🎙️Devapriya Chattopadhyay, Palaeontologist - "India has a very good fossil heritage, and in various ways, India is unique. But the problem is that because of the colonial past, we really did not develop the natural history and museum culture in India." IISER Pune india.mongabay.com/2022/12/podcas…

Started the year with a field course for the undergraduate students of Earth and Climate Science IISER Pune. They studied the Mesozoic and Cenozoic rocks of the Kutch basin.

The lab is bustling with our regular members and summer interns from IISER Pune, Fergusson College, BHU, NIT Rourkela 🇮🇳, and Cal State Monterey Bay. We got a lot done and remembered to have fun too.

I mean there can't be a boring day with fossils! #Uttarakhand SCERT's 26 DIET officers visited Devapriya Chattopadhyay Paleobiology lab at IISER Pune for iRISE Orientation workshop. #scicomm #fossils #paleobiology #womeninSTEM

Tea in Kutch hits different when you're sharing your chai with a bunch of shell-shocked gastropods.

Wrapped up the 1st season of a thrilling PhD fieldwork! Explored Maharashtra's west coast shallow marine benthic fauna via grab sampling in #Raigad. Huge shoutout to Venu Gopal K @theleafiestboy and Nitin for support and Maharashtra Maritime Board for permission! 🙌 #Marine#Ecology#Field

Continuing our #conservation #paleobiology fieldwork in #Thane_creek and coastal #Mumbai. Thanks to Venu Gopal K, @theleafiestboy, MewanB, and local fishermen for their invaluable contributions.🐚 🌿🔍 #Marine #Ecology #Field #IISERPune

Join Our Upcoming Event "Paleo Passion" IISER Pune You can present Paleontological research posters, interact with researchers, and see cool #fossils. Date: Friday, June 7th at 2:00 PM 🔗 Register Now: forms.gle/FL1bK6bB26BeVc…

If you plan to attend our event, please register through this link: forms.gle/P1enpgJXX6ZcFP…

Celebrating #WorldOceanDay with these graceful Indian Ocean humpback dolphins 🌊🐬 from coast of Juhu, #Mumbai. #marinelife #ecology #MarineConservation Maharashtra Maritime Board #IndianDolphin #endangered

Paleo Passion IISER Pune was a huge success. The #fossils attracted a curious audience and sparked engaging discussions around the posters. Thanks to the participants for their contribution and SERB for funding this outreach event.

We had a fantastic group of summer interns at our lab this summer from IISER Pune, Fergusson College, IISER Bhopal, Pondicherry Univ, and Ashutosh College. Hope to have you back!

New paper with Venu Gopal K, Avinash Dahakey in The Geological Society special publication! We reviewed how the Tethyan seaway closure shaped the past #biodiversity and distribution of marine fauna around Eurasia. Thanks to SERB @iiserpune for support. lyellcollection.org/doi/abs/10.114…

Had an amazing time at Q-MARE & Marine Animal Forest of the World workshop last week in Plakias! Got to learn a lot about interdisciplinary nature of #marin ecosystem. Special thanks to @kagiadi for making it possible for me.

📢Are you enthusiastic about #paleontology and open to new ideas? 🐌🌊🪸 Join our group Earth & Climate Science, IISER Pune, IISER Pune We have an opening for a fellow position in a funded project. Apply by 28th September, 2024. More info? Here's the job description: iiserpune.ac.in/opportunities/…

📢Are you interested in a PhD position to work on marine fossils 🐌🪸 with our group Earth & Climate Science, IISER Pune IISER Pune 🇮🇳? Please consider applying if you are eligible (iiserpune.ac.in/education/admi…). The deadline is 25th October 2024.

Are you curious about paleobiology research at IISER Pune and want to know if you can be a part of it? Join us for a virtual lab tour. Please register before 12th March 2025

📢New publication by Venu Gopal K and others from our group Earth & Climate Science, IISER Pune, published in Historical Biology. We described the Oligo-Miocene marine bivalve fossils from the Kutch Basin of western India. The project is funded by SERB Anusandhan National Research Foundation, IISER Pune

Had a great time at CPEG & CPB Symposium 2025 ! — presented my research, had inspiring conversations, and explored Zurich along the way. What a week! #CPEGCPB25

Wrapped up another great summer at our lab with a fantastic crew of interns from IISER Pune, @IISERMohali & Patna University. You were fantastic—hope to see you back soon!