1. Name Dr. Ansuya Bhandari

2. Designation Scientist B

3. Date & Place of birth 08/10/1980, Pauri Garhwal

4. Career profile Junior Research Fellow (JRF) at WIHG, Dehra Dun from April 2007-March 2009.

Senior Research Fellow (SRF) at WIHG, Dehra Dun from April 2009 to Sept 2009.

Research Associate (RA) at WIHG, Dehra Dun from Jan 2011 to Jan 2014

Young Scientist in SERB under DST at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology

from Aug 2014 to April 2017.

Email: ansuya12@rediffmail.com; ansuya12@gmail.com; ansuya12@bsip.res.in

5. Prizes/ Medals/Awards/Honours Lakshmeshwar Rama Rao Birth Centenary Research Grant for the year 2006-07 from Geological

Society of India, Bangalore.

Young Scientist Award 2010 in 5th Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Congress from

Uttarakhand Council of Science and Technology, Dehradun.

IGC Award 2012 for best poster presentation organized at WIHG.

IGC Award 2014 for best poster presentation in the Indian Geological Congress 19 th convention (IGC-

2014) & international conference from 27 Nov to 29 Nov, 2014 organized in Itanagar.

Convener in AOGS-13, Brisbane, Australia from June 24 to 28, 2013: jointly convened a session in

BG Section on theme “Global warming impact records in terrestrial life from relevant geological

data”.

Participated as co-convener in AOGS-14, Sapporo, Japan, July 28 to Aug 1, 14 of BG-05 session on

theme “Manifestation of geological events of Asia Oceania in the biotic world of the past and present”.

Women Indian Science Congress: Participated in the Indian Science Congress for special session

“Women in Science/Science for Women” at Bhubaneswar, January, 2012.

Extra-curricular activities: In school and college days participated in National and University level

sports meets and won prizes in national, zonal and regional level games: Prizes pertain to 800m, 400m,

200m, 100m, 4x 400m relay, walk race and Kabaddi besides reaching up to college level in long, high jump

events and won 1, 2, 3 positions in individuals events in different sports meets.

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7. Total academic visits abroad: Four as yet

Country Visited Purpose of Visit Duration

Canmore, Canada Attended HKT and Presented one paper July 11-13,2011for 3 days

Singapore Attended AOGS-AGU and Presented two papers Aug 13-17 for 4 days

Sapporo, Japan Attended AOGS and Presented one papers July,28 to 01 Aug for 5 days

Singapore Attended AOGS and presented one paper Aug 01-09 for 9 days

Foreign Visits

CSIR, New Delhi’s travel grant enabled me to attend International Symposium on Tibetan Plateau and the 26th Himalaya- Karakoram-Tibet (HKT) Workshop in July, 2011 at Canmore, Canada and to present “Miocene exotic taxa in the Indian Himalaya and subtle aspects of India-Asia collision” by myself and B N Tiwari (Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 2011, 44 no1 :2)

Travel grant and support from UCOST, and WIHG, Dehradun enabled me to attend International Seminar AOGS – AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly13 to 17 August, 2012 Resorts World Convention Centre, Singapore to present “Terrestrial Miocene Micromammalian Remains from Eastern Kutch, Western India”;“ Exotic vertebrates from Miocene horizons of Indian Subcontinent associated geological events facilitating their dispersal their significance in resolving geological issues” by myself and B N Tiwari.

Travel grant and support from DST, Delhi enabled me to attend International Seminar AOGS 2015 from 02- 07 Aug, 2015 Sunteccity, Singapore to present “Miocene Bioevents from Indian Outer Himalaya and Eastern Kutch” by Ansuya Bhandari.

8. Membership/Fellowship of Professional Societies: 1) Life Member, Palaeontological Society of India, Lucknow

2) Life Member, Indian Geological Congress, Roorkee

9. Papers Published

B. N. Tiwari, B.C. Verma and Ansuya Bhandari 2006: Record of Prodeinotherium orlovii (Proboscidea: Mammalia) from mid-Tertiary Dharmsala Group of Kangra Valley, NW Himalaya, India: biochronological and palaeogeographical implications, Journal of Palaeontological Society of India, 51(1) 93-100. (ISSN 0552-9630)

Martin Pickford, Ansuya Bhandari, Sunil Bajpai B N Tiwari and DM Mohabey 2009: Miocene terrestrial mammals from circum- Indian Ocean: Implications for geochronology, biochronology, eustacy and Himalayan orogensis, Himalayan Geology 30(2):193-198 (ISSN0971-8966)

Ansuya Bhandari, DM Mohabey, Sunil Bajpai, B N Tiwari, and Martin Pickford 2010 Early Miocene mammals from central Kutch (Gujarat) western India: Implications for geochronology, biogeography,

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eustacy and intercontinental dispersals, Neues Jahrbuch Fur Geologie Palaontogie Abhandlungeh, 256 (1): 69-97.

