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1 Prof. Ashok Sahni Prof. Birbal Sahni and his scientific journey (3.9.2021)

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1 N.S. Murali Care and management of diabetic foot infection in a community hospital
2 D. Balasubramanian New biology in the help of old Botany
3 Nitya Anand Drug research: Today & tomorrow
4 K.B. Powar Research in the universities and linkages with national institutions
5 Y.B. Sinha Biostratigraphy and its bearing on hydrocarbon potential of Indian sedimentary basins
6 Lalji Singh Science of establishing individual identity: Past, present & future
7 Ashok Sahni Dinosaurs of India: Dead but Alive
8 R. Rao Tree: An engineers delight
9 V. K. Sibal Knowledge sharing : An opportunity for brighter future
10 V. S. Ramamurthy Managing Intellectual Property Assets in a Basic Research Environment
11 S K. Brahmachari Human Genome Research: The Road Ahead
12 Peter R. crane Fossils and Angiosperm Evolution : Lessons from Fagales and Prospects for the Future
13 Dr. Shailesh Nayak Towards Climate Information and Services
14 Prof. Harsh K. Gupta Gas Hydrates: The Indian Scenario
15 Dr. Prabhas Pande Mineral Wealth of India-Present Status and Future Strategies
16 Kuldeep Chandra Palynology in Hydrocarbon Exploration
17 S.K. Srivastava The Changing Scenario of Hydrocarbon Industry: Demand, Supply and Future Growth
18 Harbans Singh na
19 Deepak Pental Evolution of the Flowering Plants
20 K J Ramesh (2016) Science of Climate Change: challenges and oppurtunities for sustainable development
21 Ajit Chaturvedi (2017) How our scientific institutions can scale greater heights?
22 Prof. Vishwas S Kale ( 2018) Late Quaternary Fluvial Records in the Deccan Traps
23 Prof. S P Gautam Climate Change, Challenges and Way forward
24 Professor Rajender S. Sangwan (FNA), Director, AcSIR (10.9.2020) Life on the Earth: Scientific Festivity of Fossils and Frontier Fundamentals of Forecasting Future
25 Prof. Subir Sarkar, Jadavpur University, Kolkata ( 2021) Preservational bias: a journey from Modern to the Precambrian depositional regime
26 Prof. Ashutosh Sharma (2022) Science and Scientists in the New Millennium: A Short History of the Future
27 Prof. Nitin R karmalkar (2023) Title: Flood Basalts - A Journey through the Deccan
28 D K Pandey (2024) Corals, Civilization and Geological Significance (78th Foundation Lecture)
29 Dr. Rashi Gupta Smart Energy, Smart Future: Making India the next Superpower (79th, 2025)

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1 S. K. Shah Awarded "Dr. B.S. Venkatachala Memorial Medal-2008" for the outstanding piece of research work in Palaeobotany under research students' category of BSIP, Lucknow.
2 M Shanmukhappa Use of Palynology in Oil Exploration (Ist Memorial Lecture, 2009)
3 Yogmaya Shukla & Gaurav Srivastava Awarded "Dr. B.S. Venkatachala Memorial Medal-2010" for the outstanding piece of research work in Palaeobotany under research students' category of BSIP, Lucknow.
4 Dr. K.P. Navneeth Kumaran Mangrove Response to Climate Change during Late Quaternary along West Coast of India (IInd Memorial Lecture, 2011)
5 Shilpa Singh & Swati Dixit Awarded "Dr. B.S. Venkatachala Memorial Medal-2012" for the outstanding piece of research work in Palaeobotany under research students' category of BSIP, Lucknow
6 R. K. Saxena Erstwhile International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) versus Melbourne Code (IIIrd Memorial Lecture, 2013)
7 M. Firoze Quamar Awarded "Dr. B.S. Venkatachala Memorial Medal-2014" for the outstanding piece of research work in Palaeobotany under research students' category of BSIP, Lucknow.
8 V. S. Kale Indian Proterozoic Sequences: A window into the foundation of biotic evolution (IVth Memorial Lecture, 2015)
9 A. Rajanikanth Changing Facets of Palaeo-Phyto-Science (Vth Memorial Lecture - 2016)
10 J. S. Ray The Proterozoic Earth : a geochemical insight from rocks of India ( VIth Memorial Lecture - 2017)
11 Dr. Mayank Shekar ( VII th Memorial Lecture - 2018)
12 Prof. Sunil Kumar Singh, Director NIO VIIIth Dr. B. S. Venkatachala Memorial Lecture by Prof. Sunil Kumar Singh, Director NIO(4.1.2019)
13 Dr. Neeraj Rai, Scientist - C IXth Dr. B S Venkatachala Memorial Lecture by Dr. Neeraj Rai, Scientist - C [02/01/2020]
14 Dr. Sayak Basu , NPDF, NIO Goa What does compound - specific stable isotopes tell us about past environment conditions?
15 Prof. Mukund Sharma Precambrian Palaeobiology: a journey through Early Life
16 Prof. M. G. Thakkar Advances in Earthquakes and Active Fault Research in Kachchh . Do we use this valuable data

