Scientist ‘F’
Department of Palaeobotany
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
India
Dr. (Mrs) Rashmi Srivastava is presently working as Scientist ‘F’ at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences loacted at Lucknow, India. She has studied the Tertiary plant fossils from different areas of Himalayas, Kerala, Deccan Intertrappeans of central and western India and made significant contributions to the floristics, palaeoecology and phytogeography of the Tertiary of India. In addition, investigated anatomical features of the Tertiary fossil woods of Japan (Kyushu Island) and Java Island, Indonesia.
About 33 years in Palaeofloristics (Mainly fossil woods) of sedimentary sequences associated with Deccan Traps, Warkalli Formation and pre-Siwalik sediments of India.