Thanks, Rajesh ji. It's all because of the collective efforts of the Moderators & members, who are all passionate about what they are doing & sharing the responsibilities, to take 'Indiantreepix' to new heights. I am thrilled by responses received from Dr. Pankaj Kumar, who has 16 publications to his credit by now. *He has already sent 31 replies within 12 hours of joining- I think a sort of record!!! * 2009/8/26 Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]>
> > Welcome on-board Dr. Kumar...Garg saheb finally got to get in the > experts after 26 months of formation of ITP ( Indian tree pix ) > > On 26/08/2009, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Regards > Rajesh Sachdev > ------------------------------------------------------------ > http://www.blogger.com/profile/00381405438030989041 > http://www.flickr.com/photos/leoparguy/ > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
