Thanks Dr.Gautam for your kind help. I have received this mail from
Vasundhara ji in response.
regards
Pankaj Oudhia
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Dear Dr. Gautam,

Thanks for the immediate response. It will be a great pleasure to
have you here. Kindly let me know about your schedule to visit
Bareilly so that suitable arrangements can be made for your stay and
for the lectures and meetings as well. In our school we have a
multimedia room which can seat about 70 people. We have an LCD
projector in case you may need. I would highly appreciate if you
please write about how we are to go about the project in brief, so
that I will be sort of mentally prepared for the same.

Our school is located in the cantonment area therefore we have lots
of open area around with lots of wild growth and plenty of
Parthenium where actual demonstration can be given. We have Cassia
tora, Xanthium, Neem and Calotropis growing around which will help
you tell the students to identify the same.

Thanking you and with kind regards,

Yours sincerely,

( Vasundhara Wahal )
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--- In IPRNG@..., GAUTAM RAM DASS <gautamjul@y...>
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> Dear Vasundhara Wahal,
> I am glad to see your interest on biodiversity. I (R.D. Gautam,
Principal Scientist, IARI) can develop a program for you on
Parthenium suppression, where in your team can make use of the
Mexican beetle (Zygogramma bicolorata), which feeds exclusivesly on
this invasive weed. I can come for a week, deliver a lecture and
important literatue, and provide a substntial population of the
beetle for various activities depending on students/groups.These
beetles can be released in nature for their effectiveness and impact
studies. Besides, I would like your student/team to recognise some
of the plants having potential to suppress Parthenium. Although,
such studies require 2-3 months time we will plan in such a way that
students are able to prepare their projects in time based on several
activities.Expertise of your husband Dr Wahal can also be used while
developing the program. I would like to add that I will be in a
position to arrange my TA. Dr Wahal may arrange my stay in the
> IVRI guest house.
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> Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoudhia@g...> wrote:
> Dear Group Members,
> Please go through this message and guide her in school project.
> I am also writing and inviting to join our group.
>
> regards
> Pankaj Oudhia
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> Dear Dr.Oudhia,
>
> I am writing to you for the first time. I am Vasundhara Wahal from
> Bareilly , U.P teaching Biology to X, XI, and XII classes in Army
> school.
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> We have to submit a project on Biodiversity involving students in
> two groups as follows:
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> One group consisting of children between10-14 years and the other
> between 14 - 17 years of age.
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> I was just surfing through Google pages and hit upon your page
> informing about Parthenium . I got interested and wanted to talk
to
> you about this. The project is to be submitted before 31st of
> October 2006. I would appreciate if you could help me in this. It
is
> being organized by National Children's Science Congress. The topic
> is `Biodiversity'.The slogan is Nature - For Better Future.
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> The time is very short and the students will be busy in their
> studies, but still we would like to do something simple, original
> and not just glamorous but something substantial. Do you have
> something where children can help you in your endevour of fighting
> the war against Parthenium ? I was thinking of moving with the aim
> of making people aware of this problem including students from
> different schools and farmers. I would like to seek your opinion
in
> the matter. What do you think of it? Please let me know about your
> opinion in this matter and I would also appreciate if you could
> please guide me as to how to go about it. I would also request you
> to kindly guide me if any other problem can be undertaken that
> school students can undertake.
>
> Now let me tell you something more about myself. My husband Dr.
C.K.
> Wahal works as a Principal Scientist (Biochemistry) at Indian
> Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar (ICAR) and will be
retiring
> by the end of this month.
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> I shall be glad to provide any other information you may need.
Hope
> to receive an early reply.
>
> Thanking you and with kind regards,
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> ( Vasundhara Wahal )
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> Dr.P.Oudhia
> 28-A,Geeta Nagar,
> Raipur-492001
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