Actually Singh ji's suggestion was a trigger for me. -- With regards, J. M. Garg
On Mon, 14 Feb, 2022, 9:44 am Vijayasankar Raman, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hearty congratulations Dinesh ji! Well-deserved for the beautiful title! > Thanks for being the 'navigator' for eFI :) > > Shout-out to Garg ji for the idea and Nidhan ji and all others for the > title suggestions. > > Vijayasankar > > > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 12:33 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear members, >> Sh. Dinesh Valke's achievements have been enormous not only for >> efloraofindia but equally also elsewhere. Mentioning below, some of them as >> quoted by some of our team members: >> He has been a pioneer in giving/ implementing ideas for bringing efi to >> this level. >> He has been posting most of his images on efi along with helping in ids, >> as and when time permits. >> He has been compiling names in local languages for a very large no. of >> plant species and sharing those with eFloraofIndia. >> He maintains his own site along with sharing the contents freely. >> He has devoted his life for this sole purpose. >> He has put all his Flickr images on Wikimedia Commons to be used all over >> the world with due credits and in the process of doing the same >> in iNaturalist. >> His behaviour has been superb and most gentlemanly. We have never seen >> him getting derailed. >> A lot of his images are being used in Flora of Peninsular India as well >> as Flowers of India. >> A generous and a great personality and a Legend in the making. >> He has great passion for plants although not a botanist by profession. >> And he has outstanding photographic skills and a wonderful passion to >> collect regional names in native scripts. He is a perfect Lexicographer. >> His uploads have been both inspiring and educational. His contribution to >> this group is immeasurable. Indeed a great contributor in all aspects ! >> He is a veteran explorer, autodidact or self-taught botanist, excellent >> photographer, the go-to person for any IT-related stuff for the group, >> resolute lexicographer, and a great human being and much more. >> His enlightened guidance has been instrumental along with his cool and >> calm advice. >> He has been doing enormous work, without asking for any credits. >> >> In view, he has been conferred the title of *Saarthi 'सारथि'* of >> eFloraofIndia (derived from Lord Krishna, who guided Pandavas in >> Mahabharata- like Dinesh ji has been guiding the team of eFloraofIndia) in >> view of his great contributions. >> >> A suitable link will be created shortly at the home page of >> efloraofindia.com. >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> > -- 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%2BiuSFC0TM0qQpyihn5cC4PFT0SOjuX1tqEwY67o7d5s5H6AFA%40mail.gmail.com.
