User:P.Chitralekha


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= My profile =

I am P.Chitralekha from Delhi, India. I teach botany to undergraduate students. I am passionately interested in plant science. My primary interest has always been in research of fundamental aspects of plant biology but after teaching botany for 15 years I realize that I can teach well too. This is one of the reasons for my joining Wikieducator workshop, to get tips to be a better teacher.

Professional background
After my doctoral research work I worked as a research associate for sometime before joining as lecturer in an undergraduate college in University of Delhi. I have developed course content for Life Sciences course in Indira Gandhi Open University, Delhi, india.

Education
B.Sc.(H), M.Sc. M.Phil. Ph.D. in Botany. Certificate and diploma in German language

Professional
I am very interested in research and teaching anything that has to do with plants.

Personal
I collect stamps, coins and information on interesting facts/events, read books.

My wiki projects
I registered for eL4C41, a Learning4Content workshop to learn wiki skills

My Favourite Quotes

 * "God is not a person. God is an eternal principle. That is why I say that truth is God."

Mahatma Gandhi


 * Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


 * Being true to ones own self comes above the need to be nice and contrariwise, being nice need not mean being untrue to oneself.
 * Never apologise; the good sort do not need it and the bad ones would take a mean advantage of it.

P.G.Wodehouse


 * One needs a lot of tact to get people to forgive one ones generosity.

Feedback and notes from my WikiNeighbours

 * Dear Chitralekha, Can you share with us your experiences on what was most beneficial to you on learning wiki skills? --R C Sharma, PhD 14:30, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I have been struggling a little but Dr. Gita Mathur has been helping me. Once her patience gives out I will begin to trouble you.--P.Chitralekha 05:26, 1 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Chitralekha, here is a suggestion for your Learning Contract project. Please visit this page &amp; see if you would kine to add content here: BotanyTechnicalTerms Click on 'A' and see the format.--Dr. Gita Mathur 08:44, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Geetaji. I would love to work on the 'Botany technical terms' project with you. I probably will take some time to work through the tutorials.--P.Chitralekha 13:38, 31 July 2010 (UTC)P.C 06:28, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. You and Geetaji have been my inspiration.--P.Chitralekha 06:32, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much.--Monica R 06:37, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

My Sandbox
My sandbox