surajit koley ji, Happy to know more about Dr. DCS Raju garu.
Regards Radha Krishna Reddu On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 9:05:02 PM UTC+5:30, surajit koley wrote: > > [image: Document] I've shared D.C.S.RAJU - A BIOGRAPHICAL > SKETCH<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ee2ze_PlZwFjFFc9ByMJ0h3-CBdq9XH0Lij6gIxT75E/edit> > Click to open: > > - D.C.S.RAJU - A BIOGRAPHICAL > SKETCH<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ee2ze_PlZwFjFFc9ByMJ0h3-CBdq9XH0Lij6gIxT75E/edit> > > > D.C.S.RAJU - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH > > Datla Chiranjeevi Subrahmanyam Raju, born on 15th August 1936 at > Penumantra of Andhrapradesh in India. Educated at Bhimavaram for B.Sc of > Andhra University(1955-57) and M.Sc. at Banaras Hindu University(57-59). > Attended courses in Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany at Lucknow and > Plant Taxonomy at Reading University,U.K(70) and Plant Tissue Culture at > Kew(71) in London. > > Joined The Botanical Survey of India at Eastern Circle, Shillong in 1959 > and as Botanist in 1961 to continue until Aug 94 and retire as Jt Director, > BSI and as Head of Central National Herbarium. Performed curatorial duties > and taxonomic studies on Indian Flora besides field studies in the States > of Assam, Meghalaya, Bhutan, Sikkim, West Bengal, Orissa and Andhrapradesh. > Also visited some areas of Karnataka, Tanjore Himachal, Uttaranchal, > Rajasthan, Parasnath Hills, Ranchi, Daman, Khandala, Nandi Hills, Kolar, > Peechi, and Nilgiris. Visited submergible areas of dams for environmental > clearance by Government of India, Ministry of Environment. > > Liaised with Indian Universities on joint programmes for preparation of > district floras coordinated by Central National Herbarium. Furnished notes > on vegetation and floristic analyses for revision of many District > Gazetteers of Orissa; Inspected Copper, Aluminium and Iron ore mining areas > prior to establishment of defence and industrial establishments in parts > of Orissa and Andhra regions of Eastern Ghats. Exchanged duplicate > specimens of Indian Plants with all major Herbaria of the World -Asia, > Australia, Africa, Europe, USA, Canada and Japan besides maintaining loans > to monographers at various institutes and foreign universities. Planned and > organised all new sections for historical collections, Icones, Type > specimens, Wallichian catalogue, full microfiche collection, archives of > handwritten correspondence of Roxburgh, integrated library, > art-photography units, auditorium, electron microscope, new steel herbarium > cabinets, air conditioning plant for The New Herbarium Building opened in > 1971. > > As the Directorate of Botanical Survey of India was relocated to Indian > Botanic Garden, many developmental activities were initiated in 1977 to > make The Roxburgh House(1795) and two storied Kew type Old Herbarium of > Sir George King as National Heritage Buildings at the suggestion of > Professor M.G.K.Menon, Secretary, Dept of Science, Govt of India. Following > Heirarchial System in strict sense for both plant classification and > administration of human resources it is Dr S.K.Jain, Dr M.P.Nayar and Sri > D.C.S.Raju who made all efforts to focus the importance of Botanical > Survey(1890) by celebrating Bicentenary of Linnaeus in India(1978) and > jointly holding exhibition on Life and Works of Linnaeus in Indian > Universities. As Dr J. G. Koenig laid foundation for Science in India and > Botany with its beginnings at Samalkota on Coramandel Coast, a visit to > Yanam and Kakinada in 1993 by Raju coincided with cyclone and floods > similar to the day when Koenig was laid to rest by Roxburgh at Kakinada > in 1785. > > Family historical background led D.C.S.Raju to make Company Garden as > chosen place of work for 33 yrs and