Time

Speaker/affiliation

Topic

10.00-10.45

Welcome Address

Retired Professor, Calcutta University

Introduction

Dr. S. K. Acharyya, Director General, GSI

Overview

10.45-11.00

Break

11.00 -13.00

S. K. Biswas, KDMIPE, ONGC

Tectonic Framework of Pranhita-Godavari Rift Basin

D. C. Mishra, NGRI, Hyderabad

Crustal structure and tectonics of Godavari basin, India - Based on Geophysical studies.

K. Subrahnyam, et al., NGRI

A multi-parameter geophysical investigation to delineate fault zones in Godavarikhani coal fields, Andhra Pradesh

D. S. Mitra & R. Bhoj, ONGC

Remote Sensing Studies by ONGC in Pranhita-Godavari Graben : A review

H. Sarvothaman & A. Sekharam, GSI Hyderabad

Archaean to Paleozoic Tectonism in the PG Valley : Inferences from Satellite Imagery

D. P. Das, D. K. Chakrabarti & K. Sarkar, GSI, Calcutta

Geological interpretation of Pranhita-Godavari Valley using space imagery

Discussion

13.00 -14.00

Lunch Break

14.00-15.45

Sudhir Basumallick, ISM, Dhanbad

Problems of Purana stratigraphy of the Pranhita-Godavari Valley

T. Srinivasa Rao, GSI Hyderabad

The "Purana" of the Pranhita-Godavari Valley controversies and consensus

Asru K Chaudhuri, ISI

Stratigraphy and Paleogeography of the Mesoproterozoic Purana successions

T. Chakraborti, ISI

Paleocurrent patterns of the Proterozoic Sullavai Group, PG Valley: implications for depositional systems, basin geometry and tectonic setting

J. Mukhopadhyay, Presidency College and A. K. Chaudhuri, ISI

Stratigraphy and Paleogeography of the Proterozoic Penganga Succession from the Pranhita-Godavari Valley, South India

Sarbani Patranabis Deb, ISI

Records of volcanism from the Proterozoic formations of the Pranhita-Godavari Valley, India

Discussion

15.45-16.00

Break

16.00-17.30

Sugata Sengupta & Bimalendu Ray Chaudhuri (posthumous), ISI

Structural pattern of the deformed Pakhal rocks around Monditog in relation to overall tectonic and geomorphic set-up

Gautam K Deb, ISI

Deformation style and evolution of structures in the Penganga Group, the Pranhita-Godavari Valley, India.

Gautam Ghosh, Presidency College & Dilip Saha, ISI

Deformation of the Proterozoic Somanpalli Group, Pranhita-Godavari Valley ¾ implications for a Mesoproterozoic basin inversion

Dilip Saha & Asru K Chaudhuri, ISI

Deformation of the Proterozoic successions in the Pranhita-Godavari Basin – a regional perspective.

Discussion

17.30-18.00

Break

18.00-19.00

Museum of Northern Arizona

Origin of the Late Jurassic Dinosaurs of North America – A Paleogeographic Enigma.

09.30 - 10.35

Amit, K. Dutt, GSI, Calcutta

The Pranhita-Godavari Basin - A Geological Appraisal and Coal Resources.

GSI

Geophysical Exploration for coal and structural analysis of the Bouguer Gravity Anomaly map of Godavari – Pranhita Valley – A review.

M.J. Ramakrishna & A.K. Biswas, KDMIPE, ONGC

Subsurface Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Potential of Pranhita-Godavari Graben.

Discussion

10.35 -10.50

Break

10.50 -13.00

S.M. Sengupta, IIT, Kgp.

Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Gondwana Succession in the Pranhita-Godavari Valley - A review.

S.K. Majumdar, GSI, Hyderabad

Geology of Pranhita-Godavari Valley – an overview.

T. Ramamohana Rao & Others, Andhra University, Vskp.

Sedimentological and Geochemical characters of the Upper Gondwana rocks of Chintalapudi sub-basin of the Godavari Valley in Andhra Pradesh.

Sanjib Chakraborti, ISI

Lithostratigraphy and sediemntation pattern of the Gondwana succession in different basisn of peninsular India with emphasis on the Pranhita-Godavari Valley.

T. S. Kutty

The Gondwana succession of the Pranhita-Godavari Valley - An overview.

Discussion

13.00 -14.00

Lunch Break

14.00 -15.45

T.K. Roy Chowdhury, ISI

Vertebrate succession of Pranhita-Godavari Valley

T. Roy Chowdhury, Saswati Bandyopadhyay & Kasturi Sen, ISI

Recent discoveries of fossil vertebrates from the Pranhita-Godavari Valley, Deccan, India

D.P. Sengupta, ISI

Review of the Triassic temnospondyls of Pranhita-Godavari Valley.

Sanghamitra Ray, ISI

Permian faunal signatures in the Pranhita-Godavari Valley, India.

B.K. Manhas, University of Roorkee

Occurence of Theropod Dinosaur in the Kota Formation (Lr. Jurassic) of Pranhita-Godavari Valley, Adilabad Dist., A.P.

P. Yadagiri & Others, GSI, Hyderabad

A partially articulated sauropod skeleton from the lower Jurassic Kota Formation of Andhra Pradesh

Discussion

15.45 -16.00

Break

16.00 -17.15

Neerja Jha, BSIP, Lucknow

Status of Barren measures in Godavari Graben – Palynological Evidences .

Rajnikanth, A. BSIP, Lucknow

Palaeofloristics of Mesozoic sediments in the Pranhita-Godavari Graben - an integrated analysis.

A. Rajnikanth & Tiwari, BSIP, Lucknow

Occurrence of Gondwana Fossils at Pisdura, Nand-Dongargaon Basin.

K. C. Rogers, USA

Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar : New Taxa and their Biogeographical implications.

Discussion

10.00 -10.20

Director, Indian Statistical Institute

10.20-10.30

Break

10.30-12.30

Chairpersons of different Technical Sessions and Panelists

Resume of each Technical Sessions to be followed by open discussion

12.30-13.00

Valediction

13.00-14.00

Lunch