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1 M. N. V. Prasad Geobotany and Biogeochemical Prospecting (Feb 6, 2015)
2 Hans Kerp The Arabian Plate - A Permian Garden of Paradise?
3 Rajni Tewari Insights into the late Palaeozoic Gondwana phytogeography
4 A. Rajanikanth Contemporary Relevance of Natural Selection (2018)
5 Ashok Sahni Dynamics and Evolution of South Asian Biota : Enigmatic Relationships
6 Prof. A. D. Singh Neogene-Quaternary oceanographic and climatic evolution of the northern Indian Ocean: Current status and future perspectives
7 Dr. Bipin Charles Species Distribution models in Palaeobiogegraphy

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1 Dr. Ramananda Chakrabarti Geochemical and isotopic composition of cherts: what can be inferred and what should be inferred? (March 3, 2015)
2 Prof. D. K. Chauhan Mesozoic Cycads and their living counterparts ( March 03, 2016)
3 Prof. Jere Lipps Extinctions and Radiations in the History of Life ( March 03, 2017)
4 Dr. Nachiketa Rai Forming Habitable Planets (March 16, 2018)
5 Dr. Kalachand Sain Imaging Sub-volcanic Mesozoic Sediments and Assessment of Gas-hydrates towards the Energy Security of India (March 11, 2019)
6 Prof. Uma Kant Shukla Mega Fan to incise valley sedimentation in the Lower Siwalik of Kumaun Himalaya, India
7 Dr. Navin Juyal Himalaya, Climate/Human Intervention and its manifestations in recent times
8 Dr. A. K. Ghosh Floral radiation and diversity during the age of reptiles

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1 E.K. Janaki Ammal Plants and Man
2 B.M. Johri Biology of the mistletoes
3 D. Lal Fruits of exploration of moon and neighboring planets of the Solar System
4 Reayat Khan Biology of flower

SNo Speaker Lecture
1 K. Faegri Major ecological steps in the development of plant life
2 E.K. Janaki Ammal Plants and Man
3 B.M. Johri Biology of the mistletoes
4 D. Lal Fruits of exploration of moon and neighboring planets of the Solar System
5 Reayat Khan Biology of flower
6 V. Puri The so-called primitive angiosperms
7 T.N. Khoshoo Experimental taxonomy and its application in horticulture botany
8 S.N. Talukdar The role of palaeobotany in oil exploration
9 Cecil J. Saldanha Vegetation dynamics in Karnataka

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1 Prof. V.K. Gaur Antarctica- The Land of Science
2 Prof. D.D. Pant The plants of Glossopteris - a reappraisal and a review
3 Prof. S. Ramaseshan Shells, corals and Geophysics
4 Dr. Anupam Verma Plant disease management in sustainable agriculture
5 Dr. S. Varadrajan Science for economic & social goals of India

