drishti kon march 2014n - wadia institute of himalayan … xxiv indian colloquium on...
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rishtikonDA halfyearly newsletter of research scholars
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WIHG Drishtikon
3
Qksdl esa (In Focus)
Somewhere in the dark cavern of my heart(A page from my personal diary)
Being far away from home such a long time, perhaps
for some good reasons of own, brings me a sense of
pleasure with pain. Pleasure in the sense that I can get
all the comforts of doing good research work; learn
new things every single day with so many intellectual
people working around here. Journey of life has been
wonderful so far in this small city. It never stops
mesmerizing me with its welcoming residents. I can
wander off all over the places at weekends and hop
into the sea of unknown faces at city streets or market
place with no feeling of desperateness. I hear here no
racial slur. In fact, I fall in love with Dehradun. But
somewhere deep inside the dark cavern of my heart,
there is a feeling that pulls me back to home badly
sometimes, probably many times.
Long time ago, I used to miss home at boarding school
as a child longing to live within the comfort of love and
care by my parents. But reason is bit different now. I
miss home in a sense of responsibility to look after
them, to lend my shoulder for their tired limbs to rest
on. Long separation from family has a bitter taste,
may be not less than someone living in exile. Sitting
down with siblings into family dinner and charting
out plans for the next day has become a far off dream
today. Life was much simpler back then when I was a
kid. It has changed now and I go home only once in a
year or two, just to witness my parents are getting
older. Each month brings me “unavoidable
circumstances” at work that has already failed me to
attend sister's wedding, grandparents' funeral and
many others that happened in my absence. Can
someone tell me if it is okay to miss out so many
major events of life on the ground while looking for
something above in the sky? Somehow, every 'home-
In his presidential address, he highlighted the past,
present and future of Paleontology status in India and
stressed on collaborative research programmes and
multidisciplinary approach along with techniques
from other sections of science.
The main focal themes of this Colloquium were:
1. Evolution of terrestrial and marine biota
manifested in geological records
Prof N Malarkodi talked on “What caused the End
Cretaceous Mass Extinction: Evidences from Chicxulub
and Deccan Volcanism ”. She aggregated and evaluated
the role of Chicxulub impact in KT boundary Mass
extinction using the biotic record of foraminifera. She
showed that there was extreme biotic stress during the
Deccan volcanism.
2. Potential of microfossils in hydrocarbon
exploration
Dr. M.R. Rao, BSIP, Lucknow, explained different
techniques of Palynology and its applications in Hydro-
carbon exploration with special reference to Tertiary
spore-pollen & dinoflagellate cysts. R.K. Saxena,
2
uokxarqd ( Navagantuk)
“It looks like the future's really bright. By; Michael
Phillip Anderson”
Richa Gautam Shradha N. Jagtap
Priyanka Singh Rao Shalini Gupta
Divya Thakur Sohan Lal
Christabell Soraisam
vra nZZ f̀"V (Insight)
Essence of field training
Geology is a study of the earth and its processes which
need much of imagination. We have not seen the birth
or creation of rocks because it has taken place in many
thousand to million years. Only with the treads of
evidences, we endeavour to follow its processes in a
very logical way and prove it with strong data. For this,
one should have to have strong imagination with keen
observation to unravel the facts and figures. This can
be achieved only through practical exposure by
repeated field visits because nature is the one which
away' person might be missing a big chunk of joy of
being at home, like I do.
Well I guess, these “possibly natural” but “have to be
dumped away” thoughts will burn down to ash with
this midnight silence. I will wake up a new morning with
a hope to move on, looking towards the better side of
life. I will again push myself to swim against the tide.
And yes, we all need to learn to be little selfish
sometimes and find an excuse from several things to
make progress and discover the meaning of life in our
own terms.
But I am glad if you don't feel this way.
S. Khogen K. Singh
teaches and makes us understand many past issues
just like PRESENT IS THE KEY TO THE PAST of James
Hutton. Geology is the science which divulges the
earth and is allied by many science streams. Hence,
many people from different subjects get into geology
and pursue their research. Further, prior field training
may help in understanding and performing quality
research. Geology is a thoughtful subject and easy task
to understand, yet it is very complicated just like piled
up Himalaya. Any intricate part can be solved by
regular field visits. Hereby, I solicit for the field training
programs especially to the research scholars with
many experts of different fields, so that understanding
capacity as well as strong interpretation skill may be
increased.
