“k s valdiya”

This book on the applied aspects of environmental geology encapsulates a geologist's concern that people are selling their future to finance their present. Geology, Environment and Society explores subjects of ecosystem structure; soil and mineral resources and their conservation; hydrogeology and w... More

This book is a collection of twenty one papers presented during the symposium on ‘Coping with Natural Hazards’ at University of Pune on 5 and 6 October 2001. This very successful symposium, organised by the National Academy of Sciences, outlined the strategies our country should adopt to be prep... More

This monograph aims to apprise readers of the natural events that occurred and the processes that were in operation before the emergence of the giant edifice of the Himalaya. Helping to achieve clearer understanding of the structural architecture or makeup, the book purports to highlight the mechani... More

This book is about the River Saraswati that vanished more than 2000 years ago. Written in simple language shorn of technical jargon, it explores the existence of a mighty, snow-fed river, traces its course from the foothills of the Himalayas to the shores of the Arabian Sea and outlines the history ... More

Written for those who are not familiar with geological jargon, but still want to know about the amazing and spectacular mountain that towers over our nation. It provides a broad but brief and updated coverage of the history of the birth and the development of the Himalayas. It is a simplified synthe... More