---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dr. Prabhukumar KM <prabhumkris...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 at 15:58 Subject: Re: [itpmods:12998] Dr. Balkar Arya- Remembering our great Hero on Independence Day- Every week is a Genus week To: itpmods <itpm...@googlegroups.com>
Heart felt salutes and congratulations to Balkar sir.... Regards Prabhu On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 6:58 PM Ashwini Bhatia <ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com> wrote: > My gratitude and congratulations to Balkar Singh ji! > > Regards, > Ashwini > > On 15 Aug 2019, at 10:48, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 10:47 > Subject: Dr. Balkar Arya- Remembering our great Hero on Independence Day- > Every week is a Genus week > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > Cc: Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> > > > Dear members, > *This is our tribute to Dr. Balkar Arya and his outstanding contributions > in building Efloraofindia, on Independence Day. His amount of contributions > can be assessed from the aspect that although his last major activity was > in Jan.'2015, he still remain at no. 8th in **All time Posters List* > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!aboutgroup/indiantreepix>*. He joined > us along with other stalwarts like Dinesh ji, G. Singh ji, Vijayasankar ji, > Nidhan ji, Pankaj ji, Tanay ji etc. in around 2010 and took our activities > to the peak.* *He was the first who presented eFI before the taxonomists > in IAAT conference first in Banglore and later in Delhi, with his great > vision, along with Nidhan ji. Power point presentation of it, can be seen > by downloading at **Files* > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/files>*. * > Since than we have followed his great spirit as below: > Hardly a week goes when we look at some genus or the other, in efi site. > We look into all posts in that genus, compare them with the keys available > in our threads, in efloras or else where online and with images and > specimens available online and in GBIF and also make their comparative > images, if already not available. We also seek guidance from our earlier > threads as well as well refer to the suitable experts. In the process, a > lot of threads with incorrect or no identification, are resurfaced with > correct identification. > Genus generally taken up these days, is one in which our members face > problem in getting proper id or clarity. Having images on most of our > threads, help a lot in the matter, along with the key features suggested > earlier by our experts. > So every week is a Genus Week in efi for quite sometime (It started in a > small way about four and a half years back when we looked at each > family along with all its genera). > Happy Independence Day to Balkar ji and to all of you. > -- > 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 13,000 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'. > > > -- > 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 13,000 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 itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFAVP4OOxRc-u-TbC%3D5K1%3DkKPstjezu1T38b_myLwR%3DARA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFAVP4OOxRc-u-TbC%3D5K1%3DkKPstjezu1T38b_myLwR%3DARA%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 itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/94C5D599-1C55-47F1-AD67-9C3CB299A8C9%40ashwinibhatia.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/94C5D599-1C55-47F1-AD67-9C3CB299A8C9%40ashwinibhatia.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- *Dr. Prabhukumar KM* Senior Scientist & Head Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division & 'CMPR' Herbarium Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR) Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram - 676 503, Kerala, India *E-mail: prabhumkris...@gmail.com <prabhumkris...@gmail.com>* -- 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 itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAJv8zS-ojQEu2axG%2BiaPukpoN37woGazOFce6Ff9wmd%2BVtp-_A%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAJv8zS-ojQEu2axG%2BiaPukpoN37woGazOFce6Ff9wmd%2BVtp-_A%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 13,000 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 "efloraofindia" group. 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