The area of Fusion-Science is given actual relevance by the use of modern equipment, computing technology, and well-equipped laboratories staffed by skilled specialists.

The targeted goals are being achieved via collaboration at both national and international levels, as well as involvement in numerous research programs.

In September 1939, a group of palaeobotanists in India established a committee, led by Professor Sahni, to oversee and publish regular reports on palaeobotanical research.

Trivedi, and S. Venkatachary, who were all working in Lucknow at the time, officially established a Palaeobotanical Society by signing a Memorandum of Association.

The Society's Governing Body founded the 'Institute of Palaeobotany' and named Professor Sahni as its first Director on 10 September 1946, by a decision.

In September 1948, the Institute relocated to its current site, which was generously donated by the Government of the erstwhile United Provinces.

The inauguration of the new structure took place on 3 April 1949, with the laying of the Foundation Stone by Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

On 2 January 1953, Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the building, specifically for scientific purposes, in the presence of several scientists from India and other countries.

During this period, a new constitution was created, resulting in the registration of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences as an independent organization on 9 July 1969.

[5] The collection of fossil plants made by Professor Sahni from India and abroad, including those received by him as gift or in exchange, structured the beginning of Institute's museum.

The fossil specimens are also freely gifted to the university and college departments of botany and geology, for teaching and demonstration purposes.

The Library subscribes a wide variety of journals and is also a member of CSIR-DST consortia NKRC (National Knowledge Resource Consortium).

The online access of many e-journals from Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Oxford University Press and databases like Scopus, Web of Sciences is available to users over the institute LAN.

In view of the advancements in the information technology in aid to scientific researches, the Institute advantageously established an Electronic Data Processing (EDP) unit over one and half decade ago.

Proxy, Mail and DNS Servers are successfully configured on Redhat Linux ES 3.0 Operating System and Sun Solaris.

Section is providing help to the scientists in preparing the Multimedia presentations, Charts, Graphs, Lithologs and other diagrams for their scientific publications and documentation.

The Institute library is an automated one with database services such as GEOREF, Web of Science, JCCC@INSTIRC and access to CSIR-DST consortium.

The Herbarium functions with four different sections: The fossil specimens such as leaves, cuticle, pollen, spores, fruits, seed and wood, numbering 51,472, are preserved according to their variation, local names, uses, distribution and ecology and include contributions from J. F. Duthie, R. R. Stewart, K. N. Kaul, Birbal Sahni, O.