And finally page is available at Saarthi ‘सारथि’ of eFloraofIndia <https://efloraofindia.com/2022/02/21/saarthi-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%a5%e0%a4%bf-of-efloraofindia/>
On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 at 11:58, 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 > -- 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%2BiuSFDT%3Dw_5UzHu3U2L%3DEd_97gGCJwXPkkrvoZ3P5j0WgMf2Q%40mail.gmail.com.
