Nice story, Ashutosh God bless you with more explorations. On Tue, 7 Jun 2022, 11:15 pm Ashutosh Sharma, <ashutoshsharma1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Garg sir, Pankaj sir, Gurcharan Singh sir, Dinesh Valke sir, > Vijaysankar sir and Smita ma'am for your appreciation and encouragement. > > With best regards > Ashutosh Sharma > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2022, 13:27 J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> >> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2022 at 13:26 >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:424858] Ashutosh Sharma: Story of >> efloraofindia to celebrate 15 years of its completion on 17.6.22 >> To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >> Cc: Ashutosh Sharma <ashutoshsharma1...@gmail.com> >> >> >> Published at >> >> https://efloraofindia.com/2022/06/06/ashutosh-sharma-story-of-efloraofindia-to-celebrate-15-years-of-its-completion-on-17-6-22/ >> Posted it at the efloraofindia Facebook page >> <https://www.facebook.com/efloraofindia/posts/1775410189463048?__cft__[0]=AZWWmUnEWlfyAhTPUpSa4kT2RpFPkiq-nP3zBV4gM7lmhXqqOLVKiwPnrVeGwsmPhmUZ1TFpdvTT5iK0pT8IjqSu93-_8TbBh74MBMl8G_TyNt2Bv8pqrQgX0rV_xxr9GqMVXK_YAGFDMd8odVjwglz_wG7uYQ4PQvkD87MaADYsiQ&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R> >> . >> Pl. give it wide publicity in Social media, by posting it in your >> profile/ groups/ Instagram etc. >> >> On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 at 02:07, Ashutosh Sharma < >> ashutoshsharma1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> *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> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> -- >> 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%2BiuSFA_VrzbFsS-8M0Xvx3U%3DTuHZhi%2BwUsGJFhmHOX-cVuEhg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFA_VrzbFsS-8M0Xvx3U%3DTuHZhi%2BwUsGJFhmHOX-cVuEhg%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/CADkfUKuip4XPQw_%3DLM2SZkcTZeJKJ-%2B8M2o65S09Q-nBBjkcow%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CADkfUKuip4XPQw_%3DLM2SZkcTZeJKJ-%2B8M2o65S09Q-nBBjkcow%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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