Ansuya Bhandari and B N Tiwari 2013: Ostracoda from Siwalik Group of Mohand area of District Saharanpur, geological and paleobiological inferences. Science and Technology in Uttrakhand, (The book published by UCOST, Dehra Dun comprises contribution from all the Young Scientist awardees),79-86 (ISBN-978-81-211-0887-4)

Ansuya Bhandari 2013: Faunal records from early/middle Miocene climatic optimum horizons in the Himalaya and Western India, empirical evidences for further probe, Journal Indian Geological Congress, 4(1) 119-124. (ISSN 2229- 435X)

Ansuya Bhandari and B.N. Tiwari 2014: Rodent fossils from Dharmsala Group in Himachal Pradesh (India), addition to pre-Siwalik Himalayan Miocene fauna, Journal of the Geological Society of India; 83, 676-680.

B.N. Tiwari and Ansuya Bhandari 2014: Exotic murid rodent Parapodemus sp. from Middle Siwalik of Mohand, District Saharanpur, as harbinger of micropaleontological studies in the region , Himalayan Geology, 35(1) 70-74. 2013. (0971-8966)

R.K Sehgal and Ansuya Bhandari 2014: Miocene mammals from India: present status and future prospects, Special Publication of the Palaeontological Society of India :( ISBN: 978-81-926033-2-2). 5:325-333,2014

Ansuya Bhandari, Frank Köhler, B N Tiwari 2014: Neogene freshwater gastropods from the Siwalik Group in Uttarakhand, northern India: First fossil record of the protoconch of a freshwater cerithioidean snail (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). Himalayan Geology, 35(2):182-189.

Ansuya Bhandari, Martin Pickford, B N Tiwari Basal Late Miocene Mammal Fauna from central Kachchh. Munchner Geowissenschfliche Abhandlungen.43(A)1-40.

10. Papers presented in Conferences/Symposia

Ansuya Bhandari and B.N. Tiwari 2016: Early Miocene fossils of the Dharmsala Group in

Kangra Valley of Himachal Himalaya, significant geological revelations in ISC, 103rd Indian

Science Congress 2016 from 3 -7 Jan, 2016 at University of Mysore.

B.N. Tiwari and Ansuya Bhandari 2016: Discovery Of Hipparionine Dental Remains From

Miocene Horizons Of Central Kutch, Gujarat, Western India in ISC, 103rd Indian Science

Congress 2016 from 3 -7 Jan, 2016 at University of Mysore.

Ansuya Bhandari 2015: Miocene Bioevents from Indian Outer Himalaya and eastern Kutch in

the forthcoming Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 12th Annual Meeting scheduled from 02-

07 Aug, 2015 in Singapore.

Ansuya Bhandari 2015: Miocene mammals from the Himalayan and Indian Shield region,

insights through their updated record in 30th Himalaya- Karakoram -Tibet Workshop, 6-8 October,

2015.

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Ansuya Bhandari and B.N. Tiwari 2015: Miocene rodentia from Dharmsala Group in Kangra

valley, Himachal Pradesh, a step forward in the past coeval Himalayan faunal records in ISC, 102nd

Session from 3-7 Jan 2015 in Mumbai.

B.N. Tiwari and Ansuya Bhandari 2015: Exotic murid rodent Parapodemus sp. from Middle

Siwalik of Mohand, District Saharanpur, as harbinger of micropaleontological studies in the region, in

ISC, 102nd Session from 3-7 Jan 2015 in Mumbai

Ansuya Bhandari, 2014: Commencement of early Miocene terrestrial life in the Himalaya region; evidences from Kangra Valley, HP in tectonic perspective in the Indian Geological Congress 19th convention (IGC-2014) & international conference from 27 Nov to 29 Nov, 2014 in Itanagar.

Ansuya Bhandari, 2014: Incipient Himalayan orogeny and induction of freshwater exotics in the Indian Subcontinent in (AOGS) 11th Annual Meeting scheduled from 28 Jul to 01 Aug, 2014 in Sapporo (Japan).

Ansuya Bhandari and B.N. Tiwari 2013: Holistic view of microfossil studies from early Miocene horizons of India, geological and palaeontological implications in abstract volume of XXIV Indian Colloquium on Micropalaeontology and Stratigraphy and International Symposium, November 18-21 in Dehra Dun at Wadia: 10-11.

Ansuya Bhandari and B.N. Tiwari 2013: Fossils Divulge Beginning of Thrust Regime and MMCO in the Himalayan Evolution from Kangra Valley of Western Himalaya: AOGS-AGU June 24 to 28 at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC), Australia, and BG03-05-13-16-A010.

