-- With regards, J. M. Garg ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 16 Jun, 2022, 9:26 pm Subject: Re: [itpmods:17277] Fwd: Prashant Awale: Story of efloraofindia to celebrate 15 years of its completion on 17.6.22 I To: itpmods <[email protected]>
Thanks Prashant ji for your passionate story and love for plants. Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. https://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 9:17 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> wrote: > Great presentation dear Prashant ji, > Regards, Sam > > > On Thu, 16 Jun 2022, 8:45 pm J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J. M. Garg >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> Date: Thu, 16 Jun, 2022, 1:53 pm >> Subject: Prashant Awale: Story of efloraofindia to celebrate 15 years of >> its completion on 17.6.22 I >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> Cc: Prashant Awale <[email protected]>, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear friends, >> *Forwarding Prashant's story*. He has network connectivity problems at >> this end. He is aware of the last date of submission having gone by; yet he >> would like to submit his story for love and respect towards eFI. >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> I was posted at CERN Geneva during 2003 - 2004. Was working on the Large >> Hadron Collier (LHC) project. My hobby of trekking continued here also. Did >> some Alpine treks and also few treks and cycling on the Jura mountain range >> at the outskirts of Geneva. While photographing wild flora, I started >> comparing the same with the Flora I had encountered during my treks in >> Sahyadri hills and in Himalayas. My first Digital camera Sony P52 became my >> favorite buddy. I think I got the best of my photographs with this camera. >> >> I had few field guides and books for reference but was desperately >> looking for some websites to help me out with the identification. Being >> from engineering background, it was bit difficult to start with as botany >> was something which I had left long back. But slowly I started enjoying the >> challenge posed in front of me by various plants for it's ID. This was the >> time I came across the website " flowerofindia. net". Had interacted with >> Tabish, the originator of FOI website. This website turned out to be a good >> tool for non- Botanist like me to identify the plants. I too started >> contributing to this website. >> >> My treasure of wild flora was literally seeing an exponential rise. >> >> Then one fine day I accidentally came across Indiatreepix. Joined the >> Google group led by our torch bearer Shri J. M. Garg ji. >> >> To my surprise, Garg ji happened to know me thru FOI website. Thru this >> website, I got the opportunity to know many stalwart from the field of >> Botany. As the time started flying, I understood that this Google group is >> unique. The members of this group are from diverse backgrounds and regions. >> Subsequently this group was aptly named as eFlora of India. Even though we >> would have hardly met all, but the type of respect we developed about each >> other only tells about the passion each member is having about the plants. >> Information exchange became very fast most of the queries posted by the >> members were getting resolved almost instantly. On queries not getting >> resolved, were getting resurfaced by the team of moderators of this group. >> >> Information like what is flowering where, who is exploring which region, >> new additions to our existing library etc started pouring in. With so many >> subject experts around, life became a bit easy going. >> I am sure that many plant photos were first shared here by our members >> even much before they were actually published as a new plant. >> >> Got so many new friends here. I remember meeting Dinesh for the first >> time during our trek to Purandar fort along with Ushaprabha Pagey mam, hard >> core trekker. Subsequently got the opportunity to meet Shrikant ji >> (Ingalhalikar). All due to our eFlora of India group. Did many flower >> exploration trips and treks with Shrikant ji and Dinesh. >> >> Our eFlora of India group is the perfect amalgamation of citizen >> scientists, Taxonomists, Nature lovers, trekker, engineers and what not.. >> >> Database of eFlora of India started becoming richer day by day. >> >> I personally feel that this is one of the Google group which has >> sustained for so many years and is growing day by day.. >> >> Off late I am not contributing much due to some health issues in my >> family. However, I make it a point to see various posts by our esteemed >> members. It also serves as a big stress buster. >> >> I personally gained a lot from our group and take this opportunity to >> thank one and all. >> >> Thanks once again. >> Warm regards >> Prashant Awale >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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%2BiuSFCRt5NFW_d9QLoONdv2zvfQ%3DRkywtG%2B_hvPNc3%2B8X_bXg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFCRt5NFW_d9QLoONdv2zvfQ%3DRkywtG%2B_hvPNc3%2B8X_bXg%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/CADkXgDQ-puLZTCqPyzLtJXvZF2TYTyKtL4u_3%3D%2B78JfusCNCoQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CADkXgDQ-puLZTCqPyzLtJXvZF2TYTyKtL4u_3%3D%2B78JfusCNCoQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ITPmods" group. 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