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surajit On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 11:09 PM, ayush <[email protected]> wrote: > surajit koley ji, > > Happy to know more about Dr. DCS Raju garu. > > Regards > Radha Krishna Reddy > > 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> >> >