to learn about plant wealth of the > world with unique Herbarium and Library in the Indian Botanic Garden. An > elected Fellow of Linnaean Society and member of many associations took > part in conferences, meetings and national seminars. Chaired many sessions > of taxonomy at Botanical Conferences and Indian Science Congress besides > National Seminar on Ecosystems at Waltair and PlantTaxonomy at Surat. > Displayed live collection of Oryza jeyporensis, O.granulata, Atylosia > cajanifolia, Amomum subulatum, Coffea benghalensis, Indian Ginseng, and > other wild relatives of crop plants at International Conference on > Genetics. Rare and threatened plants like Red Sanders, Tirupati Cycad, > Slipper Orchids of Sikkim Himalayas, Pitcher plant and native medicinal > herbs were also exhibited at The National Museum of Natural History and > introduced in the gardens of Teen Murti Bhavan after labelling all plants > there as part of National Environment Day celebrations in Delhi. > > Highlights of experience include - > > 1. (1) A visit to Mawsynram-Cherrapunjee areas with highest rainfall > in the world, > 2. (2) Exploration of Tsolamo lake region of Kanchenjunga range in > Sikkim in the footsteps of J.D.Hooker to study highest living plants on > the > earth, > 3. (3) Critical examination of historical specimens, old documents, > correspondence and many manuscripts from the time of Col. Robert Kyd to > record the beginning of Herbarium Calcuttense in 1795 after construction > of > Kyd Monument and residency cum office building for Roxburgh. The oldest > collection of Edward Bulkley,(1698) Plants of Cooks 1st voyage, Mosses > collected by W.J.Hooker in North America along with numerous duplicates > sent by J.D.Hooker which remained in stores were incorporated only after > 1975. > 4. (4) Selection of Peepal Tree and Sacred Lotus as National Flower of > India by S.K.Jain and D.C.S.Raju along with list of State Trees and > Flowers > for adoption by the Government. > 5. (5) A Report on Indian Orchids to Sri Oka the Inspector General of > Forests, to restrict exports. > 6. (6) Furnishing data for Wealth of India volumes and images of > medicinal plants to Indian Council for Medical Research, > 7. (7 ) Reassessment of Indian flora as +10,000 species of flowering > plants by excluding endemic elements of Afghanistan, > Ceylon,Burma,Java,Borneo with conservative figures exceeding 6000 species > not found in Indian Republic. The Sikkim Himalayas with over 5000 species > making 50% of Indian flora were collected during 1985-1990, with Dr > Sanjappa climbing up Donkia La to find fossils of Tethys Sea of bygone > geological era. > 8. (8) Interaction with Namgyal Mountaineering Institute and Army Head > qrs Gangtok, and Sikkim Science Society on various scientific issues. > 9. (9) Coordination with Forest department to open Jawaharlal Nehru > Botanic Garden at Rumtek,with native trees and orchids in glass-houses > with > labels. > 10. (10) Observing Centenary of N.Vavilov at a meeting in > Gangtok,Centenaries of J.B.S.Haldane and Rahul Sankrityayan(1992) at > Howrah > and > 11. (11) Bicentenary of Robert Kyd in 1993 and > 12. (12) Releasing a book on Eastern Ghats of India as Member of ENVIS > Committee of Environmental Protection and Training Institute, Hyderabad. > 13. (13) Unique events include visits of celebrities Yuri Gagarin, > Valentina Tereschkova, Emperor of Ethiopia, Paramount Ruler of Malaysia, > The President of India and Mother Theresa to the Indian Botanic Garden. > Consultations with Fosberg, CGGJvanSteenis, Takhtazan, Hara, SMWalters, > Heywood, Hoogland, Sodestrom, Klotz, Stone, Stuchlik, Meisel, Emberger, > Legris, Hodge, Given, Swinge, Ayensu, Krukof, Hurov.GSchaller, BL Burtt. > Seiden Faden, Holttum and Wilkins, Graf as our guests is noteworthy. > Visits > of Prof.R.Misra, J.Venkateswarlu, D.D.Awasthi