Thanks, Giby, for an important feedback. Our is basically a work of mouth spread along with those coming in contact through net. I think young generation will be more aware about us. There is certainly a need to popularise it more in different forums as Nidhan ji and Balkar ji, did twice by presenting in IAAT conferences in Banglore and Delhi. Somebody can write a beautiful paper revealing it more to the world. At the same times, we have world renown authorities who are not only aware about us, but also help a lot in ids in their area of expertise, whether it is ferns, Arecaceae members, begonias, Himalayan flora, Impatiens, Araceae members, convolvulaceae members etc.
On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 at 21:18, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> wrote: > Great Garg ji, > > This is something interesting. I support the point that Pankaj shared, to > some extant. A student by doing an internship would be looking for a valid > certificate (at the present job scenario is concerned). Valid means valid > for their respective colleges, universities, companies, firms, etc. Many of > the colleges and Universities do not know about efi. Whenever I deliver an > invited lecture I use to incorporate efi as one of the best platforms to > get plants idied and a great chance to get in touch with leading experts in > plant taxonomy in India. However, people are reluctant to come up with > using the platform (a scenario from Kerala, at least). I do not know why. > Many of the Indian institutes have not yet accepted the idea of such groups > in solving identification problems. However, we are growing further from > the base that you laid years back and I believe that this idea would also > get accepted by botanists and plant taxonomy aspirants in near future. > > I include(ed) my role in efi in my CV and whenever there is a query on the > same, I use to tell them about efi and my role (especially how I learnt > more about plants that are in distant places that I may not reach from my > place) in efi precisely. That is more than enough, I believe. We can spread > the message somehow. > > I would be happy to tell my students to take up small assignments such as > identification comparison and gathering data based on our data archives. I > shall certainly consider this as an internship as she or he got to know how > to go about something anew. That would probably help them to go further, I > am sure. > > It doesn't matter whether any agency or admission authority or firm would > consider the certificate valid. But what is important is that he or she > (student) has learned to do something (after doing some exercises) that > would add confidence in the student, for sure. Getting such chances where > several experts are present is also a matter that should be considered a > great achievement for a student to start with. That confidence itself would > be an added boost for a better learning experience. I suggest you to make > sure that there should be some monitoring and scrutiny of the works done by > the interns. Based on the recommendations a certificate of appreciation > shall be issued. Also the names of interns and their respective works shall > be mentioned in our site. That itself would be a reference for them to > claim. > > Regards, > Giby > > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 8:43 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Lalithamba ji. >> >> On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 at 20:16, Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> yes a good idea to encourage them by issuing a certificate by our >>> emeritus persons; they may be entrusted to write notes/key to the species >>> where it is yet to be done in the efi, or region wise classifications/ to >>> contribute a few images they have observed like that, it will be useful to >>> efi thus they may learn how to manage the data how to study etc.,it will >>> also teach them how to deal in a group >>> regards >>> A.Lalithamba >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 8:01 PM Mohina Macker <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> It would be a good idea to encourage students to contribute towards efl >>>> as it is an interesting endeavour for the students as well. Perhaps instead >>>> of calling it an official internship it can be termed as work experience. >>>> Internship is an official part of education bound by college or university >>>> regulations of time period, stipends, supervision, etc. >>>> Perhaps voluntary students could be offered time bound, predetermined >>>> projects entailing some research and organization to keep them engaged. >>>> I would think one of the senior members or a botanist could then give >>>> them a certificate, it will look good on a young person's resume. >>>> Regards >>>> Mohina >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> On 06-Aug-2019, at 01:21, Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Garg ji >>>> Internship work in eFloraofindia is a good and innovative idea. This >>>> will be quite helpful to the interns as well as for the popularization of >>>> efi. A common certificate may be designed and e-signed by two authorized >>>> signatories (you and Dr. Singh Sir can do this work). The interns will be >>>> required to associate with some botanists. This information may be put on >>>> the efi website. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> On Tue, 6 Aug, 2019, 8:34 AM J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> May I request other moderators also to give their views and how they >>>>> feel as it is a very important point of discussion and Pankaj ji has also >>>>> raised a very important point. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> With regards, >>>>> J. M. Garg >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>>> From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >>>>> Date: Sun 4 Aug, 2019, 3:43 PM >>>>> Subject: Internship work in eFloraofindia >>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dear members, >>>>> These days lot of students wants to do internship in their vacations. >>>>> Lot of them are willing do that even if it's free. >>>>> I request members to urge botany, taxonomy, ecology students etc. to >>>>> take up internship work in Efloraofindia. They may be asked to help in the >>>>> identifications etc. on the efloraofindia e group >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix>. >>>>> In lieu of their work, we may provide suitable certificate in the >>>>> matter, if required. >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/#!forum/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'. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "ITPmods" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFCNW5R_KsipQ%2BLC-DS3kK%2B71LqhuPfGQh1QXyy%2BKWU0eQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFCNW5R_KsipQ%2BLC-DS3kK%2B71LqhuPfGQh1QXyy%2BKWU0eQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "ITPmods" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAEWs%3DZmsPD9t-ezQ-bTt3ybr6m%3DjvmmGyZidervhUWyvGEqJJA%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAEWs%3DZmsPD9t-ezQ-bTt3ybr6m%3DjvmmGyZidervhUWyvGEqJJA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "ITPmods" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/EF3667B6-6BDD-4E4E-987D-F58A839F1843%40gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/EF3667B6-6BDD-4E4E-987D-F58A839F1843%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "ITPmods" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAOd090vgGv4tH7h_DD2a6XeinK8nA_OKFv75_vE60%3DxP5bwCUg%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAOd090vgGv4tH7h_DD2a6XeinK8nA_OKFv75_vE60%3DxP5bwCUg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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/#!forum/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'. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ITPmods" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFDOP9D5EB0su%3DxBZJBGozgqFE2hkE1xZwxdexzvdjVWKw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFDOP9D5EB0su%3DxBZJBGozgqFE2hkE1xZwxdexzvdjVWKw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > Assistant Professor and Research Guide > PG and Research Department of Botany > Sacred Heart College > Thevara > Kochi- 682 013 > Kerala, India > Phone - +914844044436 (office) +919947109987 (Mobile) > http://www.shcollege.ac.in/Department/Botany/FacultyList > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ITPmods" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CANAPXzfQA%3DzXoqG34a7UBVXWUmQ1L3%3Djt8VVQnvH-c%2B7Ox172Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CANAPXzfQA%3DzXoqG34a7UBVXWUmQ1L3%3Djt8VVQnvH-c%2B7Ox172Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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>. 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