I agree Garg ji. Salute to Gurcharan Singh Ji. Got opportunity to learn a lot from him and also from other members of our group. Regards Prashant
On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 10:14 AM J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Singh ji, > Yes, posting of new plants is also very necessary for keeping this email > group active. > Hope more & more members, who remain comfortable with google groups and > who want their data displayed on the site, increase their postings on the > group. > > On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 02:46, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Garg ji and all friends for kind words. Yes I see lesser activity >> in the group, and don't see many posts by members. Compilation of data and >> putting it on the website is a great and very useful activity undertaken by >> Garg ji and others, but I think posting of new plants is also very >> necessary for keeping this email group active, when members find it more >> convenient to interact on Facebook and WhatsApp. >> Thanks friends for all the love showered on me. >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:02 AM Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> 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/#%21forum/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/#%21forum/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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