Welcome to BSIP

Visit of BSIP Scientist for development of Mandro Fossil Park at Sahibganj, Jharkhand

Popular Science Writing Workshop 26.03.2021

Online Lecture delivered by Dr. Rajesh Agnihotri, Scientist - F on World Environment Day ( 5.06.2021)

Online lecture delivered by Dr. Arti Garg, Scientist - D , BSI, Prayagraj on 25.06.2021

Webinar : Celebrating "International Mangrove Day 2021" ( 26th July, 2021)

Professor Birbal Sahni, FRS, established the Institute in the year 1946 to explore and develop palaeobotany as a science in itself, visualizing its potential in solving issues of origin and evolution of plant life, other geological issues including exploration of fossil fuels. Originally plant fossil and related studies based, the mandate of the BSIP was recently expanded to combine it with other areas of palaeosciences, and creating modern facilities to achieve this end. The newly widened mandate aims to look at

Understanding origin and evolution of life through time
Understanding climate change in recent and deep geological times
Understanding past civilization and human history
Application of palaeosciences to exploration programmes of oil and coal industry

BSIP is striving to attain excellence in R&D through a dedicated scientific team together with integrated innovative ideas in basic and applied research. In its broadest sense, the BSIP seeks to interpret plant life evolution and geological processes involved, and environmental evolution through time.

Notices/Updates

Extension of submission of Tender for drilling of Lake sediments Cores in Central and Ganga Plains is upto 18.8.2021

Revised Charges for Isotope and AMS C-14 Dating Analysis wef July 05, 2021

2nd Circular BSIP NECLIME Conference on Neogene climate evolution and biotic response(s) in south Asia during September 7-9, 2021

Annual Rate Contract for supply of Chemical, Plasticware, Filter Papers, small Instruments (below 2.00 Lakhs) Consumables and Glassware

1st Circular BSIP NECLIME Conference on Neogene climate evolution and biotic response(s) in south Asia during September 7-9, 2021

BSIP NECLIME Conference (Sept. 7-9, 2021) Registration Form

Reg. the cancellation of Advt 03/2013 and 03/2015 of LDC, refund of the application fees as per rules

Opportunities to students for training in the Biomolecule Isotope Laboratory

Circular reg. recruitment for advt. No.: 09/2020 for Scientist-B, LDC, MTS-I

Prof. Birbal Sahni, FRS

Founder BSIP

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Director

Dr. (Mrs.) Vandana Prasad

Director (wef June 11, 2019)

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Research Highlights

Babushkina EA, Zhirnova DF, Belokopytova LV, Mehrotra N, Shah SK, Keler VV, Vaganov EA. 2021. Prospects of Using Tree-Ring Earlywood and Latewood Width for Reconstruction of Crops Yield on Example of South Siberia. Forests 12: 174 doi.org/10.3390/f12020174 View PDF

Ali S., Phartiyal B., Taloor A., Arif M., Singh B.P. 2021. Provenance, weathering and paleoclimatic records of the Pliocene-Pleistocene sequences of the Himalayan foreland basin, NW Himalaya. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 14:198 doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-06461-4 View PDF

Yadava AK, Misra KG, Singh V, Misra S, Sharma YK, Kotlia BS, 2021. 244-year long tree-ring based drought records from Uttarakhand, western Himalaya, India, Quaternary International doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.12.038 View PDF

Phartiyal B, Singh R, Nag D et al. 2021. Reconstructing climate variability during the last four millennia from trans-Himalaya (Ladakh-Karakoram, India) using multiple proxies. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.105103 View PDF

Bhatia H, Srivastava G, Spicer RA et al. 2021. Leaf physiognomy records the Miocene intensification of the South Asia Monsoon. Global and Planetary Change 196: 103365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103365 View PDF