Prof. KS Manilal honoured with the “Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau” award of the Netherlands.

[KP Rajesh]

Dear All
This is to share the joy of the greatest honour bestowed upon a Botanist!
Prof. KS Manilal was recently honoured with the “Officer of the Order
of Orange-Nassau” award (Dutch: Orde van Oranje-Nassau), of the
Netherlands. He is the first Asian and botanist selected for this
highest honour of the Netherlands. The Order is a chivalry order open
to "everyone who have earned special merits for society". These are
people who deserve appreciation and recognition from society for the
special way in which they have carried out their activities.
Prof. K S Manilal was nominated for this honour for his commendable
contributions on the monumental book Hortus Malabaricus published by
Hendrik van Rheede during 1678-1693 from Amsterdam. He translated this
12 volume Latin book to English and Malayalam, which took more than 30
years.
The honour was conferred on Prof. Manilal at a formal gathering held
at the Vasco da Gama hall of Taj Gate Way Hotel, Calicut on 1st May
2012 (the very next day after the National Day of the Netherlands), by
the Consul General in Mumbai of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ms.
Marijke A. van Drunen Littel.
The meeting was inaugurated by the Minister of the Government of
Kerala Dr. M.K.Muneer and addressed by senior academics such as Prof.
Dr. C.K. Ramachandran (Professor Emeritus, Modern Medicine, Calicut
Medical College), Prof. Dr. M.G.S. Narayanan (Director, Centre for
Heritage Studies, Kerala Government, Cochin & former Secretary, Indian
Council of Historical Research) and Dr. Indira Balachandran (Director,
Centre for Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants Research and Indigenous
Medicine, Kottakkal).
To mark the occasion a new showy Arundina orchid was named as A.
manilaliana by Dr. C. Sathish Kumar, noted orchidologist and a student
colleague of Prof. Manilal. The function was attended by a good
gathering of Prof. Manilal's friends who appreciate this unique
intangible heritage of Hortus Malabaricus shared by the Netherlands
and India.

Video Link
http://youtu.be/BMwAAWRRpWI


News coverage
http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=123212
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article3369010.ece?textsize=small&test=2

Some useful links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Orange-Nassau
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._S._Manilal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortus_Malabaricus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_van_Rheede

email: mani...@yahoo.co.uk

Let us congratulate Prof. Manilal

KP Rajesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

A matter of great pride for all Indians, especially Indian Botanists. Congrats Prof. Manilal

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[Dinesh Valke]

Yes, thoroughly great pride for all Indians.
Hearty congratulations to Prof. Manilal.

Regards.
Dinesh

[ushadi Micromini]

YES great instance of perseverance
Congratulations to Professor Manilal
usha di

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Usha di
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[Prashant Awale]

Great news. Hearty congratulations to Prof. K.S.  Manilal.
Thanks Rajesh ji for sharing this news.
Regards
Prashant

[Ritesh Kumar Choudhary]

Great news for all Indian plant taxonomists! Congratulations Mani sir!

Best regards,
Ritesh.

[Mahadeswara]

Great news.  Proud of Dr Manilal's achievement.

[jmgarg1]

Congrats to Prof. Manilal.

Let us hope we have many more such Indians in coming future.

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[Muthu Karthick]

Wow, great. Congratulations Sir.

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[Balkar Singh]

Many Many Congratulations to Prof Manilal Ji

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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[Nidhan Singh]

Heartfelt congrats to Prof. Manilal, hats off to the herculean task he undertook....

Thanks Dr. Rajesh for sharing this great news..

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Regards,

Dr. Nidhan Singh
Department of Botany
I.B. (PG) College
Panipat-132103 Haryana
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[mani nair]

Congratulations Manilal sir for this great achievement. Hope to see
many such achievements in the future also.
Mani