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Name:

Dr. K.P.N. Kumaran

Year of Birth:

 b.1951

Education:

M.Sc., Ph.D.

Specialization:

Palynology

Honours:

Short listed in the list of consultants for fossil fuel exploration Projects by UNESCO, Paris (Ref.35674 dt.15.3.88); Academic visitor, Imperial College of Science & Tech., London (Aug.-Oct.1980); Academic Guest, Dept. of Geology, Univ.of Cape Breton, Sydney, Canada (Aug.1985)

Contact:

kpnkumaran@aripune.org

Patents:

Publications:

1

Limaye, R.B., K.P.N. Kumaran, K.M. Nair and D.Padmalal, 2009. Cyanobacteria as potential biomarkers of hydrological changes in the Late Quaternary sediments of South Kerala Sedimentary Basin, India, Quaternary International, 2009 doi:10.1016 /j.quaint.2009.09.016.

2

K.M. Nair, D.Padmalal, K.P.N. Kumaran, R. Sreeja, Ruta.B. Limaye and Reji Srinivas, 2009. Late Quaternary Evolution of Ashtamudi – Sasthamkotta Lake systems of Kerala, South west India, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, doi:10.1016 /j.jseaes.2009.09.004

3

Punekar,S.A. and Kumaran, K.P.N. ( In press): Pollen Morphology and Pollination ecology of Amorphophallus species from the North Western Ghats and Konkan region of India, Flora, 205 (5) , to be appeared in May 2010

4

Punekar, S.A. and Kumaran, K.P. N. 2009. Two new combinations in Arisaema ( Araceae) from India, Novon, 19 : 391-396

5

Kumaran, K.P.N., Nair, K.M., Shindikar, M., Limaye, R. B. and Padmalal, 2005. Stratigraphical and Palynological appraisal of the Late Quaternary mangrove deposits of the west coast of India, Quaternary Research, 64: 418 - 431 (IMF: 2.014)