Thanks, Singh ji, Yes, posting of new plants is also very necessary for keeping this email group active. Hope more & more members, who remain comfortable with google groups and who want their data displayed on the site, increase their postings on the group.
On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 02:46, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Garg ji and all friends for kind words. Yes I see lesser activity > in the group, and don't see many posts by members. Compilation of data and > putting it on the website is a great and very useful activity undertaken by > Garg ji and others, but I think posting of new plants is also very > necessary for keeping this email group active, when members find it more > convenient to interact on Facebook and WhatsApp. > Thanks friends for all the love showered on me. > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:02 AM Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> We are fortunate to have such a great leader and expert in the group. His >> contributions to eFI and its knowledge wealth are immeasurable. Salutes to >> Gurcharan ji! >> >> Vijayasankar >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 11:39 AM Ashwini Bhatia < >> ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com> wrote: >> >>> My gratitude and thanks to Dr Singh for his commitment to the group. His >>> able guidance and expert advice is invaluable to all of us. >>> >>> Indebted, >>> Ashwini >>> >>> >>> On 18 Jun 2019, at 11:39, Mohina Macker <mohinamac...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Salutations To Gurcharan ji >>> learnt so much from him and the group >>> regards >>> mohina >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 5:39 PM Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Salutes to Gurcharan ji !!! Any amount of appreciation would be less ! >>>> I still remember the frenzy of posting during family weeks / months >>>> that he organized ... it was tremendous excitement every month for all of >>>> us: ones who were querying IDs; ones who were keen to validate the IDs >>>> (Gurcharan ji used to validate almost every post); and ones who posted >>>> their sightings. It was during these times that the database grew plenty >>>> rich and paved the way for increased participation. Lots of thanks to >>>> everyone who have made, and are making this journey a wonderful experience. >>>> Best to all of us for much more exciting times ahead !! Happy posting >>>> and responding !! >>>> Regards. >>>> Dinesh >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 5:13 PM D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Great support by Gurcharan Sir to eFI by guiding, instructing, >>>>> correcting and extending is vast knowledge. We are lucky that we have his >>>>> support. >>>>> A dozen year of remarkable progress of eFI has been possible due to >>>>> the supports of Gurcharan Sir, Garg Ji and all others contributing >>>>> selflessly to this resource. >>>>> My salutations to all- Pillars, Moderators, Subjects Experts, >>>>> Contributors and Members of this family. >>>>> The successful journey continues...... >>>>> >>>>> DSRawat Pantnagar >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> Dr D.S. Rawat >>>>> Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture >>>>> & Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA >>>>> *eflorapantnagar* <https://sites.google.com/site/eflorapantnagar/home> >>>>> displaying wild flora of Pantnagar >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 12:47 PM J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>>>> From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> >>>>>> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 12:47 >>>>>> Subject: Our Salaam to Great Gurcharan Singh ji- on completion of 12 >>>>>> years of efloraofindia >>>>>> To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>>>>> Cc: GurcharanSingh <singh...@gmail.com> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Dear members, >>>>>> Efloraofindia is fortunate that we are completing 12 years of our >>>>>> existence today on 17.6.19 as we have seen so many e-groups (even those >>>>>> which used to very active) getting disappeared in the deluge of >>>>>> WhatsApp and Facebook, iNaturalists & eBirds etc. >>>>>> This has been possible due to stalwarts like Gurcharan Singh ji, who >>>>>> gave us a proper direction and tried to take us where we are today. He >>>>>> formulated keys, where ever possible to clear the confusion among similar >>>>>> species or different species of a genus. These keys still decorate lot of >>>>>> efi site pages at the top to guide our readers from all over the >>>>>> world. This is just one aspect to highlight his great contributions. More >>>>>> can be seen at Pitamah of efloraofindia >>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/pitamah-of-efloraofin-dia>. >>>>>> Let us not forget him and so many others, who may not be actively >>>>>> participating these days. >>>>>> Efloraofindia is an unending journey, where so many persons get up at >>>>>> some station and get down at some other station- many of them leaving an >>>>>> indelible imprint during their journey, from which mankind will continue >>>>>> to >>>>>> be benefitted. >>>>>> Today we have images on almost all threads displayed already and >>>>>> efforts are being made to increase them as far as possible. Already more >>>>>> than 1,75,000 images are directly displayed at our site and these quite >>>>>> frequently appear in Google search and Google search image results etc. >>>>>> Our such endeavours have put us at the forefront in this global >>>>>> world. We are getting better and better in our identifications and >>>>>> accuracy >>>>>> with increased support from our efi site database. >>>>>> But a lot is still required to be done in this never ending journey. >>>>>> We take this opportunity to thank one and all for being a passenger >>>>>> in this wonderful journey and along with those like Great Gurcharan Singh >>>>>> ji, who may not be actively involved now. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> With regards, >>>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>>>>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia> >>>>>> . >>>>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in >>>>>> the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>>>>> Efloraofindia >>>>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a >>>>>> species database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which >>>>>> more than 1,70,000 images are directly displayed). >>>>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>>>>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>>>>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants >>>>>> etc. >>>>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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