eFloraofIndia’s journey eFloraofIndia’s journey/ progress Year 2024: Talk by J.M.Garg: 5th online Conference on Citizen Science for Biodiversity eFloraofIndia completes 17 years on 17.6.24 Dr. Nambiyath Balakrishnan is no more Congratulations dear J M Garg for posting more than 1 Lakh and Five thousand messages Year 2023: Congratulations Dinesh ji for contributing 15000 posts Congratulations Saroj Kasaju ji for contributing 45,000 posts eFI completes 16 years Sh. Sam Kuzhalanattu- ‘The Pillar’ of efloraofindia Congratulations Saroj Kumar Kasaju ji for completing 40,000 posts Historic occasion for efloraofindia: J M Garg ji completes 1 Lakh posts Mahadeswara Swamy completes 5000 posts Year 2022: 2022- A year of celebration and reality check Article about Er. J.M. Garg ji Congratulate Shri J M Garg for crossing 95,000 posts Story of eFloraofIndia’s journey on 15th anniversary Sam Kuzhalanattu: Manager/ Moderator for Efloraofindia Congratulate Saroj Kasaju ji crossing 35000 posts Species, genera & family pages of 247 families are now with comparative images 238 families are now with comparative images Gurcharan Singh ji completes 35,000 messages Year 2021: 2021- A year of consolidation for efloraofindia Top posters of 2021- who appeared in top 10 in any month of 2021 Saroj Kasaju ji achieves 30,000 messages landmark Congratulations Garg ji for crossing 90,000 posts Efloraofindia site completed 11 years on 2.11.21 Crossed 4,00,000 messages in efloraofindia Old efi site may go away by 30.9.21 Dainik Bhaskar news on efloraofindia Superman of efloraofindia Gurcharan Singh ji completes 30,000 message. Garg ji crosses 85,000 posts landmark eFloraofIndia completing 14 years of service- Salute to Sh. Pankaj Kumar Sh. Paradesi Anjaneyulu- ‘The Pillar’ of efloraofindia The Great Investigator- Sh. Surajit Koley TEN YEARS OF EFLORAOFINDIA By J M Garg in Environment and Ecology Saroj Kasaju ji achieves 25,000 messages landmark Gurcharan Singh ji achieves 25,000 messages landmark Year 2020: 2020- A memorable year for efloraofindia All time Top 10 Posters as on 1.1.2021 Top posters of 2020- who appeared in top 10 in any month of 2020 efloraofindia website completes 10 years eFlora of India new site- Old vs New navigation Old FloraofIndia site will no longer be edited 238 families are now with comparative images efloraofindia website completes 10 years 201 families are now with comparative images Sh. Paradesi Anjineyulu- Genius on efloraofindia Why are new species more likely to be published based on efloraofindia observations? Saroj ji achieves a landmark of 20,000 messages Problems/ solutions in new Google groups It takes very little time Home page of efloraofindia group modified efloraofindia on Instagram Dinesh ji in Flora of Peninsular India Fwd: Ideas for our future efloraofindia efloraofIndia in wiienvis.nic.in Sh. D S Rawat- Uploaded list of Indian species efloraofindia turns 13 WE ARE IN THE TEENS NOW: Efloraofindia completed 13 years Sh. Mahadeswara Swamy is our new Pillar Posts leading to publication of new species A new species named after Sh. Saroj Kumar Kasaju Thunbergia kasajuana Bh.Adhikari & J.R.I.Wood,sp.nov. Type: Nepal, Bhaktapur, Nagarkot, 2020 m, 6Sept. 2018, S. Kasaju 133 (holotype KATH; isotype E) Efloraofindia helping in discovering new species Now we are able to tell the world Photographic and textual keys are complementary Completed 75,000 messages Could we think of restoring interactions on efloraofindia? efloraofindia presentation in International Symposium on Plant taxonomy & Ethnobotany 2020-BSI, Kolkata Year 2019 Salute to Surajit Koley ji on New Year Eve- around 1 lakh images inserted in 2019 All time Most Active Posters as on 1.1.2020 Pankaj ji achieves a landmark of 7000 messages Saroj ji completes 15,000 messages Looking after all posts Efi site has completed 9 years Efi site has completed 9 years Aarti ji completes 10,000 messages Process of identification More than 2,00,000 images inserted There is a joy in identifying Saroj ji’s images. efi site also offers clues Ushadi completes 10,000 messages Importance of eforaofindia site Images are nothing without words Can someone emulate Saroj ji and Ashwini ji in future postings ? Dr. Balkar Arya- Remembering our great Hero on Independence Day- Every week is a Genus week Marathon Man- Sh. Saroj Kasaju Phases of developments of eFI site How popular is efi site among non-members? Our Salaam to Great Gurcharan Singh ji- on completion of 12 years of