B.N. Tiwari and Ansuya Bhandari 2013: Pre-MMCO Tectonics Vis-à-vis ITCZ in the Himalayan Terrain in Early Miocene, Reflection in Terrestrial Life Record: AOGS-AGU June 24 to 28 at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC), Australia, BG03-05-13-16-A01.

Ansuya Bhandari and B.N. Tiwari 2013: On the evolution of Subathu - Murree Petroleum System of the Indian Himalaya and its potential: 18th Convention of Indian Geological Congress and International Symposium in Bhopal April 27-29.

Ansuya Bhandari 2012: Faunal records from middle Miocene climatic optimum horizons in the Himalaya and Western India, empirical evidences for further probe: National Conference on Green Earth by IGC jointly with WIHG Oct 18-17 in Dehra Dun at Wadia: 64-65.

Ansuya Bhandari and B.N. Tiwari 2012: Terrestrial Miocene Micromammalian Remains from Eastern Kutch, Western India: AOGS-AGU (WPGM) Aug 13-17 in Singapore, BG08-A003:92

B.N. Tiwari and Ansuya Bhandari 2012: Exotic vertebrates from Miocene horizons of Indian Subcontinent associated geological events facilitating their dispersal their significance in resolving geological issues, AOGS-AGU (WPGM) Aug 13-17 in Singapore, BG08-A001:92

Ansuya Bhandari 2012: Miocene exotic taxa in the Indian Himalaya and collision: 99th Indian Science Congress, January 03-07 at KIIT, Bhubaneswar. (Special lecture).

Ansuya Bhandari and B.N. Tiwari 2011: Miocene freshwater microscopic embryonic pachychilid gastropods from western Outer Himalaya in Abstract Volume of XXII Indian Colloquium on Micropalaeontology and Stratigraphy and International Symposium on Global Bioevents in the Earth History, Nov 9-11, at Department of Geology Bangalore University, Bangalore: 197.

B.N. Tiwari and Ansuya Bhandari 2011: Microscopic cyprinid fish fossils from Miocene horizons of Kutch, Western India: revealing antiquity of vanished river link with the Himalayan region. in Abstract Volume of XXII Indian Colloquium on Micropalaeontology and Stratigraphy and International Symposium on Global Bioevents in the Earth History, Nov 9-11, at Department of Geology Bangalore University, Bangalore: 219.

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Tobin L. Hieronymus, Ansuya Bhandari, B.N. Tiwari and Sunil Bajpai 2011: Early Miocene fauna from the Khari Nadi Formation of Central Kutch (Gujarat), western India. The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, North east Ohio Medical University.

Ansuya Bhandari and B N Tiwari 2011 Miocene exotic taxa in the Indian Himalaya and subtle aspects of India-Asia collision: International Symposium on Tibetan Plateau and The 24th Himalaya- Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, July 11-13 at Canmore, Canada: Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences 44(1) 2.

Ansuya Bhandari and B N Tiwari 2010: Ostracoda From Siwalik Group Of Mohand Area of District Saharanpur, Geological And Paleobiological Inferences in the 5th Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Congress, Nov 10-12, 2010 at Doon University, Dehra Dun: 156.

Ansuya Bhandari and B N Tiwari 2010: Resurgence of life in Miocene on southern flank of the Himalaya, biotic response to start of the orogeny in National Seminar Sedimentation, Tectonics and Hydrocarbon Potential in Himalayan Foreland basin, Feb 22-23, 2010 at Department of Geology of Jammu University, Jammu: 27.

Ansuya Bhandari and B N Tiwari 2009: Bivalved crustaceans from the Miocene freshwater Dharmsala horizons of Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh, northwestern Himalaya in Abstract Volume of XXII Indian Colloquium on Micropalaeontology and Stratigraphy, Dec 16-18, 2009 at National college, Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu): 12.

B N Tiwari and Ansuya Bhandari 2009: Microscopic cyprinid pharyngeals in early Miocene nonmarine horizons of the western Himalaya, revealing antiquity of the river system in Abstract Volume of XXII Indian Colloquium on Micropalaeontology and Stratigraphy, Dec 16-18, 2009 at National college, Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu): 122

B N Tiwari and Ansuya Bhandari 2008: Early Miocene antiquity of the lost Saraswati River, fossil reveal, in Abstract volume of International symposium on MBCT at WIHG, Dehradun. Oct 23-25: 125.

Martin Pickford, Ansuya Bhandari, Sunil Bajpai, BN Tiwari, DM Mohbay, 2008: Miocene mammals from Kutch (Gujarat) Western India: Implications for geochronology, biogeography, eustacy and Himalayan Orogenesis .in Abstract volume of International symposium on MBCT at WIHG, Dehradun. Oct 23-25: 71.

