Santosh ji, Welcome to the group formally, although we have already benefitted a lot from your expertise. With more professional taxonomists joining the group, many of us will have to remain awake for longer time. I remember, a few days back I sent a mail with photos at 1.30 in the night and when I woke up in morning at 5.30, there was already a reply from Dr Pankaj Kumar. Thanks Garg ji, the interest you are generating.
Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi, Delhi India http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 ----- Original Message ----- From: J.M. Garg To: indiantreepix Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 4:26 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:17512] About Dr. E.S. SANTHOSH KUMAR - our new member Dear members, I welcome him to 'Indiantreepix'. He has been helping us with Ids with his expertise since joining. Pl. see details about him as below: Described 11 species and 4 varieties of plants as new to science. Published 58 research papers in various national and international journals Developed a conservatory of over 300 lesser known or totally unknown wild ornamental plants of the Western Ghats Established a field gene bank of 100 rare endangered and threatened medicinal plants of South India. Developed an Ethno Herbal Forest of over 650 species of medicinal plants used in the classical, folk and tribal systems of medicines. Set up a Raw Drug museum of medicinal plants with their scientific identities. Prepared a check list on the flora of Peppara and Neyyar Wild Life Sancturies of Kerala . Rediscovered 15 endangered or possibly extinct species of angiosperms from the Western Ghats. Floristic study on the Sacred Groves in the Nedumangadu Taluk of Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala. (MSc. Thesis. Submitted to the University of Mumbai). Floristic Study on the Sacred Groves of Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala. (Ph. D. Thesis submitted to the University of Mumbai). Floristic study on Kalakkadu-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), Tamil Nadu, India. Collected and identified over 7500 accessions of herbarium specimens from the Western Ghats Developed a gene pool of all Indian species of the genera like Biophytum, Thottea, Adhatoda, Plumbago, Rauvolfia etc at TBGRI Conducted a pioneer field survey, mapping the vegetation, location of RET species etc for proposing Gene Pool Conservation Areas (GPCAs) as the in-situ conservation plots for the endangered species of the Western Ghats of Kerala, India. Completed the Taxonomic studies on the Indian species of genus Thottea Rottboel (Aristolochiaceae) Developed a Systematic Garden at TBGRI with over 88 angiosperm families. Conducted capacity building trainings in Taxonomy to University students Worked as a consultant for taxonomic identification of plants coming to TBGRI for naming from colleges, universities etc. Worked as a research guide for M.SC and B. Sc students. -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