Vyshnavi . S
Academia and Industry: Under One Umbrella
The XXIV Indian Colloquium on Micropaleontology and
Stratigraphy
With the aim of expansion of our knowledge in the
field of micropaleontology, stratigraphy, climate
change with some new research and technology in
the field of Dendroclimatology and Speleothem, the
XXIV Indian Colloquium on Micropaleontology and
Stratigraphy was organized at WIHG, Dehradun
from 18-21st November 2013. Dr. Kishor Kumar (Sc.
G) and Dr. Mrs Meera Tiwari (Sc F) were the
convenors the co-conveners were Dr. S. Parcha (Sc. F)
and Dr. P Srivastava (Sc. D). It brings academia and
industry together with a wide range of topics. The
Colloquium started with the inaugural ceremony on
18th November 2013. Different institution and
universities from all over India participated in this
Colloquium.
The Presidential address was delivered by Prof
S.K.Shah (Rtd. Head of Geology Department Jammu
University) on “Paleontology Retrospects and
Prospects”.
WIHG Drishtikon
3
Qksdl esa (In Focus)
Somewhere in the dark cavern of my heart(A page from my personal diary)
Being far away from home such a long time, perhaps
for some good reasons of own, brings me a sense of
pleasure with pain. Pleasure in the sense that I can get
all the comforts of doing good research work; learn
new things every single day with so many intellectual
people working around here. Journey of life has been
wonderful so far in this small city. It never stops
mesmerizing me with its welcoming residents. I can
wander off all over the places at weekends and hop
into the sea of unknown faces at city streets or market
place with no feeling of desperateness. I hear here no
racial slur. In fact, I fall in love with Dehradun. But
somewhere deep inside the dark cavern of my heart,
there is a feeling that pulls me back to home badly
sometimes, probably many times.
Long time ago, I used to miss home at boarding school
as a child longing to live within the comfort of love and
care by my parents. But reason is bit different now. I
miss home in a sense of responsibility to look after
them, to lend my shoulder for their tired limbs to rest
on. Long separation from family has a bitter taste,
may be not less than someone living in exile. Sitting
down with siblings into family dinner and charting
out plans for the next day has become a far off dream
today. Life was much simpler back then when I was a
kid. It has changed now and I go home only once in a
year or two, just to witness my parents are getting
older. Each month brings me “unavoidable
circumstances” at work that has already failed me to
attend sister's wedding, grandparents' funeral and
many others that happened in my absence. Can
someone tell me if it is okay to miss out so many
major events of life on the ground while looking for
something above in the sky? Somehow, every 'home-
In his presidential address, he highlighted the past,
present and future of Paleontology status in India and
stressed on collaborative research programmes and
multidisciplinary approach along with techniques
from other sections of science.
The main focal themes of this Colloquium were:
1. Evolution of terrestrial and marine biota
manifested in geological records
Prof N Malarkodi talked on “What caused the End
Cretaceous Mass Extinction: Evidences from Chicxulub
and Deccan Volcanism ”. She aggregated and evaluated
the role of Chicxulub impact in KT boundary Mass
extinction using the biotic record of foraminifera. She
showed that there was extreme biotic stress during the
Deccan volcanism.
2. Potential of microfossils in hydrocarbon
exploration
Dr. M.R. Rao, BSIP, Lucknow, explained different
techniques of Palynology and its applications in Hydro-
carbon exploration with special reference to Tertiary
spore-pollen & dinoflagellate cysts. R.K. Saxena,
2
uokxarqd ( Navagantuk)
“It looks like the future's really bright. By; Michael
Phillip Anderson”
Richa Gautam Shradha N. Jagtap
Priyanka Singh Rao Shalini Gupta
Divya Thakur Sohan Lal
Christabell Soraisam
vra nZZ f̀"V (Insight)
Essence of field training
Geology is a study of the earth and its processes which
need much of imagination. We have not seen the birth
or creation of rocks because it has taken place in many
thousand to million years. Only with the treads of
evidences, we endeavour to follow its processes in a
very logical way and prove it with strong data. For this,
one should have to have strong imagination with keen
observation to unravel the facts and figures. This can
be achieved only through practical exposure by
repeated field visits because nature is the one which
away' person might be missing a big chunk of joy of
being at home, like I do.