Ansuya Bhandari and B. N. Tiwari 2007: Microscopic Cyprinid fish remains from Dharmsala Group (Late Early Miocene) of Kangra Valley, Himachal Himalaya and their Palaeobiogeographical significance. in Abstract Volume of XXI Indian Colloquium on Micropalaeontology and Stratigraphy at BSIP, Lucknow. Abstract, ICMS, Nov 16-17: 13.

Sneha Joshi, Ansuya Bhandari, B. N. Tiwari and Rohtash Kumar 2007: Fossil Otoliths (Fish ear stones) from Mohand area, Saharanpur: Discovery from Siwalik Group of the Indian Subcontinent and their Geological potential. In Abstract Volume of Second Uttarakhand State Science Congress, Nainital. Nov 15-16: 98.

Ansuya Bhandari and B. N. Tiwari 2007: Palaeontological inputs from Kangra re-entrant in temporal constraining of Himalayan collisional events. Geocollision in September 20-21, 207 at WIHG, Himalayan Geology, Vol 28(3):7.

B. N. Tiwari and Ansuya Bhandari 2007: Additional Charophytes from late early Miocene Dharmsala horizons of Kangra Re-entrant in Himachal Pradesh. in Abstract Volume XXI Indian Colloquium Micropalaeontology and Stratigraphy, November 16-17 at BSIP Lucknow: 125.

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Ansuya Bhandari and B.N Tiwari 2007: Consequences of region surface processes on Terrestrial biota, an example from Tertiary mammals of NW Himalaya National conference on remote sensing and surface processes, Lucknow March 10-11:48.

Ansuya Bhandari, Sneha Joshi, U.C. Mainali, Pradeep Singh and B.N Tiwari: New fossil localities in exposures of the Siwalik Group of Dehradun Haridwar region, Uttaranchal, Abstract of First Uttarakhand State Science Congress, Nainital. Nov 10-11, 2006: 74.

B. N. Tiwari, B.C. Verma and Ansuya Bhandari 2005: Record of Deinotherium orlovii (Proboscidea: Mammalia) from mid-Tertiary Dharmsala Group of Kangra valley, NW Himalaya, India: Biochronological and Palaeogeographical implications. Mesozoic- Cenozoic: Consequences on biotic changes and Basin Evolution. Dec 7-9:62.

B. N. Tiwari, Sneha Joshi and Ansuya Bhandari 2005: Quality of Tertiary continental fossil record in NW outer Himalaya, imprint of sea level variation and Tectonics. Abstract IAS at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology. Dec 21-23: 41.

B. N. Tiwari and Ansuya Bhandari 2005: Atypical fish remains in Early Miocene microfaunal assemblage from the upper Dharmsala formation of Himachal Pradesh, NW Himalaya: Palaeogeographic implications. Abstract ICMS, XX Indian Colloquium on Micropalaeontology and Stratigaraphy, Andra University, Visakhapatanam 24-26 Oct: 115.

B. N. Tiwari and Ansuya Bhandari 2004: Discovery of fossil rodents and additional microfossils from the Upper Dharmsala Formation, H.P.: Biostratigraphic Implications National seminar, Abstract CAS, in Recent Advances in Himalayan Geology, October 6-8: 63.

In-house Presentations

Ansuya Bhandari 2007: Towards faunal characterization of Dharmsala Group of Kangra Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India. 24th July at WIHG, Dehra Dun.

Ansuya Bhandari 2008: Arrival of Carps in India from South Asia as per faunal record. 24th April, WIHG, Dehra Dun.

Ansuya Bhandari 2009: Systematic study of fossil assemblage of the Dharmsala Group of Himachal Pradesh, India and its significance in understanding early Miocene phase of the Himalayan evolution. 15th Jan, WIHG, Dehra Dun.

Ansuya Bhandari 2012: Additional Miocene faunal remains, reviewed geological and paleontological significance, 13th Jan, WIHG, Dehra Dun.

Popular articles: An article entitled “Himalaya se cyprinid machliyo ke jivasham: Agayat tathiyo ki rochak jaankari” “Ashmika” (Institute’s Hindi Magazine): 30-31.

Others: Our studies formed basis of a news report entitled “1.6 Crore pahale janmi thi lupt Saraswati Nadi” P: 1 in Hindi Daily “Hindustan” Nov 12, 2008.

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11. Academic Qualifications:

2011 D Phil (Geology, HNB Garhwal University) entitled “Systematic study of fossil assemblage of

the Dharmsala Group of Himachal Pradesh, India and its significance in understanding

early Miocene phase of the Himalayan evolution”; research was carried out in Wadia Institute

of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun

2003 M.Sc. in Geology from HNB Garhwal University, India .

2001 B.Sc. in Geology, Zoology and Botany from HNB Garhwal University, India.

1998 Intermediate from CBSE Board, India.

1996 High School from CBSE Board, India .

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