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1 C.A. Arnold Fossil plants and continental drift
2 Bennett Clark Plant control mechanisms
3 Prof. D.D. Pant The theory of continental drift in the light of recent researches
4 C.V. Subramanian Moulds, mushrooms and man
5 Prof. B.G. Deshpande Growth of ideas in generation and migration of oil over last 20 years
6 N.F. Hughes Mid-Cretaceous seed plants
7 S. Ahmad Gondwanaland: the concept that failed
8 S.D. Saksena The progress of Palaeobotany in India
9 R.C. Misra Geologic evolution of Uttar Pradesh
10 M.S. Chennaveeraiah The Palms
11 R.S. Chopra Status and position of hornworts
12 T.M. Harris What is Palaeobotany for
13 W.G. Chaloner Plants, animals and time
14 Li Xingxue On the mixed Permian floras of Gondwana and Cathaysia or Euramerica
15 K. R. Surange Gondwana floras : Problems and possibilities
16 B.P. Radhakrishna Our oldest rocks and early records of life
17 T.S. Sadasivan Why basic science
18 V.S. Ramadas Photosynthetic efficiency – adaptation strategies for resource poor environment
19 Norman Frederiksen Rates of floral turnover and diversity change in the fossil records
20 K. S. Valdiya Late Precambrian basins in the Himalaya: Tectonics, sedimentation and life
21 D.L. Dilcher The important of plant/ animal interaction in the origin and subsequent evolution of flowering plants
22 Harsh K. Gupta Himalayan Earthquake
23 T. Viswanathan Impact of information technology in scientific inquiry
24 B. M. Johri NA
25 Ashok Jain Science and technology in social diversity: The changing paradigm
26 J. S. Singh Causes and consequences of global climatic change
27 Prem Dutt Dongra Endangered tree genetic resources of forests of India- High subspecific variation- its conservation and utilization in tree beeding and silviculture
28 T.V. Desikachary Some aspects of Palaeophycology
29 Hari Narain The role of earth sciences in the next century
30 B.C. Bora Fossil fuels and energy security
31 M.S. Srinivasan Cenozoic evolution of ocean gateways: impact on global ocean circulation and climate
32 I.B. Singh Quaternary climate change and human history in Ganga plain
33 A.K. Singhvi The Human Dimension of Geosciences
34 S. R. Shetye Role of Ocean Process in defining the Indian Summer Monsoon
35 Cheng-Sen Li Eocene Climate Changes in China with Isogram Map
36 Rasik Ravindra Polar Research: Indian Contributions
37 Song Ge Molecular Phylogeny and taxaonomy of the rice tribe based on DNA sequences of multiple gene
38 Dianne Edwards Tracing roots in early terrestrial ecosystems
39 O N Bhargava Early Palaeozoic Palaeogeography, Basin Configuration Palaeoclimate and Tectonics in the Indian Plate.
40 V N Sergeev Cryogenian-Ediacaran transition and the radical changes in the biosphere
41 K G Saxena Plants, Environment and Sustainable Development
42 G J Retallack Precambrian Life on Land
43 N J Butterfield Inventing the Eukaryotic Biosphere-Convergence of Evolutionary Contingencies
44 James B. Riding The use of palynology and geochemistry together in Mesozoic geology
45 Nigel C. Hughes Conundrums, correlations and applications: resolving the Cambrian and earlier stratigraphy of the Indian subcontinent and its broader geological utility
46 P. Balaram Chemical Communication in Biology
47 Rafat Jamal Azmi How old is the vindhan Basin?
48 Prof. Suryendu Dutta Evolution of plant terpenoids on a rafting continent
49 Prof. Sandeep Verma STIP 2020 : Policy and Processes
50 Prof. Maharaj K Pandit A unified bio-geo-climatic framework for understanding evolutionary divergence of the Himalayan flora
51 Prof. Dhruv Sen Singh Climate Change and Polar regions - Teleconnections between the poles and tropics (53rd)
52 Prof. Anindya Sarkar Isotopes, Archaeology and Climate: decoding 3000 years history of India (54th, 2024)
53 Prof. Anindya Sarkar Isotopes, Archaeology and Climate: decoding 3000 years history of India (54th, 2024)
54 Prof. Murray Gingras From Footprints to Facies: The Practical Power of Ichnology (55th , 2025)