Well I guess, these “possibly natural” but “have to be
dumped away” thoughts will burn down to ash with
this midnight silence. I will wake up a new morning with
a hope to move on, looking towards the better side of
life. I will again push myself to swim against the tide.
And yes, we all need to learn to be little selfish
sometimes and find an excuse from several things to
make progress and discover the meaning of life in our
own terms.
But I am glad if you don't feel this way.
S. Khogen K. Singh
teaches and makes us understand many past issues
just like PRESENT IS THE KEY TO THE PAST of James
Hutton. Geology is the science which divulges the
earth and is allied by many science streams. Hence,
many people from different subjects get into geology
and pursue their research. Further, prior field training
may help in understanding and performing quality
research. Geology is a thoughtful subject and easy task
to understand, yet it is very complicated just like piled
up Himalaya. Any intricate part can be solved by
regular field visits. Hereby, I solicit for the field training
programs especially to the research scholars with
many experts of different fields, so that understanding
capacity as well as strong interpretation skill may be
increased.
Vyshnavi . S
Academia and Industry: Under One Umbrella
The XXIV Indian Colloquium on Micropaleontology and
Stratigraphy
With the aim of expansion of our knowledge in the
field of micropaleontology, stratigraphy, climate
change with some new research and technology in
the field of Dendroclimatology and Speleothem, the
XXIV Indian Colloquium on Micropaleontology and
Stratigraphy was organized at WIHG, Dehradun
from 18-21st November 2013. Dr. Kishor Kumar (Sc.
G) and Dr. Mrs Meera Tiwari (Sc F) were the
convenors the co-conveners were Dr. S. Parcha (Sc. F)
and Dr. P Srivastava (Sc. D). It brings academia and
industry together with a wide range of topics. The
Colloquium started with the inaugural ceremony on
18th November 2013. Different institution and
universities from all over India participated in this
Colloquium.
The Presidential address was delivered by Prof
S.K.Shah (Rtd. Head of Geology Department Jammu
University) on “Paleontology Retrospects and
Prospects”.
WIHG Drishtikon
K D M I P E , O N G C , Dehradun emphas ized on
microfossil analysis in the on & off-shore wells
leading to defin i t ive age demarcat ion and
concluded that nano-fossils are relevant for
hydrocarbon exploration and geological modelling
of shallow to ultra deep water wells.
3. Recent advances in micropaleontology
Dr. A. Govindan, Chennai on agglutinated deep water
benthonic foraminifera of upper cretaceous and early
paleogene sediments of Cauvery Basin, SE India. Dr. C.
Rabina presented Foraminiferal assemblage and
sediment characteristics of Palar and Pnnaiyar
estuaries, Tamil Nadu. She said that most of the
foramineferal forms found were living calcareous
forms and the fauna showed difference in the salinity
conditions. The living and dead ratio of the fauna
shows fast sedimentation rate and the physio-
chemical characteristics of water showed the diversity
of species.
4. Stratigraphy of Indian Proterozoic basins with
emphasis on Vindhyan Supergroup
Dr. Mukund Sharma in his lecture on the earliest
fossil forms from the Vindhyan deposits of India
i n fo r m e d t h a t C a p t a i n D a n g e r f i e l d , 1 8 2 3 ;
J.Hardie,1833; W.King,1872; H.C. Jones,1909 were
involved in the reporting of pristine forms of life
from India. Dr. Veeru Kant singh from BSIP spoke
about the ear l iest acr itarchs ranging from
Paleoproterozoic from Vindhyan deposits. Dr. S.K.
Pandey from BSIP also spoke on the reports of
imprints of enigmatic forms resembling fungi from
the Vindhyan region.
5. Earliest life records in India
Dr. Mukund Sharma spoke on the earliest fossil forms
from the Vindhyan deposits of India. He told that
Capta in Dan ger f ie ld , `1823; J .Hard ie ,1833;
W.King,1872; H.C. Jones,1909 were involved in the
report of pristine forms of life from India.
