YES great instance of perseverance Congratulations to Professor Manilal usha di
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >>> >> >> >> >> > -- Usha di ===========
