An open presentation, followed by a popular lecture, on Narmada, entitled 'Narmada - A Geological Journey,' will be organised here on Saturday. Organised by Alliance Francaise de Bhopal, the lecture would be addressed by Ram Kumar Chaturvedi, former Deputy Director General, Geological Survey of India (GSI).
The presentation and lecture would be held from 6 pm at the library of Alliance Francaise de Bhopal. Ram Kumar Chaturvedi is a renowned senior geoscientist of India and a keen photographer. During his 36 years service at the GSI, he worked in Jammu and Kashmir and Bhutan Himalaya for 11 years, as well as in Kolkata, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Hyderabad.
He also extensively visited other parts of the country. After Jabalpur earthquake he brought out a major publication on Jabalpur earthquake and established the Broad Band Seismic Observatory at Jabalpur for which he was awarded the prestigious National Mineral Award in year 2000 by Government of India. He has published many papers on tectonics of Narmada valley.
Chaturvedi has worked in Rwanda Africa as consultant and visited various places on the east coast of USA. At present he is a geological consultant, settled in Bhopal. This presentation and lecture will be followed by a question-answer session. Under this session the students and listeners can ask their queries and interact with the speaker to know more about Narmada.