6. Tree rings, speleothems, lacustrine, fluvial &
biotic records as proxies for past climate
Dr. R. R Yadav from BSIP, Lucknow highlighted the
status and prospects of tree ring studies in Himalayan
r e g i o n . H e s t a t e d t h a t t h e s c i e n c e o f
dendrochronology or tree ring study can be used to
know how agriculture is affected with the change in
climate. In Himalayan region, tree ring study will be
very beneficial to understand the future of
agriculture here. He said that tree ring study in
Himalaya has potential to show more than 2000yrs
climatic record and potential in hazard mapping like
snow avalance.
7. Cenozoic paleoceanographic changes: link
between Indian Ocean & Himalayan records
Dr. Devesh K Sinha, A.K. Singh, Tushar Kaushik , Ankush
Shrivastava from Delhi university , Dr, R.K. Singh,
Kirtiranjan Mallick from Bhuvaneshwara, Vikram
Pratap Singh from Mumbai discussed above themes in
their presentations.
The overall scientific discussion concluded that the
planktonic foraminifera can be used as potential
proxy in understanding the climate and pale-
oceanographic changes. The use of tree ring and
spleothem study. The scientific discussions inferred
that the future of agriculture and monsoon in India
can be interpreted to some level on the basis of these
studies.
The colloquium ended with vote of thanks from
convenor.
Aurangabad is announced as the host for next XXV
ICMS in the valedictory
4 5
16th Feb, 2014.
7. Mr. Khogen K Singh presented poster titled
"Petrogenesis and tectono-magmatic implication of
mafic volcanic rocks from the Manipur ophiolitic
melange zone, Northeast India" at the International
seminar on Magmatism, Tectonism & Mineralization -
2014 at Dept. of Geology, Kumaun University, Nainital
from 27th to 29th march 2014
Students Thursday Forum, WIHG
It has almost been nine months that we, the
research scholars of Wadia Institute of Himalayan
Geology, are carrying out the weekly seminar
series, Students' Thursday Forum. Thirty one
research students have already delivered their
lectures in this forum along with three invited
lectures by Dr Yogesh Ray, Scientist ‘C’,NCAOR, Dr.
Vikas Adhlakha, Scientist ‘B’, WIHG and Mr. Satadru
Bhattacharaya, Scientist, SAC-ISRO. We will be
completing our first cycle of this Forum in less than
three months. The purpose of Students' Thursday
Forum is to eliminate the fear of deliverance along
with two auxiliary objectives- exposure of the
research work/new ideas (if any) in an open forum
and diversification of knowledge amongst the
scholars. Although there are many areas those
require improvement, yet it is certainly a success
story for all the research scholars of WIHG.
Promotions
Dr. Shivani Pandey RA
Dr. Vashnavi Shekar RA
Leena Kamra ESRF
Rakhi Rawat ESRF
Seminar attended
1. Ms. Suman Rawat attended DST-SERB Winter
School on “Quaternary geology and climate
change” from 6/01/2014 to 19/01/2014 at Dept of
Geology, Univesrity of Pune, Pune.
2. Anil Kumar presented an oral presentation at 8th
International conference on 'Geomorphology'
held at Paris from 27th to 30th Aug, 2013. The
title of the Presentation was “Late Quaternary
landscape evolution along the Indus River, Ladakh,
NW Himalaya".
3. Sanjay Singh Negi presented the Poster entitled
“INSIGHT TO THE SEISMICITY AROUND TEHRI
RESERVOIR, INDIA” in 8th Uttarakhand State
Science and Technology Congress-2013, at Doon
University, Dehradun, scheduled from 26-28
December, 2013.
4. Priyanka Singh Rao attended Training on “Short
C o u r s e o n R e m o t e S e n s i n g a n d I m a g e
Interpretation (C-RS), held at Indian Institute of
Remote Sensing, Dehradun, during 06.01.2014 to
28.02.2014.
5. Shalini Gupta attended one week DST-Sponsered
training programme on "Low Temperature
Thermochronology ( Fission-Track Dating), which
was organized in the Geophysics Department of
Kurukshetra University , Kurukshetra from 10th
Feb to 16th Feb, 2014.
