Welcome to the Group Dr. Vijayasankar ji. With your thorough knowledge of medicinal plants, cultivated plants and plants in general, I hope the group will benefit immensely. We are thrilled to have you with us.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:55 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear members, > *I welcome Sh. R. Vijayasankar on board 'Indiantreepix' on behalf of > 'Indiantreepix' community. > * > *Here is some inf. I could collect about him, who has recently joined us & > helping us a lot with difficult IDs.* > > 1. He did my Ph.D. on Floristics and ethnobotany of Tiruvannamalai > district, Tamil Nadu (the book, that deal with 1365 species of plants from > the dt, is in press). > 2. Working with FRLHT since 2000 on medicinal plants and their > conservation. > 3. Conducted number of botanical surveys across India, collected, > identified, made herbarium of few thousand species...and still on.... > 4. Imparting training on herbarium techniques to various user groups > including students. > 5. Published 25 res.papers covering various subjects such as new species, > new records, rediscovery, taxonomy, ethnobotany, medicinal plants, > conservation etc. > 6. Co-authored 3 books and written a booklet on med.plants in Tamil. > 7. Managing herbarium and image database. > > Interests: Plants and only plants, flowers, espl. native ones, ephemerals, > herbs, medicinal ones, intra/infra-specific variations, morphology, plant > photography, graphic designs etc. > > Short-term aim: Preparation of a multi-faceted e-flora of a south Indian > State (looking for a suitable funding agency). > Long term ambition: 1. To contribute for preparation of e-flora of India. > 2. Publication of Red Listed Medicinal Plants of India, and many more... > -- > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
