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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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“Guru is the Creator (Brahma); Guru is the Preserver

(Vishnu); Guru is the Destroyer (Maheswar); Guru is

verily the Supreme Absolute. Submission to The

Guru.”

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.

A verse in the universally accepted sacred scripture

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(The Bhagwad Gita, Chapter 9, verse 34)

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.