRS.
   
2. 
   Computer training program like PAST and SCOPUS held in BSIP.
   
3. 
   INSA ANNIVERSARY MEET 2013 “Mentoring Session for Final Year PhD Students by INSA Young Scientist Awardees,2013” Organised by Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow and Indian National Science Academy,Lucknow Chapter.
   
4. 
   Acritarch: Morphological Aspect & Significance in Palaeobiological Studies conducted by Prof.Shuhai Xiao(Department of Geoscience,Virginia,USA) at BSIP,Lucknow,2014.
   
5. 
   20 days of DST-NRDMS Sponsored Winter/Summer School Training Programme on “GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY-Significance, Applications and Beyond”conducted by Department of Earth Sciences (Annamalai University),Annamalai Nagar,Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu.
   

Field experiences

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  Field experience to Pichavaram mangroves,Caddalore Sand dune,Tamil Nadu.
  
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  Field Experience to Deltaic areas of Krishna River, East Coast of India.
  
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  M.Sc. (Previous): Botanical and Geological survey of the forest area of Chunargarh & Varanasi in India.
  
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  B.Sc.:Learned sample selection & Collection procedure in Pachmarhi hill station in Madhya Pradesh state of central India.
  

Membership

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  Indian Science Congress Association.