6. S. Khogen K. Singh attended one week DST-
Sponsered training programme on "Low
Temperature Thermochronology (Fission-
Track Dating), which was organized in the
Geophys ics Department of Kurukshetra
University, Kurukshetra from 10th Feb to
xfrfof/k;ka ( Activities)
WIHG Drishtikon
K D M I P E , O N G C , Dehradun emphas ized on
microfossil analysis in the on & off-shore wells
leading to defin i t ive age demarcat ion and
concluded that nano-fossils are relevant for
hydrocarbon exploration and geological modelling
of shallow to ultra deep water wells.
3. Recent advances in micropaleontology
Dr. A. Govindan, Chennai on agglutinated deep water
benthonic foraminifera of upper cretaceous and early
paleogene sediments of Cauvery Basin, SE India. Dr. C.
Rabina presented Foraminiferal assemblage and
sediment characteristics of Palar and Pnnaiyar
estuaries, Tamil Nadu. She said that most of the
foramineferal forms found were living calcareous
forms and the fauna showed difference in the salinity
conditions. The living and dead ratio of the fauna
shows fast sedimentation rate and the physio-
chemical characteristics of water showed the diversity
of species.
4. Stratigraphy of Indian Proterozoic basins with
emphasis on Vindhyan Supergroup
Dr. Mukund Sharma in his lecture on the earliest
fossil forms from the Vindhyan deposits of India
i n fo r m e d t h a t C a p t a i n D a n g e r f i e l d , 1 8 2 3 ;
J.Hardie,1833; W.King,1872; H.C. Jones,1909 were
involved in the reporting of pristine forms of life
from India. Dr. Veeru Kant singh from BSIP spoke
about the ear l iest acr itarchs ranging from
Paleoproterozoic from Vindhyan deposits. Dr. S.K.
Pandey from BSIP also spoke on the reports of
imprints of enigmatic forms resembling fungi from
the Vindhyan region.
5. Earliest life records in India
Dr. Mukund Sharma spoke on the earliest fossil forms
from the Vindhyan deposits of India. He told that
Capta in Dan ger f ie ld , `1823; J .Hard ie ,1833;
W.King,1872; H.C. Jones,1909 were involved in the
report of pristine forms of life from India.
6. Tree rings, speleothems, lacustrine, fluvial &
biotic records as proxies for past climate
Dr. R. R Yadav from BSIP, Lucknow highlighted the
status and prospects of tree ring studies in Himalayan
r e g i o n . H e s t a t e d t h a t t h e s c i e n c e o f
dendrochronology or tree ring study can be used to
know how agriculture is affected with the change in
climate. In Himalayan region, tree ring study will be
very beneficial to understand the future of
agriculture here. He said that tree ring study in
Himalaya has potential to show more than 2000yrs
climatic record and potential in hazard mapping like
snow avalance.
7. Cenozoic paleoceanographic changes: link
between Indian Ocean & Himalayan records
Dr. Devesh K Sinha, A.K. Singh, Tushar Kaushik , Ankush
Shrivastava from Delhi university , Dr, R.K. Singh,
Kirtiranjan Mallick from Bhuvaneshwara, Vikram
Pratap Singh from Mumbai discussed above themes in
their presentations.
The overall scientific discussion concluded that the
planktonic foraminifera can be used as potential
proxy in understanding the climate and pale-
oceanographic changes. The use of tree ring and
spleothem study. The scientific discussions inferred
that the future of agriculture and monsoon in India
can be interpreted to some level on the basis of these
studies.
The colloquium ended with vote of thanks from
convenor.
Aurangabad is announced as the host for next XXV
ICMS in the valedictory
4 5
16th Feb, 2014.
7. Mr. Khogen K Singh presented poster titled
"Petrogenesis and tectono-magmatic implication of
mafic volcanic rocks from the Manipur ophiolitic
melange zone, Northeast India" at the International
seminar on Magmatism, Tectonism & Mineralization -
2014 at Dept. of Geology, Kumaun University, Nainital
from 27th to 29th march 2014
Students Thursday Forum, WIHG
It has almost been nine months that we, the
research scholars of Wadia Institute of Himalayan
Geology, are carrying out the weekly seminar
series, Students' Thursday Forum. Thirty one
research students have already delivered their
lectures in this forum along with three invited
lectures by Dr Yogesh Ray, Scientist ‘C’,NCAOR, Dr.
