'Museum of Earth' showcasing India's unique geological history and heritage to come up in UP

A rich collection of legendary palaeobotanist late Prof Birbal Sahni and others that includes million years old insect in fossil, earliest record of fossil banana from Maastrichtian Danian of Madhya Pradesh, the earliest record of sweet potato from the country and others will also be a part of the museum.

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh will now have the country`s first museum dedicated to earth, named, The Indian Museum of Earth (TIME). The museum will have exhibits from the world of palaeosciences, geology, tectonics and earth processes.

It will be a geo treasure of the country, will become a reality with the joint efforts of Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP), ministry of earth sciences, ministry of mines, ministry of environment, forest and climate change, ministry of science and technology and the ministry of culture, said official sources.

BSIP director Vandana Prasad is spearheading the preparation of the detailed project report (DPR) for the museum, while BSIP senior scientist Mukund Sharma is also among the 11 scientists, academicians, journalists, and experts selected as members of the team assigned the task of DPR preparation.