I was thinking today that I should start acknowledging my family and friends who have contributed towards my PhD, lest I forget to mention those who truly count. In fact by joining Ph.D, I have realised the importance of teamwork and coordination, as for one man alone it is very difficult to achieve this uphill task. Though in official acknowledgement family is mentioned in last, but here I would like to place my family first here. Anshu, My wife, is wonderful companion and it is because of her continuous support and encouragement that I am here. She is managing two houses with great skill and effort. Pankhuri , my elder daughter misses me very much but she puts a brave face. Medha, my younger daughter does not have idea of time yet but keep asking me that when we will be together. Dr. K. L Sapra, My father in law and Shanta Sapra , My mother in law keeps me free of worries regarding my children and home. Contribution by my family is so huge that I can right treatise on it but I will keep short here so that it does not become very boring for reader.
Among my friends, I will like to first acknowledge, Dr. Rajan Aggarwal , who instigated me to do Ph.D. He encourages me to complete Ph.D in time and provides technical as well as moral support. Madam Samanpreet, helps me with technical papers, data without which it would have been difficult make progress in research work.
Then there are other friends who have put in effort to send journal papers and book from various parts of the world. Taranjit Singh, a batch mate from Thapar, sent 150 scanned pages from USA. If you ever scanned one page you know amount of time it must have taken besides procuring and returning the book from library. Sanjay Kaushal, an IIT course mate, sent 100 Photographs from a book when he was in Germany. Gurpreet Bala , one of my best friends and batch mate from Thapar, presently settled in Canada kept sending research papers as and when need arises. My students, Amit Sharma and Jaspal Lamba, presently in USA sent research papers as per my requirements.
Varios persons are guiding me by sharing expertise in their field by helping me to acquire data . Dr. Bijay Singh, National Professor at PAU,Ludhiana Dr. PK Sharma, Director Punjab remote sensing, Mr. Pawan Bansal , Directorate of water resources, Chandigarh and Dr. Joginder Singh , Deputy director Animal Husbandry, Ludhiana are prominent among them.
Then in IIT, my co-students Raktim, Maheswaran, Sudhir helps me Daily in my day to day work. Without them how would I have made progress, I do not know. Did I mention about my guides, presently they are keeping me on my toes. Previously unknown persons have also helped in acquiring data from various agencies.
Of course, financial Support of PAU, Ludhiana and QIP program of AICTE, Delhi was prerequisite to venture into PhD study
I will keep on updating this acknowledgment as and when I find time.
Ashwani Soni
Dated 9-10-2010
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