Great news. Proud of Dr Manilal's achievement.
On Monday, May 14, 2012 10:28:17 PM UTC+5:30, KP Rajesh 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 >
