Dr. B.K. Chakrabarti is retired Director of the Geological Survey of India and a Sir J.Coggin Brown Gold Medalist for his work on Precambrian geology. Dr. Chakrabarti served the Geological Survey of India for over 35 years and has published more than 40 articles and three books on the Himalayas. He is also Fellow of the Indian W.B. Academy of Science and Technology, the Geological Society of India, and The Mining, Geological & Metallurgical Institute of India. Dr. Chakrabarti has been lecturing and working in associated universities for over four decades.
"""The book is a welcome addition to a series of classics.…The author provides a synoptic view of the geological framework that highlights the key similarities and differences among the major rock sequences along and across the Himalayan strike constrained with recent geochronological data. The book would likely equip the students and the researchers to better comprehend the evolution of this complex orogen...."" --Prof. M Joshi"