Office:
Orchid Conservation Section
Flora Conservation Department
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation
Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Residence:
36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun
Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
email: pku...@kbfg.org
sahani...@gmail.com
pankaj...@rediffmail.com
Agree with Pankaj Ji, Ankush you have good interest in Botany. During Training in Hisar Your Teacher Dr Divya Jain also told me about your interest in Subject. You have to work hard to get Admission in a good University for M.Sc. Botany like DU, PU etc and you will also need good percentage at B.Sc. Level. Our best wishes are with you
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes I agree with Usha mams words. Ankush should do what his heart
says. When I was studying, I think I am the only one of my whole
school batch chose botany. Please remember I am talking about around
over 400 students in one batch. But I remember collecting my first
orchid when I was may be standard 7 or so. At BSc also I had
opportunities for so called better subjects, but i refused and took
botany honors. During MSc every one thought that I will take taxonomy,
but by then I had already realised that there was no good taxo teacher
and I was satisfied with my abilities so I took genetics. Then for PhD
I worked on taxonomy, ecology, morphological development, flowering
phenology, ethnobotany.... I wanted to add more but my respected boss
asked me to leave something for others :))...
So the first point is to chose what your heart says
Second point is to put in all your abilities in your work. There
certainly will be a day when your work will speak for you and you dont
have to speak for your work.
Best wishes
Pankaj
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Balkar Singh <balka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Ankush Soon i will send you a Powerpoint Presentation showing
> all best opportunities related to you
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Rakesh: I only included you in this because you are an
educationist...
not to propagandize myself...
am learning botany/taxonomy right now..
anyway that plant used for itching is most likely cassia alata... may
not be cassia tora...
however I would not dare contradict mr Oudhia.. I prefer to keep my
hide.. :):) ..
I am not surprised the highly specialized physician did not know
anything about what to prescribe for skin itching... most villagers
are farmers... farmers get many varieties of contact and photo-
dermatitis...and small skin parasites.. cassia alata is only grown
as an exotic in USA ... and not as a herbal plant of wonderful
usage... and one has to go to local bot garden and dig in... but most
physicians have no time... poor things...
anyway ... I envy you sitting in Bandhavgarh today ... may be I'll
come next year...
Usha di
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From: Rakesh Biswas <rakesh...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: guidance for future
To: indiantreepix <indian...@googlegroups.com>
Thanks everyone for this very interesting thread on 'education.'
I am currently in Bandhavgarh with Satyendraji and Kay and we were just sitting in their tree and bird laden garden having this conversation on "the current problems in Indian Education" when i noticed this thread on 'how to build a career given the current resources in the "Indian System of Education."
Balkar ji's last line of advice to Ankush actually for me highlights an important 'problem' with Indian Education.
Getting a good percentage in BSc is unfortunately currently based on a student's rote memorization skills rather than his/her ability to engage emotionally with his/her subject of interest (correct me if i am wrong)?
I wonder what percentage of Indian students who could have done really good research with their critical thinking and discovery based learning abilities are unfortunately sidelined because of our current education system's fascination with a student's rote memorization skills which is essential to getting a good percentage?
:-)
regards,
rakesh
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rakesh-biswas/5/893/988
PS: Also copied in bcc to a few other Indian Educationists to build on this thread if possible. Thanks Usha di for the inspiring lines from Campbell. I am sure some of our medical students from Kolkata ( who i have copied in this email) would love to meet you in Kolkata and learn both medicine and botany from you. Satyendra ji was just relating a very interesting story about a US based Indian physician-surgeon who came to Bandhavgarh and set up a medical camp and to his utter dismay found that 80% of the villagers were just complaining of ' body itching' ( which was not within his area of expertise) and Satyendraji communicated this to Pankaj Oudhia ji (a group member here) who promptly suggested that the villagers should rub this herb ('cassia tora' if i remember correctly) which is anyway abundantly available in the region. The physician communicated 80% of the villagers to rub this herb for itching and when he came back from US a year later, Satyendra ji took him again to the villagers who thanked the doctor profusely for having suggested the herb as their most important problem (that of itching) had been taken care of. This could be an interesting illustration of how modern day education systems evolving through 'modern day communication' can cut across entrenched disciplines and traditions and possibly some day have the power to transform our field of education with a resultant improvement on human quality of life? :-)