NAME :	Dr. Ratan Kar
DESIGNATION :	Scientist-F
EMAIL :	ratan_kar@bsip.res.in
PHONE/EXT :	/945

Research Interest

Specialisation in Palynology:Has worked on a wide range of problems of varying ages and areas which involve the use of palynofossils for their resolution, such as Gondwana sediments (Permiam-Triassic), Deccan Intertrappean beds (Late Cretaceous-Early Palaeocene) and Quaternary fluvio-glacial & lacustrine deposits of the Higher Himalayas and the Polar Region.

Awards and Honors

Member, Terrestrial Working Group, Intl. Arctic Science Committee - 2015
TWAS Fellowship for working in the Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing - 2013
Dr. Pratul Chandra Bhandari Gold’, for best work under Birbal Sahni Research Scholar Category. - 1997
CSIR-UGC NET JRF. - 1997

Memberships of Professional Societies

Life Member, Palaeontological Society of India
Life Member, Palaeobotanical Society of India

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Contact Details

* Contact Number	945
* Email ID	ratan_kar@bsip.res.in

Publications

Selected Publications

Bajpai R. & Kar Ratan 2018. Modern pollen deposition in glacial settings in the Himalaya (India): abundance of Pinus pollen and its significance. Palynology, 42: 475-482.
Sarana S. & Kar Ratan 2011. Effect of Igneous Intrusive on Coal Microconstituents: case study from an Indian Gondwana Coalfield. Int. Journal of Coal Geology, 85: 161-167.
Kar Ratan, Bajpai, R. & Singh, A.D. 2015. Modern pollen assemblages from Hamtah and Chhatru glaciers, Lahaul-Spiti, India: Implications for pollen-vegetation relationship in an alpine arid region of western Himalaya. Quaternary International, 371: 102-110.
Kar Ratan, Mandaokar B.D. & Kar R.K. 2010. Fungal taxa from the Miocene sediments of Mizoram, northeast India. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 158: 240-249.
Kar Ratan & Srivastava S.C. 2003. Palynological delimitation of the coal bearing Lower Gondwana sediments in the southern part of Tatapani-Ramkola Coalfield, Chhattisgarh, India. Journal Geological Society of India, 61: 557-564.
Kar Ratan, Ranhotra P. S., Bhattacharyya A. & Sekar B. 2001. Vegetation vis-à-vis climate and glacial fluctuations of the Gangotri Glacier since last 2000 years. Current Science, 82: 347-351.
Kar Ratan, Mazumder A., Mishra K., Patil S.K., Ravindra R., Ranhotra P.S., Govil P., Bajpai R. & Singh K. 2018. Climatic history of Ny-Alesund region, Svalbard, over the last 19,000 yr: insights from quartz grain microtexture and magnetic susceptibility. Polar Science 18: 189-196.
Kar Ratan & Ghosh A.K. 2018: First record of Reduviasporonites from the Permian–Triassic transition (Gondwana Supergroup) of India. Alcheringa, 42: 1-10.
Kar Ratan & Quamar M.F. 2019. Pollen-based Quaternary palaeoclimatic studies in India: an overview of recent advances. Palynology, 43: 76-93.
Quamar M.F. & Kar Ratan 2020. Prolonged warming over the last ca. 11,700 cal years from the central Indian Core Monsoon Zone: Pollen evidence and a synoptic overview. Rev. Paleobotany & Palynology. doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104159.

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