Dear members, Dr. R. Vijayasankar has kindly consented to be our new Moderator. He is already helping us a lot in Identification. With experts like him actively helping us, 'Indiantreepix' has really moved into high gears in past three months. I am thankful to him for his keen interest & participation in the activities of 'Indiantreepix'.
*Here is some inf. about him:* 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
