Congratulations Dinesh ji I feel myself lucky to be a part of flower hunting trip at Phansad Vasai and Gorai with you. I could observe your dedication during those excursions.
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 6:22 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear members, > I announce Sh. Dinesh Valke as the Hero of Family Week for the year 2011. > His participation in Family weeks is truly amazing with quality posts & > pictures & surpasses everybody. > > He has devoted himself for a purpose: "When will ALL the flora and fauna > of India get on internet ?" > > It's because of his great ideas that we now have efloraofindia website & > itpmods. Earlier when he joined efloraofindia was synonymous with Dinesh > Valke. > Of course we have so many of Dinesh Valke now & thanks to him for taking > efi in the right direction. > > He is so humble & truly a gentleman though I have never met him. > > Though from Manglore, he is currently based in Thane & has a career in > Computer Graphics & Web Publishing. He has chosen Flickr to display his > works. His flora is available at > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/. He is simply amazing at > hunting out regional names of plants and putting them in native > scripts. Credit for common names in Efloraofindia Database goes mainly to > him. He is deeply committed, passionately involved & one of the foremost > contributors to Efloraofindia. > > His posting details are available at: > > https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?hl=en&enc_user=F17bnBYAAABmx1BsUhliD2LaBjKVcS_so4cocwWvDVg2RHsu8f1bCg&group=indiantreepix > > His profile is available at: > http://www.flickr.com/people/dinesh_valke/ > https://plus.google.com/116743893843854209077#116743893843854209077/about > > My hats off to him. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1760 members & > 1,00,000 messages on 21/12/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
