-- With regards, J. M. Garg ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Jun, 2022, 7:41 am Subject: Re: [itpmods:17181] Fwd: [efloraofindia:424858] Ashutosh Sharma: Story of efloraofindia to celebrate 15 years of its completion on 17.6.22 To: itpmods <itpm...@googlegroups.com>
Wonderful story of journey with eFI, Ashutosh ji. Indeed, eFI is a great booster to our passions. Regards. Dinesh On Mon, 6 Jun 2022, 06:20 J.M. Garg, <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > -- > With regards, > J. M. Garg > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Ashutosh Sharma <ashutoshsharma1...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 6 Jun, 2022, 2:07 am > Subject: [efloraofindia:424858] Ashutosh Sharma: Story of efloraofindia to > celebrate 15 years of its completion on 17.6.22 > To: indiantreepix <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > *5 years with eFI - A Path Finding Journey* > > An adolescent villager, entering his second year of BSc. Forestry Hons., > with no clear visions about his future, knew only one thing very well. It > was the joy he got from exploring jungles, finding plants and insects, > taking pictures of them and naming them systematically. > > I joined the group in October 2017, as a second year undergraduate, thanks > to Anil Thakur sir and Nidhan Singh sir who helped me and guided me to join > eFI Google group. I always had great curiosity of finding, identifying and > remembering plant names since my latter schooling days. Though I was not > from a pure Botany background, being taught basic Plant Taxonomy, > Systematics and Identification courses, I still had a basic idea about > plants, mainly trees identification, given my forestry background albeit > without a faculty specialising in the field of Plant Taxonomy. As a result > of this curiosity, I would often get my plants identified on a couple of > Facebook groups, where many of our group members were active participants. > > As far as I remember, my first post was that of an Impatiens sp., that I > posted in the first week of October 2017. It was later identified in our > group as Impatiens scullyi Hook.f. a new addition to Flora of India. This > got me interested to actively take part in the discussions happening in the > group. I fondly remember the time when Mimulus strictus was identified > after a long interesting discussion and also Calanthe davidii, which indeed > turned out to be a rediscovery and a new record to the state flora. Both of > these plants could not be identified on any Facebook groups or platforms > for that matter, but thanks to the great number of plant family > experts/specialists present in eFI group and particularly always active, > never tiring and hard working Garg ji, that identification of species is no > longer a task. > > When plants like Impatiens scullyi and Calanthe davidii got identified in > our group, I worked relentlessly on them so as to get them published as > research papers in good journals which ultimately boosted my confidence to > take up Plant Systematics as my career. One can tell how much the eFI group > has influenced me from the fact that after I completed my BSc. Hons. > Forestry, my career took a positive turn as I delved into the world of > Plant Systematics. I am now pursuing a Masters in Life Science (Plant > Systematics by Research) thanks to the motivation, guidance and help I got > from many members of our eFI group. It's been about 5 years since I became > a part of this amazing thrilling journey of our unique family of plant > enthusiasts/lovers, while also getting the opportunity, in December 2019, > to become a moderator of our group. > > However, in the last two years, my postings have decreased significantly, > given the academic work pressure and field exploration. Nevertheless, > whenever I get a chance to go to the fields, my eyes are always in search > of species that are not present in our eFI group. The happiness I get from > finding new additions for our group is one of a kind, putting me short of > words to describe it. Now that the group has grown as the largest database > on Indian plants with more than fourteen thousand species, so it's not easy > to find a plant not present on our group website especially from the well > explored lower temperate areas of Western Himalaya (H.P.). My postings > nowadays are restricted to adding new plants to the website. > > At the completion of 15 years of the efloraofindia group, I congratulate > the entire team of eFI who has contributed to the eFI group. And being one > of the youngest moderators and members, I am optimistic that our group will > be able to document the most part of entire Flora of India, pictorially, in > the next decade or so. My Dandvat Pranam and Salute to all hard working > Pillars and Moderators of our group for their selfless service to Taxonomy, > Botany and moreover to our people and our country India. > > I can't forget to mention a few names, J.M. Garg sir, Saroj Kasaju sir, > Dinesh Valke sir, D.S. Rawat sir, Pankaj sir, Nidhan Singh sir, Anil Thakur > sir and all the pillars and moderators who are always a big source of > motivation for me. Thanks for enriching me and the entire group with your > ever-widening knowledge. > > *Ashutosh Sharma* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "eFloraofIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CADkfUKtinjA%3DctxbC-%2BBsYRTp%3DVXPDiZw-yjKHuqiEiWm5L4sw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CADkfUKtinjA%3DctxbC-%2BBsYRTp%3DVXPDiZw-yjKHuqiEiWm5L4sw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ITPmods" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFBieJdAmXGedXRFxneAynQX5OtHraY1WSZSO%3D7C8BFC-Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFBieJdAmXGedXRFxneAynQX5OtHraY1WSZSO%3D7C8BFC-Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ITPmods" group. 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