---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 at 22:32 Subject: Re: [itpmods:12837] Our Salaam to Great Gurcharan Singh ji- on completion of 12 years of efloraofindia To: itpmods <itpm...@googlegroups.com>
We are fortunate to have such a great leader and expert in the group. His contributions to eFI and its knowledge wealth are immeasurable. Salutes to Gurcharan ji! Vijayasankar On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 11:39 AM Ashwini Bhatia <ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com> wrote: > My gratitude and thanks to Dr Singh for his commitment to the group. His > able guidance and expert advice is invaluable to all of us. > > Indebted, > Ashwini > > > On 18 Jun 2019, at 11:39, Mohina Macker <mohinamac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Salutations To Gurcharan ji > learnt so much from him and the group > regards > mohina > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 5:39 PM Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Salutes to Gurcharan ji !!! Any amount of appreciation would be less ! >> I still remember the frenzy of posting during family weeks / months that >> he organized ... it was tremendous excitement every month for all of us: >> ones who were querying IDs; ones who were keen to validate the IDs >> (Gurcharan ji used to validate almost every post); and ones who posted >> their sightings. It was during these times that the database grew plenty >> rich and paved the way for increased participation. Lots of thanks to >> everyone who have made, and are making this journey a wonderful experience. >> Best to all of us for much more exciting times ahead !! Happy posting and >> responding !! >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 5:13 PM D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Great support by Gurcharan Sir to eFI by guiding, instructing, >>> correcting and extending is vast knowledge. We are lucky that we have his >>> support. >>> A dozen year of remarkable progress of eFI has been possible due to the >>> supports of Gurcharan Sir, Garg Ji and all others contributing selflessly >>> to this resource. >>> My salutations to all- Pillars, Moderators, Subjects Experts, >>> Contributors and Members of this family. >>> The successful journey continues...... >>> >>> DSRawat Pantnagar >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Dr D.S. Rawat >>> Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & >>> Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA >>> *eflorapantnagar* <https://sites.google.com/site/eflorapantnagar/home> >>> displaying wild flora of Pantnagar >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 12:47 PM J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>> From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> >>>> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 12:47 >>>> Subject: Our Salaam to Great Gurcharan Singh ji- on completion of 12 >>>> years of efloraofindia >>>> To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>>> Cc: GurcharanSingh <singh...@gmail.com> >>>> >>>> >>>> Dear members, >>>> Efloraofindia is fortunate that we are completing 12 years of our >>>> existence today on 17.6.19 as we have seen so many e-groups (even those >>>> which used to very active) getting disappeared in the deluge of >>>> WhatsApp and Facebook, iNaturalists & eBirds etc. >>>> This has been possible due to stalwarts like Gurcharan Singh ji, who >>>> gave us a proper direction and tried to take us where we are today. He >>>> formulated keys, where ever possible to clear the confusion among similar >>>> species or different species of a genus. These keys still decorate lot of >>>> efi site pages at the top to guide our readers from all over the >>>> world. This is just one aspect to highlight his great contributions. More >>>> can be seen at Pitamah of efloraofindia >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/pitamah-of-efloraofin-dia>. >>>> Let us not forget him and so many others, who may not be actively >>>> participating these days. >>>> Efloraofindia is an unending journey, where so many persons get up at >>>> some station and get down at some other station- many of them leaving an >>>> indelible imprint during their journey, from which mankind will continue to >>>> be benefitted. >>>> Today we have images on almost all threads displayed already and >>>> efforts are being made to increase them as far as possible. Already more >>>> than 1,75,000 images are directly displayed at our site and these quite >>>> frequently appear in Google search and Google search image results etc. >>>> Our such endeavours have put us at the forefront in this global world. >>>> We are getting better and better in our identifications and accuracy with >>>> increased support from our efi site database. >>>> But a lot is still required to be done in this never ending journey. >>>> We take this opportunity to thank one and all for being a passenger in >>>> this wonderful journey and along with those like Great Gurcharan Singh ji, >>>> who may not be actively involved now. >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg >>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in >>>> the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>>> Efloraofindia >>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>>> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>>> 1,70,000 images are directly displayed). >>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >>>> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>>> India'. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg >>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in >>>> the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>>> Efloraofindia >>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>>> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>>> 1,70,000 images are directly displayed). >>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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