efloraofindia Happy 12th Anniversary Nidhan Singh ji completes 10,000 messages Saroj Kumar Kasaju ji completed 10,000 messages Year 2018 All time Most Active Posters as on 1.1.19 Members with more then 3000 messages- other than top 10 posters Year 2018 for eFI Top posters of 2018 efloraofindia (eFI) site completes eight years on 2 Nov. 2018 efloraofindia (eFI) site completes eight years gon 2 Nov. 2018 Flora Identifications- more and more reliance on net Finally 3000 of us 12000 images inserted in efi site in July’18 More than 1,00,000 images inserted Dr. M. Sabu – our foremost Expert Sh. M. Sawmliana- a gem from the North East 12000 images inserted in efi site in June’18 To have thumbnails images on all threads Sh. Saroj Kasaju enters top 10 list of all time posters Feedback on transferring the contents of family page to home page etc. Efloraofindia completes 11 years on 17.6.18 All new species in efi are now added with images. Every successive post leads to validation New species are added only after proper validation 7000 images inserted in efi site in May’18 Around 5500 images inserted in efi site in April’18 Transferring the contents of family page to Home page ? Adding efi site to your home screen on mobile 7000 images inserted in efi site in March’18 Images available in all page in efloraofindia 6000 images inserted in efi site in Feb.’18 6000 images inserted in efi site in Jan.’18 Great salute to Dinesh Valke ji on completing 10000 messages in efloraofindia Sh. Dinesh Valke- Star Expert of 2017 Sh. Nidhan Singh- 1st Runner up Star Expert of 2017 Sh. Tapas Chakrabarty- 2nd Runner up Star Expert of 2017 Sh. Saroj Kumar Kasaju- Top Most Interactive Persons of 2017 Smt. Aarti S Khale- 1st Runner up Top Most Interactive Persons of 2017 Sh. Anil Thakur- 2nd Runner up Top Most Interactive Persons of 2017 Year 2017 All time Most Active Posters Top posters of 2017 The year 2017 for efi Times have changed with images Presentation for IAAt Conference-2017, Delhi University Comparative images are a game changer Thanks to you all, I have completed 50,000 messages efloraofindia (eFI) site completes seven years on 2 Nov. 2017 Back in memory- Two years back Best flora photographers in 2016 and 2017 121 families are now with images (with names starting from A to H) 112 families are now with images (with names starting from A to G) Congratulations!- on completion of 10 year Efloraofindia completing 10 years on 17.6.17 efi completing 10 years Year 2016 2016- Hero of the efloraofindia site- Bhagyashri Ranade 2016- 1st runner up Hero of the efloraofindia site- Gurcharan Singh 2016- 2nd Runner Up Hero of the efloraofindia site- Tspkumar 2016- Members who inserted images at efi site 2015 & 2016 (combined)- Members who inserted images at efi site Sh. Dinesh Valke- Star Expert of 2016 Sh. Chris Chadwell- 1st Runner up Star Expert of 2016 Sh. Gurcharan Singh- 2nd Runner up Star Expert of 2016 Sh. Saroj Kumar Kasaju- Top Most Interactive Persons of 2016 Sh. Tsp Kumar- 1st Runner up Top Most Interactive Persons of 2016 Sh. Ashwini Bhatia- 2nd Runner up Top Most Interactive Persons of 2016 Top 15 posters of 2016 Most Active Posters – All time- on efloraofindia as on 12.1.17 The year 2016 for eFI Statistics 2016- efloraofindia posts 89 families are now with images (with names starting from A to D) A experiment with Asteraceae Efloraofindia helps in biodiversity conservation, bioprospecting and identification Sh. Dinesh Valke releases more than 20000 plant photos to Wikimedia Commons All families starting with name A & B are now with images A New Experiment Important change- Displaying unidentified threads at top 27 families starting with name ‘A’ – images completed Efloraofindia e-group completes 9 years Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for your outstanding contributions Anurag ji, Nidhan ji, Tsp Kumar ji, Ashwini ji- we learn from you We can have more than 4 images at species pages- Around 15,000 images already inserted A Startup, but not for profit Good learning through insertion of images 2016- efi Year of insertion of images Year 2015 Most Active Posters – All time- on efloraofindia as on 31.12.15 Year 2015- A transformative year for efloraofindia Flora picture of the Year 2015 Promising new faces in 2015 at efloraofindia 2015- Hero of the efloraofindia site- Suarjit Koley & Bhagyashri Ranade 2015- 1st Runner Up Hero of the efloraofindia site- Tspkumar 2015- 2nd Runner up Hero of the efloraofindia site- D S Rawat 