Surja Ram Jakhar, M. Sc. (Rajasthan University) Ph. D. (Mohanlal Sukhadia University) is serving as Assistant Professor in Department of Geology, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, for the last one decade. He has made significant contributions in the field of micropaleontology and stratigraphy of Middle Phanerozoic rocks of the Kachchh region in Gujarat. Presently he is engaged in the study of ostracodes for determining palaeozoogeography and correlation of the Jurassic rocks of western India and its neighbouring Gondwana landmasxus. Dr. Jakhar has ten publications to his credit in national and international journals.