I had some mail exchanges and he was always helpful, though I hardly knew him. That shows a character of a great man. May his soul rest in peace. -- With regards, J. M. Garg
On Thu, 16 Jul, 2020, 11:26 pm J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -- > With regards, > J. M. Garg > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: 'Dr D.K. Singh' [email protected] > [India_angiosperm_taxonomy] <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 15 Jul, 2020, 1:25 pm > Subject: [India_angiosperm_taxonomy] Condolence message > To: <[email protected]> > > > > > Dear all, > > This is to inform with profound grief about the sad and sudden demise of > Dr P. Lakshminarasimhan, > former Joint Director (Scientist E), of BSI, Western Regional Center, > Pune. It appears he briefly > suffered with high fever and breathing problem, but could not get a > ventilator in any hospital in Pune > and breathed his last at around 02.30 hrs. this morning. > > Dr Lakshminarasimhan joined the Botanical Survey of India at its Andaman > Nicobar Regional Center, > Port Blair in early 1990s as Scientist B. Later he served at BSI, Pune, > Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew > (as Indian Botanical Liaison Officer), Central National Herbarium, Howrah > and Western Regional Center, > Pune in different capacities and finally retired on superannuation as > Scientist E on 31st August, 2019 > after a very very distinguished carrier. He was a very critical researcher > and a very good plant > taxonomist. Helpful attitude, sincerity, dynamism at the place of work, > ability to take quick decisions > and humility was the hallmark of his persona. As Indian Botanical Liaison > Officer at RBG, Kew, he > helped the taxonomists not only within and out side BSI in India but also > those in other parts of the > Indian subcontinent. He helped and endeared hundreds of young and > practicing plant taxonomists through > a series of nomenclature workshops that he so meticulously convened in > different parts of the country, > the last one being as recent as January this year at Shillong. In his > death the BSI and entire > taxonomist fraternity of the country has lost a good taxonomist, a > dependable colleague, an able > administrator and a fine human being. > > At this hour of grief I convey my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved > family and pray the God to > grant sadgati to the departed soul. > > D.K. Singh > > Dr D.K. Singh > Formerly Scientist G, Botanical Survey of India > Flat No. 305, Block D, Saraswati Apartment > River View Enclave, Sector 4 > Gomti Nagar Extension > Lucknow - 226 - 010 (INDIA) > Mobile : +91 7080480720 > E-mail: [email protected]; > [email protected] > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Dr D.K. Singh" <[email protected]> > ------------------------------ > Reply via web post > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/India_angiosperm_taxonomy/conversations/messages/2755;_ylc=X3oDMTJwbm92Z2g0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM4NjQ4NTkEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA3NjMyNjcwBG1zZ0lkAzI3NTUEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxNTk0Nzk5NzQx?act=reply&messageNum=2755> > • Reply to sender > <[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Condolence%20message> • Reply > to group > <[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Condolence%20message> > • Start a New Topic > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/India_angiosperm_taxonomy/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=X3oDMTJlaDZoN2Y3BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM4NjQ4NTkEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA3NjMyNjcwBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTU5NDc5OTc0MQ--> > • Messages in this topic > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/India_angiosperm_taxonomy/conversations/topics/2755;_ylc=X3oDMTM0cjI4Y2U0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM4NjQ4NTkEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA3NjMyNjcwBG1zZ0lkAzI3NTUEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxNTk0Nzk5NzQxBHRwY0lkAzI3NTU-> > (1) > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/India_angiosperm_taxonomy/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJlYm83MjVzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM4NjQ4NTkEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA3NjMyNjcwBHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZnaHAEc3RpbWUDMTU5NDc5OTc0MQ--> > > > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJkNGxhanBiBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzM4NjQ4NTkEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA3NjMyNjcwBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxNTk0Nzk5NzQy> > • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • > Unsubscribe > <[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> > • Terms of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> > > . > > __,_._,___ > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFB1xqirnaBiFNg%2Bg%3Dt_ytNU1pa%2BnnpuWexWZ4vdG8uAAA%40mail.gmail.com.
