-Sixty species of Bivalvia, representing 28 families and 41 genera, are recorded from three outcrops of the Karai Formation (Uttattur Group, Cauvery Basin) near Odiyam village, Tiruchirapalli district, south India. Both Kunnam and Odiyam Members of the Formation are represented in the study material. An undifferentiated Cenomanian age is assigned to the fossil assemblages.All species are described as fully as preservation and representation allow. Twenty three are redescribed with revised taxonomy. Newly described and named are the following 17 species: Nuculana (N

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Since October 1998, the American Geosciences Institute has organized Earth Science Week -a national and international eventto help the public gain a better understanding of and appreciation for the earth sciences and to encourage stewardship of the Earth. In India, this event, essentially a series of lectures, has been celebrated for about eight years by the Maharashtra Vruksha Samvardhini (MVS), a Punebased NGO. In 2020, the event was held between October 11 and18. Due to the Wuhan virus pandemic, all lectures were delivered live on Zoom and then made available on MVS's Mission Devrai YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLBj5zAJzRUfcL 3ylBOFQbw/videos).The event was inaugurated by Prof. (Dr.

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