Dear member, I welcome our new member on-board 'Indiantreepix', who started identifying our orchids within few minutes of joining. He will certainly be a great asset for 'Indiantreepix' community in helping with Orchid Ids.
*Here are some details about him:* *He did his schooling in DAV JVM (Shyamali), Ranchi. He then received a Bachelor’s degree in* *Botany (Hons.) and Master’s degree in Botany (with specialization in Cytogenetics, Radiation* *Genetics and Plant Breeding), from Ranchi University, Jharkhand. He joined the Wildlife Institute* *of India in August 2002, and have since been associated with AICOPTAX project on the* *Taxonomy of Orchids in various capacities. He concurrently pursued a Ph.D. from the Forest* *Research Institute, under the guidance of Dr. G.S. Rawat (WII). His thesis was titled* *‘Systematics and some aspects of Ecology of Orchids in Jharkhand state, India’.* *At present he has authored 7 international and 5 national publications and he is currently writing* *two books viz. ‘Orchids of Jharkhand’ and ‘Orchids of Kudremukh National Park’. He was awarded* *the 1st prize for myhis presentation at Indian Subcontinent Regional Orchid Specialist Group* *meeting (Nepal, 2003) and the 2nd prize in the National Conference on Orchids (Bangalore,* *2008). He is a plant explorer by nature and his prime research interest lies in plant taxonomy.* *Other broad research interests include orchidology, molecular systematics, plant ecology,* *conservation, propagation and sustainable development. His other interests include* *photography, gardening, sketching, bird watching, music and electronics.* ** -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