Vikas Adhlakha, Scientist ‘B’, WIHG and Mr. Satadru
Bhattacharaya, Scientist, SAC-ISRO. We will be
completing our first cycle of this Forum in less than
three months. The purpose of Students' Thursday
Forum is to eliminate the fear of deliverance along
with two auxiliary objectives- exposure of the
research work/new ideas (if any) in an open forum
and diversification of knowledge amongst the
scholars. Although there are many areas those
require improvement, yet it is certainly a success
story for all the research scholars of WIHG.
Promotions
Dr. Shivani Pandey RA
Dr. Vashnavi Shekar RA
Leena Kamra ESRF
Rakhi Rawat ESRF
Seminar attended
1. Ms. Suman Rawat attended DST-SERB Winter
School on “Quaternary geology and climate
change” from 6/01/2014 to 19/01/2014 at Dept of
Geology, Univesrity of Pune, Pune.
2. Anil Kumar presented an oral presentation at 8th
International conference on 'Geomorphology'
held at Paris from 27th to 30th Aug, 2013. The
title of the Presentation was “Late Quaternary
landscape evolution along the Indus River, Ladakh,
NW Himalaya".
3. Sanjay Singh Negi presented the Poster entitled
“INSIGHT TO THE SEISMICITY AROUND TEHRI
RESERVOIR, INDIA” in 8th Uttarakhand State
Science and Technology Congress-2013, at Doon
University, Dehradun, scheduled from 26-28
December, 2013.
4. Priyanka Singh Rao attended Training on “Short
C o u r s e o n R e m o t e S e n s i n g a n d I m a g e
Interpretation (C-RS), held at Indian Institute of
Remote Sensing, Dehradun, during 06.01.2014 to
28.02.2014.
5. Shalini Gupta attended one week DST-Sponsered
training programme on "Low Temperature
Thermochronology ( Fission-Track Dating), which
was organized in the Geophysics Department of
Kurukshetra University , Kurukshetra from 10th
Feb to 16th Feb, 2014.
6. S. Khogen K. Singh attended one week DST-
Sponsered training programme on "Low
Temperature Thermochronology (Fission-
Track Dating), which was organized in the
Geophys ics Department of Kurukshetra
University, Kurukshetra from 10th Feb to
xfrfof/k;ka ( Activities)
WIHG Drishtikon
6 7
Well preserved fish spine in Limestone bed at Lower
Kaushaliya Nala Section (Subathu Formation).
Folding in quartz vein, near chhatru, Spiti Basin
National Science Day
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, an autonomous
Research Institute of Department of Science and
Technology, Govt. Of India successfully celebrated the
National Science Day on 28th February to mark the
discovery of the Raman effect, discovered by Indian
physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on 28
February 1928.
Badminton Tournament 2014 ( Inst itute
Staff only)
Badminton Tournament 2014, was held on 2-3 & 6th
January, 2014, at Wadia Institute. In this tournament
104 matches were played with 64 entries in the 5
categories.
Women`s Single
Joint Winners: Rama Pant & Madhu
Men`s Single
Champion: Akshay
Runner up: Koushick
Men Double
Champion: Koushick-Anil
Runner up: Akshay-Bhanu
Mixed Double
Champion: Akshay-Sipika
Runner up: Souvik-Subhra
The Research Scholars (WIHG) along with scientists
actively participates and volunteers in the scientific
activity, where this day is entirely dedicated to
aware the young generation about various field of
Science.
PRIZES AND AWARDS
The Poster entitled “Petrogenesis and tectono-
magmatic implication of mafic volcanic rocks from
the Manipur ophiolitic melange zone, Northeast
India" by Khogen K singh and A. K. Singh won best
poster award at the International seminar on
Magmatism, Tectonism & Mineralization - 2014 at
Dept. of Geology, Kumaun University, Nainital from
27th to 29th march 2014
The Poster entitled “Insight to the seismicity
around tehri reservoir, India” by Sanjay Singh Negi
and Dr.Ajay Paul has been awarded with the Young
Scientist best poster award during 8th Uttarakhand
State Science and Technology Congress-2013.
Slogan Competition
Shivani Pandey, second prize in English
slogan
Sanjay Singh Negi, Second prize in Hindi
slogan.
Table Tennis Matches (Open to all ) During 15th
Aug 2013
1. Women's Table Tennis (single) Champion:
Shubhra
Men's Table Tennis(Single)
Champion: Khogen Singh
Muth Formation exposed in the Spiti Basin
By Shivani PandeyWell preserved Ripple marks in Simla Slates at
Shadiyana of Precambrian age.
