Yes, thoroughly great pride for all Indians. Hearty congratulations to Prof. Manilal.
Regards. Dinesh On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > A matter of great pride for all Indians, especially Indian Botanists. > Congrats Prof. Manilal > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:28 PM, KP Rajesh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear All >> This is to share the joy of the greatest honour bestowed upon a Botanist! >> Prof. KS Manilal was recently honoured with the “Officer of the >> Order >> of Orange-Nassau” award (Dutch: Orde van Oranje-Nassau), of the >> Netherlands. He is the first Asian and botanist selected for this >> highest honour of the Netherlands. The Order is a chivalry order open >> to "everyone who have earned special merits for society". These are >> people who deserve appreciation and recognition from society for the >> special way in which they have carried out their activities. >> Prof. K S Manilal was nominated for this honour for his commendable >> contributions on the monumental book Hortus Malabaricus published by >> Hendrik van Rheede during 1678-1693 from Amsterdam. He translated this >> 12 volume Latin book to English and Malayalam, which took more than 30 >> years. >> The honour was conferred on Prof. Manilal at a formal gathering >> held >> at the Vasco da Gama hall of Taj Gate Way Hotel, Calicut on 1st May >> 2012 (the very next day after the National Day of the Netherlands), by >> the Consul General in Mumbai of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ms. >> Marijke A. van Drunen Littel. >> The meeting was inaugurated by the Minister of the Government of >> Kerala Dr. M.K.Muneer and addressed by senior academics such as Prof. >> Dr. C.K. Ramachandran (Professor Emeritus, Modern Medicine, Calicut >> Medical College), Prof. Dr. M.G.S. Narayanan (Director, Centre for >> Heritage Studies, Kerala Government, Cochin & former Secretary, Indian >> Council of Historical Research) and Dr. Indira Balachandran (Director, >> Centre for Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants Research and Indigenous >> Medicine, Kottakkal). >> To mark the occasion a new showy Arundina orchid was named as A. >> manilaliana by Dr. C. Sathish Kumar, noted orchidologist and a student >> colleague of Prof. Manilal. The function was attended by a good >> gathering of Prof. Manilal's friends who appreciate this unique >> intangible heritage of Hortus Malabaricus shared by the Netherlands >> and India. >> >> Video Link >> http://youtu.be/BMwAAWRRpWI >> >> >> News coverage >> http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=123212 >> >> http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article3369010.ece?textsize=small&test=2 >> >> Some useful links: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Orange-Nassau >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._S._Manilal >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortus_Malabaricus >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_van_Rheede >> >> email: [email protected] >> >> Let us congratulate Prof. Manilal >> >> KP Rajesh >> > > > >