2015- Members who inserted images at efi site Top Most Interactive Persons of 2015 Top uploaders of the Year 2015 Star of the Year 2015: Mr Dinesh Valke Most Interactive Person of 2015: Dr Ushadi Micromini 2015- Members who inserted images at efi site Most Active Posters – All time- on efloraofindia as on 31.12.15 Statistics 2015- efloraofindia posts New Year wishes- Species & genera pages of Acanthaceae are now with images. Inserting all images in tabular form in future Insertion of images will increase the accuracy of efloraofindia database Ceropegia page- around 64 images- just 1 hour Guidelines to insert images of several species in a GENUS page in Tabular Form efloraofindia (eFI) site completes five years today (2 Nov. 2015) Awards for inserting images in efi site How to move ahead in the present circumstances ? Genera pages with pictures- Another very interesting development Guidelines- Members are now allowed to insert pictures in efi site pages Publications list requested from Experts & Scholars for Database of publications at efloraofindia Members are now allowed to insert their pictures in efi site pages What if all the efi pages look so beautiful ? More changes at efi site Surfing efloraofindia has become easier Efloraofindia completes eight years Interview with Indian Express- A small effort on promoting efloraofindia Year 2014 Most Active Posters – All time- on efloraofindia as on 30.12.14 Most Interactive Person of 2014: Mr. J M Garg Top Interactive Persons of 2014 Star of of the Year 2014: Ms Aarti Khale Runner Up Star of the Year 2014: Ms Alka Khare Top Contributors of 2014 Dr. Gurcharan Singh- Star of Family Fortnights for 2014 Dr. Nidhan Singh- Runner-up Star of Family Fortnights for 2014 Top Contributors of Family Fortnights in 2014 Outstanding Contributors of 2014 (New faces) Promising new faces in 2014 at efloraofindia Statistics 2014- efloraofindia posts [Offtopic] Flora picture of the Year 2014 Flora picture of the Year 2014 Constructive 2014 for efloraofindia & a happy new year 2015 2014 Report on Efloraofindia- Efloraofindia wishes you a very happy new year 2015 Efloraofindia wishes you a very happy new year 2015 Major contributors page Managing your gmails effectively Sh. Dinesh Valke & Dr. Pankaj Kumar named as The Best Flora photographers Sh. Pankaj Kumar & Sh. Dinesh Valke- All time Best Flora photographers All time Best Flora photographer on efloraofindia efi page on Pitamah of efloraofindia- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Dr. Gurcharan Singh named as Pitamah of efloraofindia Phytodiversity Launch Phytodiversity Journal launched Publications of 101 authors listed at efi site within two weeks Great vision of Sh. Dinesh Valke- efloraofindia site was created by him Singh ji becomes the first member to complete 20,000 messages Eflora of India (eFI) has reached 2,00,000 messages and 10,000 species! Efloraofindia completes seven years 2014- eFI Year of genera pages Award for efloraofindia Fwd: Declaration of Wipro- NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 Year 2013 Greencleanguide in conversation with Mr. J.M. Garg efloraofindia in IAAT Conference Constructive 2013 for efloraofindia & a happy new year 2014 Flora picture of the Year 2013 Most Interactive Person of 2013: Dr. Nidhan Singh Top Posters of 2013 Star of Family Fortnights for 2013 First Runner-up Star of Family Fortnights for 2013- Dr. Nidhan Singh 2nd Runner-up Star of Family Fortnights for 2013- Sh. Prashan Awale Top ten uploaders of Family Fortnight in 2013 Now eFI has more than 2200 members Great October month- Happy Dipawali to efi members efloraofindia completes six years on 17.6.13 Greencleanguide in conversation with Mr. J.M. Garg Efloraofindia (efi) just completed 1,50,000 messages Year 2012: “Flora Picture of The Year 2012” Wonderful 2012 for efloraofindia Top ten contributors of 2012 Dr. Gurcharan Singh- Efi Man of the year 2012 Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Dec.’12- more than 7500 species Flora picture of the Year 2012 Monthly Weeks 2012: Leading Contributors Second Runner-up Star of Monthly Weeks 2012: Dr. Balkar Singh First Runner-up Star of Monthly Weeks 2012: Mr. Dinesh Valke Star of Monthly Weeks 2012: Mr. Prashant Awale Efloraofindia now has more than 2000 members More than 5000 messages in Sept.’12 at efi Efloraofindia (efi) completes five years floraofindia google group again allowing attachments more than 100 KB. Great job done: our genius Dinesh Valke: