1. Name: Pradeep P. Kundal
    
2. Designation: Professor and Head
   Post Graduate Department of Geology
   Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University,
   Law College Square, Nagpur-440 001
   Phone: 0712- 2532411 (Off.), Fax: 0712-2532841
   Mob.:09423637073; Email: ppk_kundal@rediffmail.com
    
3. Date of Birth: - 07-01-1963 (Seventh January Nineteen Sixty three)
    
4. Qualification: M.Sc. from Vikram University, Ujjain, 1983.
   Ph. D. from Pune University, Pune, 1988.
    
5. Career Profile (Present at top to last at bottom): 
   
    

   Organization/Institution	Designation	Duration	Role
   Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur	Professor and Head	26/05/2010	Teaching and Administration
   Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur	Professor	Since 10/08/2007	Teaching and Research
   Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur	Reader and Head	1/05/2000 to 30/04/2005	Teaching and Administration
   Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur	Reader	20/01/2000 to 09/08/2007	Teaching and Research
   Govt. College of Engineering Amravati	Assistant Professor	10/08/1999 to 19/01/2000	Teaching
   Govt. Institute of Science, Aurangabad	Lecturer	15/06/1990 to 09/08/1999	Teaching
   Govt. College of Engineering, Goa	Lecturer	15/11/1989 to 12/06/1995.	Teaching

    

6. Research Interest/Specialization: Paleoalgology, Palichnology, Biostratigraphy
   
    
7. Teaching Experience (Subjects/Courses Taught):
   Micropaleontology (M.Sc.Geology), Stratigraphy (M.Sc. Tech Applied Geology), Petroleum Geology (M.Sc. Tech Applied Geology) Sedimentary Petrology(M.Sc. Tech Applied Geology) Coal Geology(M.Sc. Geology), Engineering Geology (B. E. Civil Engineering)
   
    
8. Membership of Professional Bodies:
    
   1. Member of “Friends of Algae News Letter” USA.
   2. Life Fellow of “Paleontological Society of India”, Lucknow.
      (Executive Council Member from 2006 to 2008)
   3. Life Fellow of “Geological Society of India”, Bangalore.
   4. Life Fellow of “Indian Geological Congress”, Roorkee.
      (Executive Council Member from 2004 to 2007)
   5. Life Fellow of “Gondwana Geological Society”, Nagpur.
      (Vice President, Since 2008; Executive Council Member from 2002 to 2007)
   6. Life Fellow of “Indian Science Congress Association”, Kolkata.
   7. Life Member of “Indian Society of Remote Sensing”, Dehra Dun.
   8. Life Member of South Asian Association of Economic Geologists, Indian Chapter
   9. Member of “International Organization of Paleobotany”, Ohio, USA
      
       
9. Honours/Awards:
   i) Birbal Sahni Centenary Award-2009
   ii) Professor Agharkar Gold Medal for the best Ph. D. thesis during 1988
   iii) Best Field Worker award during M. Sc. in 1983
   
    
10. No. of Ph.D. Guided: Eleven (11)
    
    
     
11. Number of publications: 88
    No. of Edited books : 05
    
    No. of Papers published in Indexed/Peer Reviewed Journals: 73
    
    General articles: 10
    
     
12. Visits abroad: 8th Intl. Symposium of Fossil Algae, Granada, Spain during September, 2003
    
     
13. Project Handled:
    Major Projects Completed
    1) Title: Skeletal Calcareous Algae from Cenozoic sediments of Kachchh, Gujarat and
    their implications on reconstruction of Paleoenvironments
    Funding Agency: DST, Govt. of India,
    Total outlay: Rs. 13.04 lacs,
    Duration: 01.11.2001 to 31.3. 2005
    2) Title: Study of Skeletal Calcareous Algae from Upper Cretaceous to Paleogene
    sediments of Andaman Island, India
    Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India
    Total outlay: Rs. 3.24 lacs
    Duration: 15.04.1995 to 14.04.1999.
    
    Research Collaborations
    
    1) Department of Earth Sciences, Manipur University, Imphal (With Prof. R. A. S.
    Kushwaha) and Department of Geology, Imphal College, Imphal (With Dr. M.
    Chandra Singh, since December 2009).
    2) Agharkar Research Institute, Pune (With Dr. Rajshekhar since 2006).
    3) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, (RGL, Panvel, Navi Mumbai, during 2002-2007)
     
14. Conference Attended : 35
    a). National: 33
    b). International: 02
    
     
15. Organisation of National Seminars: 3 Seminars
    
     
16. Chaired Scientific Sessions/Delivered Keynot addresses and Memoral Lectures:
    a). Key Note Address “Fossil Calcareous Algae in India: Retrospect and Prospect” at XXII
    Indian Colloquium on Micropaleontology and Stratigraphy (ICMS), Tiruchirapalli,
    16-18th Dec. 2009.
    b). Special Lecture “Significance of Fossil Calcareous Algae in Petroleum Exploration” at
    Pre Colloquium Workshop on “Applications of Micropaleontology in Environmental
    and Energy Resource Management”, Tiruchirapalli, 14-15th Dec. 2009.
    c). Special Lecture “Fossil Skeletal Calcareous Algae in Indian Sedimentary Basins:
    Significance in Petroleum Exploration” at National Seminar on Geodynamics,
    Sedimentation and biotic response in the context of India-Asia Collision, Aizawl,
    Mizoram, 26 to 28 Nov. 2009.
    
     
17. Specific achievements (Within 2 3 lines):
    Editor/Reviewer (Reputed national and International journals/societies)
    a) Editor
    Guest Editor of Special Issue on Applied Micropaleontology of Gondwana Geological
    Magazine, Vol. 25 (1), June 2010, published by Gondwana Geological Society, Nagpur
    b) Reviewer of research papers for Journals Like
    Cretaceous Research (USA); Current Science (Bangalore, India); Geophytology (Lucknow,
    India), Biological Memoirs (Lucknow, India); Himalayan Geology (Dehradun, Uttaranchal);
    Gondwana Geological Magazine (Nagpur, India)
     

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