Thanks, Garg ji! Interestingly, our 'efloraofindia' is unique by being largely 'pictorial' and also for being created through 'people's participation'. Kudos to all the contributors!
On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 8:32 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Vijayasankar ji, You have been the pioneer of the idea of creating > efloraofindia and if I remember correctly it was your idea for renaming our > group to efloraofindia. You remain the foremost expert from south India on > efi. > On 2 Nov 2015 21:21, "Vijayasankar" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Congratulations to Garg ji, Dinesh ji for creating the eFI sites! >> The effort involved in creating and updating the database is >> unimaginable, kudos to Garg ji for having done it single-handedly! >> The website is constantly evolving, and I am sure that it will still get >> better in the future, and will serve as a great source of information on >> Indian plants. >> Thanks to all members of the eFI family for collectively enriching the >> database with numerous quality pictures and data. >> >> Vijay >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. >> Research Scientist >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi, MS, USA >> >> On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 4:05 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, Pankaj ji, >>> You have been an inspiration through out all these years not only to me >>> but to all of us. >>> And I see you always take out your time for Orchids. >>> >>> On 2 November 2015 at 14:53, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Happy Birthday to eflora of India and special thanks to the members >>>> especially to Garg sir and Gurcharan sir and many others without whom this >>>> wouldnt have been possible. >>>> I always make excuse that I have lot of work, but obviously Garg sir >>>> too has lot of work, but I imagine how he finds time for checking all >>>> mails. Its really very selfless which gives us immense knowledge about >>>> Indian plants. >>>> 10,000 species is not small and it is I assume already above 50% of the >>>> total angiospermic flora of India. >>>> Special thanks also to subject experts and moderators without whom many >>>> of the plants might have remained unidentified. >>>> Congratulations and best of luck for future... >>>> Pankaj >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, 2 November 2015 09:28:51 UTC+8, D.S Rawat wrote: >>>>> >>>>> It was a great futuristic vision of Dinesh ji who created the >>>>> efloraofindia >>>>> site <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> which became >>>>> operative 5 years back on 2nd November 2010, where all the posted >>>>> messages and images by members of efloraofindia google e-group are being >>>>> compiled and managed. It has really been a marathon effort of compiling >>>>> all >>>>> the posts in eFI site. Since then this site has seen many changes for >>>>> presenting information in a user friendly manner with greater accuracy >>>>> while also maintaining all the posts in the database. It could be possible >>>>> only due to Google group called “Indiantreepixs” (created on 18th >>>>> June 2007), which was later renamed as efloraofindia. The group discusses >>>>> plants, fungi, ferns etc. and has a following of a large number of members >>>>> and has accumulated a huge wealth of information on Indian plants. >>>>> >>>>> Today, eFI is the largest systematically arranged collection of images >>>>> of plants of India. More than 2,00,000 images of more than 11,000 species >>>>> uploaded by 2,500+ members from all parts of India makes it the largest >>>>> collection from India available on net. Soon all the species’ pages will >>>>> be >>>>> having images for easy identification >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/indiantreepix/dx_ihgI9y1M>. >>>>> And this treasure is ‘freely available to all’ without any advertisements, >>>>> which is the best part of eFI. >>>>> >>>>> It is the time to feel proud for this great endeavour. It is also the >>>>> time to salute the selfless contributions of The Pillars >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/pillars-of-efloraofindia>, >>>>> Subject Experts >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/subject-experts>, >>>>> Moderators >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/moderators>, Major >>>>> contributors >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/major-contributors> >>>>> and other members of efloraofindia google e-group >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/indiantreepix>. And it is >>>>> also the time to strengthen our determination to showcase all the plant >>>>> species of India on the canvas of eFI. >>>>> >>>>> Progress of the group till June 2015 is depicted in the attached word >>>>> document: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dr D.S.Rawat >>>>> Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture >>>>> & Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> 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. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- more than 2500 members & 2,25,000 messages on 18.6.15) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 11,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of >>> Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- Vijayasankar ------------------------------------------ Vijayasankar Raman Research Scientist National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi, USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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