posting from Group without size restrictions The Google Challenge successfully met in March Eflora NEWS 25 Mar 2012 Backbone of efi Dr. Balkar Singh: 5000 posts in eFl….Congratulations and Thanks New Year 2012 Resolution Year 2011: A User Driven Learning Environment in Botany Mr J. M. Garg: eFl man for the Year 2011 How was 2011 for efi ? Top ten contributors for 2011….and 50 percent of total posts 1,00,000 messages on efi- share your thoughts More than 1 lakh pictures at efi site Unsung heros of efi- 2011 Mrs Bhagyashri Ranade: eFl woman of the Year 2011 among members (excluding moderators) Congratulations Balkar Singh Ji for being nominated as Best photographer of the Year 2011 Runnner up for Best Photographer of the Year 2011 — Best Set of Photographs: Dr. Prasad Kumar Dash RUNNERS UP jointly in the category of Best Photographer of the year 2011 ‘efloraofindia’ name restored from ‘efloraindia’ for our e-group Dinesh Valke as the Hero of Family Week for the year 2011 Congratulations Garg ji for 10,000 posts in efloraofindia My 10000th mail in eFl, thanks all for making it so Top ten contributors….all time Efloraofindia website updated 30th Sept.’11- more 6000 species Top ten contributors for November, Total posts 6105 6000 messages of themonth completed. 6000 posts in a month for the second time: Congratulations all Congratulations members, we have again crossed 5000 mark In the mid of the Month and Crossing 4000 Mails You all have enriched my world of plants. Top ten posters of October, 2011……total votes 5811 Leading posters for September 2011, total mails unprecedented 6187 congrats all Crossed 1800 members on 12/8/11 1001 posts By Balkar Ji Another milestone crossed, plus 6000 posts this month 5000 target crossed, congratulations Pankaj ji, Balkar ji, Garg ji, Ushadi, Bhagyashri ji, Dinesh ji, Tanay, Giby ji, Madhuri ji, Satish ji and all 5000 mails second time, congratulations all Keys for Indian species of some genera Congrats Balkar ji, you now really done it: highest number of posts in one month Congratulations Balkar Singh for highest posts in a month, 693 and still counting Over 4000 posts (4289) this month…. Dr. Gurcharan Singh- crossed 8000 messages- efi Guru & Guide Second highest number of Posts in a month Another landmark- we crossed 1700 members today 3/4 th of a lakh Three cheers Permissions, Copyrights, Credits etc. Before June’2011: eFI completing 4 years International journal Major eFI contributors cross 100 nos. We are 1600 now Indian trees website oriented towards layman Please clarify Great work experts, I am practically out of resurfacing work Let us call Efloraofindia as eFI in short eFl keys, a synergy of Botany and love for plants Efloraofindia Database will no longer be available Why I love Efloraofindia Group? Recovery Plan for the Endangered Taxonomy Profession Why I love Efloraofindia Group? Ipomoea for ID : 230111 : AK-3 Efloraofindia has a great Future Hurray!- 60,000 messages on Efloraofindia Salute to Santa’s of Efloraofindia 1500 members Tanay sets “efloraofindia’ ablaze with his 600 messages in March’10 Messages before 15.12.10: Indiantreepix crosses 10,000 messages (4.4.09) ‘The Monk who sold his Ferrari’- A begining for Indiantreepix (17.6.09) Indiantreepix is No. 1 e-group in India! (11.7.09) Botanical names in Indian Treetreepix and Flowers of India databases (5.9.09) Combined suggestions on BSI/ZSI TF from Indiantreepix community (26.9.09) 1054 wishes … much more next season !! (15.10.09) Indiantreepix changes botanical procedure for me (22.11.09) Finally we are 1100!!! Indiantreepix crosses 25,000 messages (15.12.09) Final Report: BSI/ZSI Task Forces (9.12.09) 578 @ 2008 ~ 1127 @ 2009 ~ > 2250 @ 2010 (30.12.09) Indiantreepix is now called Efloraofindia (13.1.10) Efloraofindia Membership now at 1150 nos. (15.1.10) Efloraofindia membership crosses 1200 noumbers (16.3.10) 30,000 mark Efloraofindia crosses 3000 messages mark in May’10 (1.6.10) 4th Birthday wishes for Efloraofindia (18.6.10) Journey towards eFlora of India: Small steps (18.6.10) Efloraofindia’s journey through thousand’s (2.7.10) 1400 nos. now- adding 30 to 40 new members every month (3.10.10) Hurray!- 50,000 messages (12.10.10) Crossing 3500 messages in Oct’10 (1.11.10) Updated on January 12, 2025 Related Articles Dainik Bhaskar news on efloraofindia Combined suggestions on BSI/ZSI TF from Indiantreepix community Popularizing efloraofindia eFI website Target for January 2011 Interactions on Efloraofindia