P.V.Bole, K.S.Manilal, > YSMurty, H.Y.Mohanram, B.Razi, VRReddy, G.L.Shah, KNKaul, JanakiAmmal, > JCSengupta, KPBiswas, Kundu, Swaminathan, Sadasivan, are quite inspiring. > Fr Santapau conducted a tour to Mangroves of Sajnakhali, Sundarbans in > which many botanists like V.Puri, K.Subrahmanyam, Kashyapa, M.A.Rao, > J.Ghatak, Thothathri, BVShetty joined. > 14. (14) As Fr Santapau and D.C.S.Raju travelled in a bus together to > catch a launch it gave an opportunity to reminisce their association with > Flora of Andhrapradesh, a more memorable event than felicitation of Fr > Santapau on his 60th Birthday. > > Scientific publications, book reviews, popular articles on science, list > of botanists including Dr B.P.Pal, William Steere, Stafleu, Arditti, > Pichi-Sermolli, in personal correspondence with D.C.S.Raju are compiled as > archival material for one of the oldest scientific institutions in the > world namely Honorable East India Company Garden established in 1787 at > Sibpore. The Herbarium with about two lakhs of flowering plant species, in > 200 Hookerian orders including over 300 families of angiosperms, conifers, > ferns, mosses, lichens and marine algae from all parts of the world, all > live tropical trees, palms, mangrove elements, bamboos, canes, screw pines, > medicinal herbs, wild grasses, giant water-lilies, pages of vellum editions > were consulted by D.C.S. Raju during 33 years of service. > > Thanks to Dr JE Dandy as creation of new Michelias from Makum forest in > Assam with highly varied Magnoliads of tropics and less-known > Magnoliophyta is discouraged by Linnaeans with understanding of > discontinuous variation in populations as concept of species. A Floral > Tribute was paid by D.C.S.Raju in May 1993 to Kyd who ensured food > security for India with his unique intellect and humanitarian ideals. > Kydia calycina Roxb.(Malvaceae) with a single tree by the side of King lake > near Clarke avenue is now threatened in a walled and fenced garden of > political and plagiarist environment. The Legacy of Dr J.C.Sengupta and his > spirit of science however survives. So also are Magnolia pterocarpa Roxb. > from Chittagong included in Coromandel Plants-published in1795 and Kyd > Monument erected to coincide with opening of Roxburgh House reminding us > of the glorious past with great deeds of Kyd and King. > > > > The family of D.C.S.Raju includes Vijayalakshmi Datla, Krishnamohan Raju > Datla, Padmavathi Datla and Sirisha Datla, 302 Sunrise apts. Churchlane, > RdNo3. Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Andhrapradesh-500034. Email address is > [email protected] and dcsraju as a tag for GoogleScholar, Docs, images, > web search, photos, Picasa web albums and profile signature. Likeness is in > the archives of Hunt Botanical Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, > Pittsburgh, Linnaean Society of London and American Biographical > Institute, Who is Who in India, etc. Travelled in Europe and many States of > India to capture the glory of nature in over 3000 Kodachrome transparencies > including thousands of flowers awaiting digitisation and text of > talks,unpublished material on Indian plants and Herbarium as open source > data for communication as Google Docs in due course. Tista Bridge to > Tsolamolake as Hooker -D.C.S.Raju Himalaya is now open to all nature lovers > visiting, Rhododendron Sanctuary at Yakchey and Orchid Sanctuary at Deorali > as well as Alpine Sanctuary at Kyognosla near Natu La.The Primrose > Preserve near Changu lake 17400 ft just 28km s away from Gangtok is the > hot -spot of Priyadarsini-Smt Indira Gandhi , late Prime Minister of India. > > --------------------- > > --------------------- > > > Google Drive: create, share and keep all of your stuff in one place. > [image: Logo for Google Drive] <https://drive.google.com> >
