Great news. Hearty congratulations to Prof. K.S. Manilal. Thanks Rajesh ji for sharing this news. Regards Prashant
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:34 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 > =========== > >
