  We present a SALT-RSS spectroscopic study of a sample of S0 galaxies
established by Vaghmare et al. (2015) as having pseudobulges using a
combination of photometric criteria. We extract the spectra of various regions
along the galaxy major axis using standard long-slit spectroscopic reduction
procedures and model the spectra using STARLIGHT to derive detailed star
formation histories. The central spectra of galaxies without bars in our sample
reveal a complex star formation history, which is consistent with the belief
that pseudobulges have a history of star formation distributed over extended
periods of time. The spectra of the unbarred galaxies contain strong emission
lines such as H $\alpha$, indicating active star formation, which appears to be
in contradiction with the expectation that S0 galaxies have been stripped of
gas. In the case of the two barred galaxies in the sample, the spectrum is
dominated by light from a much older stellar population. This seems to suggest
an accelerated formation of the pseudobulge made possible by the action of the
bar. One of these galaxies appears to have exhausted its reservoir of gas and
thus has no signature of a recently formed population of stars while the other
galaxy has managed to give rise to new stars through a recent funnelling
action. We have also confirmed the influence of bars on the nature of the
stellar population in a pseudobulge using an alternate sample based on the SDSS