By Smita Gupta
GEOLOGICAL FIELD PHOTOGRAPHS
WIHG Drishtikon
6 7
Well preserved fish spine in Limestone bed at Lower
Kaushaliya Nala Section (Subathu Formation).
Folding in quartz vein, near chhatru, Spiti Basin
National Science Day
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, an autonomous
Research Institute of Department of Science and
Technology, Govt. Of India successfully celebrated the
National Science Day on 28th February to mark the
discovery of the Raman effect, discovered by Indian
physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on 28
February 1928.
Badminton Tournament 2014 ( Inst itute
Staff only)
Badminton Tournament 2014, was held on 2-3 & 6th
January, 2014, at Wadia Institute. In this tournament
104 matches were played with 64 entries in the 5
categories.
Women`s Single
Joint Winners: Rama Pant & Madhu
Men`s Single
Champion: Akshay
Runner up: Koushick
Men Double
Champion: Koushick-Anil
Runner up: Akshay-Bhanu
Mixed Double
Champion: Akshay-Sipika
Runner up: Souvik-Subhra
The Research Scholars (WIHG) along with scientists
actively participates and volunteers in the scientific
activity, where this day is entirely dedicated to
aware the young generation about various field of
Science.
PRIZES AND AWARDS
The Poster entitled “Petrogenesis and tectono-
magmatic implication of mafic volcanic rocks from
the Manipur ophiolitic melange zone, Northeast
India" by Khogen K singh and A. K. Singh won best
poster award at the International seminar on
Magmatism, Tectonism & Mineralization - 2014 at
Dept. of Geology, Kumaun University, Nainital from
27th to 29th march 2014
The Poster entitled “Insight to the seismicity
around tehri reservoir, India” by Sanjay Singh Negi
and Dr.Ajay Paul has been awarded with the Young
Scientist best poster award during 8th Uttarakhand
State Science and Technology Congress-2013.
Slogan Competition
Shivani Pandey, second prize in English
slogan
Sanjay Singh Negi, Second prize in Hindi
slogan.
Table Tennis Matches (Open to all ) During 15th
Aug 2013
1. Women's Table Tennis (single) Champion:
Shubhra
Men's Table Tennis(Single)
Champion: Khogen Singh
Muth Formation exposed in the Spiti Basin
By Shivani PandeyWell preserved Ripple marks in Simla Slates at
Shadiyana of Precambrian age.
By Smita Gupta
GEOLOGICAL FIELD PHOTOGRAPHS
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The word 'Guru' in Sanskrit is literally a jointure of two
syllables, “Gu” which means shadows and “Ru” which
means he who disperses them. It is a Sanskrit term for
"teacher" or "master". Traditionally, since times
immemorial, the Guru is seen as the one who dispels the
darkness of ignorance from a person. Guru is the
personified energy from which gyaan or knowledge
flows to the sishya or disciple, beyond the dualities of
the empirical world.
He is a heavenly embodiment of The Lord on the earth,
who has been incarnated to free one from the bondage
of darkness and instil light, and to sensify oneself of the
tangible virtuousness. He restrains one from contagious
delusions.
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In the above verse, His Highness, The Almighty Lord
Krishna says, "Fix thy mind on Me; be devoted to Me;
sacrifice unto Me; bow down to Me; having thus united
thy whole self with Me, taking Me as the Supreme Goal,
thou shalt verily come unto Me".
Hence it is clear that, self-sufficiency and contentment
can be bestowed upon oneself by devotion, dedication
and Bhakti alone. And devotion and dedication sprouts
with the association of The Highness. When one
realises the extent of His presence in our lives, his
devotion for Him increases.
Similarly, as one focuses on the “Guru”, gradually he
or she starts acquiring his qualities and after some
time his or her form starts resembling that of “The
Guru”. In due course of time, his character becomes
spruce.
It is because, the inner enlightenment, awareness and
realisation remains latent until it is aroused. The
preceptor enkindles the esoteric knowledge, which in
turn overshadows the theoretical, physical and
material vices and is realised at the inner level,
thereby leading one to attain the state of exhilaration
and contemplation in life.