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1 M.S. Krishnan History of the Gondwana era in relation to the distribution and development of flora
2 D.N. Wadia Deserts of Asia - their origin and growth in Late Pleistocene time
3 G. Erdtman Palynology - development and growth
4 R. Potonie The new morphology
5 C.A. Arnold Palaeobotany & Plant classification
6 P. Maheshwari Evolution of the ovule
7 H.N. Andrews, Jr. Plant riddles in the rocks - their contribution to evolutionary studies
8 B.C. Roy Recent palaeobotanical advances in the study of Gondwanas in India
9 J. Walton A great friendship, its origin and consequences
10 A. Takhtajan Major Phytochoria of the Late Cretaceous and the Early Tertiary in the USSR and the adjacent countries
11 A.G. Jhingran Some recent advances in the geological studies of coal-bearing formations of India and coal resources
12 P.N. Mehra Conquest of land and evolutionary patterns in early land plants
13 G.C. Chatterji Role of Palaeobotany in Indian Geology
14 O.A. Hoeg The arctic world – its past and present
15 A.R. Rao The Jurassic flora of the Rajmahal Hills
16 T.M. Harris The strange Bennettitales
17 T.S. Mahabale Water Ferns: their origin and spread
18 W.N. Stewart Polystely, primary xylem and the Pteropsida
19 M.R. Sahni Early biota of South Asia
20 D.P. Agrawal Reconstructing the past climate and environment
21 F.P. Jonker The tendency concept: a view focussed on the evolution in the Plant Kingdom
22 K.A. Chowdhury Plant anatomy and evolution
23 A.K. Ghosh Growth of palaeobotany in relation to biostratigraphy of India
24 V.M. Meher-Homji Some aspects of bioclimatology and vegetation aspects of peninsular India
25 P. Legris Present trends in ecological studies
26 G.V. Joshi The mangroves
27 Svein B. Manum Palynology, organic petrology and petroleum – A paleaobotanist's view
28 Y. Lemoigne The aspects of Palaeobotany under discussion today
29 The aspects of Palaeobotany under discussion today The fossil plant record: Significant biases and assumptions effecting interpretations
30 Daniel I. Axelrod Analysis of some palaeogeographic and palaeoecologic problems of palaeobotany
31 V. K. Gaur Architecture of the Himalayas
32 Jean Pierre Pascal Floristic and distribution of evergreen forests in the Western Ghats, India
33 James E. Canright History of international cooperation in Palynology
34 V. Visscher Links with the past in the plant world: cuticles as recorders of diversity, kerogen formation and palaeoatmospheric CO2 level
35 S.K. Sah Palaeozoic biostratigraphy of Himalaya- a re-evaluation of palaeoecology & palaeogeograph
36 V.M. Meher-Homji Climatic changes over space and time and their repercussions on the vegetation
37 M.A. Rau Some environmental aspect of plant distribution of India
38 C. Virgili A critical event in the history of the earth- the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Boundary
39 S.Z. Qasim Exploitation and sharing the economic wealth of the Indian Ocean
40 Prasad Kumar Das Vagaries of the summer Monsoon rains
41 S.B. Bhatia Post-Palaeozoic Charophyta: phylogenetic, biostratigraphic and palaeoecologic implication
42 D. J. Batten Palaeobotanical and palynological perspectives on the Early Cretaceous environment of Southern England
43 S.S. Raghuvanshi Some frontline areas in Biology
44 Ravi Shanker Palaeogeographic evolution of India
45 Obaid Siddiqi Genetics and the origin of human kind
46 C.G.K. Ramanujam Palms through ages in Southern India: A reconnaissance
47 S. K. Tandon Stratigraphic Records of late Quaternary Climate shifts in the Thar and its Margins
48 P. S. Goel Excitement of Oceans
49 Robert A. Spicer Palaeobotany and its Role in Predicting Future Climate Change
50 Harsh Gupta Earthquake Precursors: Indian Scenario
51 B. R. Arora Geodynamic Evolution of Himalaya
52 J. W. Schopf The Earliest History of Life: Solution to Darwins Dilemma
53 T. Ramasami Science of Managing Creative People in Climate related Research
54 David Dilcher The Evolution of Flowering Plants
55 R Ramesh Scientific Problems regarding the Anthropocene
56 J G Meert Rapid Changes in Magnetic Field Polarity during the Late Ediacaran: Trigger for the Substrate Revolution and the Demise of the Ediacaran Fauna
57 Robert Riding Microbial carbonates: processes and products through Earth history
58 Dianne Edwards Land vegetation in the Mid-Palaeozoic and its impact on climate
59 S N Tripathi Urban and Aerosol induced short to long term changes in rainfall in Indian Summer Monsoon Region and associated implications to climate
60 Prof. Robert J. Morley Plant dispersals from Africa to SE Asia and the age of Paleotropical rainforest
61 Prof. Ashok Sahni India on collision course: A journey that changed our Planet. (65th)
62 Prof. Thijs van Kolfschoten Lower Palaeolithic Hominin subsistence and behaviour (66th, 2024)
63 Prof. Laxman Singh Rathore Climate Change - Mitigation and Adaptation (67th, 2025)