Just to add that he has recently joined FRLHT as a research associate. He also described a new species Of Berberis, Berberis rawatii!'
On Sunday, August 12, 2012, jmgarg1 wrote: > Dear all, > It is nice pleasure to see active participation & guidance from Sh. Umesh > Kumar Tiwari ji. > > This is what Pankaj ji said about him: > "Umesh Tiwari is a very good taxonomist who just submitted his PhD on > Berberis of western Himalaya under the supervision of my supervisor, Prof > G.S.Rawat. He is also very good at Fabaceae members. He had been associated > with wildlife since long time, firstly as a part of Tiger Monitoring > Project followed by Studies on Medicinal Plants in Uttarakhand district. He > is a very good hiker and traveller and also an angry young man at moments > !!!! :) > Nice to see him join." > I am sure lot of our members must be knowing more about him. You are most > welcome to come out with more inf. > > We formally welcome him on board efi. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 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 1900 members & > 1,23,300 messages on 31/7/12) or Efloraofindia website: > efloraofindia<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with > a species database of more than 7000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- ********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. Conservation Officer Office: Orchid Conservation Section Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. Residence: 36C, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194 --
