Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (Bengaluru)
India /
Karnataka /
Yelahanka /
Bengaluru /
Hesarghatta
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World / India / Karnataka / Bangalore Urban
horticulture, scientific research institute / centre
Indian Institute of Horticultural Research is located in Hesaraghatta village of the Bangalore Rural District.
The Indian Institute of Horticultural Research is a premier Institute conducting basic, strategic, anticipatory and applied research on various aspects of fruits, vegetable, ornamental, medicinal and aromatic plants and mushrooms. Popularly known as IIHR, Bangalore, the institute was the first horticultural Research Institute in the country established by the Indian Council of Agriculture Research on 5th September, 1967 at the Head quarters of New Delhi. Subsequently the institute was shifted to Bangalore in Karnataka at Hessaraghatta located 25 Kms away from Bangalore city by taking over the erstwhile existing National Horatorium of Govt. of Karnataka on 1st February 1968 with Dr. G.S. Randhawa as its founder Director.
The institute started functioning with skeletal staff of 50 scientific and technical staff on 24.7 ha land at Hessaraghatta with administrative office at Bangalore city. Later on the Government of Karnataka transferred 238 ha of land belonging to Ivarkandapura village just adjacent to the institute.
Dr. Amrik Singh Sidhu
Director
IIHR, Hessaraghatta lake post,
Bangalore-560 089.
E-mail director@iihr.ernet.in
web site : www.iihr.ernet.in
Phone: 080-28466353; 080-28466471
PABX : 28466420/21/22/23 Extn. 200
The Indian Institute of Horticultural Research is a premier Institute conducting basic, strategic, anticipatory and applied research on various aspects of fruits, vegetable, ornamental, medicinal and aromatic plants and mushrooms. Popularly known as IIHR, Bangalore, the institute was the first horticultural Research Institute in the country established by the Indian Council of Agriculture Research on 5th September, 1967 at the Head quarters of New Delhi. Subsequently the institute was shifted to Bangalore in Karnataka at Hessaraghatta located 25 Kms away from Bangalore city by taking over the erstwhile existing National Horatorium of Govt. of Karnataka on 1st February 1968 with Dr. G.S. Randhawa as its founder Director.
The institute started functioning with skeletal staff of 50 scientific and technical staff on 24.7 ha land at Hessaraghatta with administrative office at Bangalore city. Later on the Government of Karnataka transferred 238 ha of land belonging to Ivarkandapura village just adjacent to the institute.
Dr. Amrik Singh Sidhu
Director
IIHR, Hessaraghatta lake post,
Bangalore-560 089.
E-mail director@iihr.ernet.in
web site : www.iihr.ernet.in
Phone: 080-28466353; 080-28466471
PABX : 28466420/21/22/23 Extn. 200
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Horticultural_Research
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 13°8'12"N 77°29'45"E
- Indian Institute of Science 14 km
- Mannavannur Sheep Research Farm 323 km
- India-based Neutrino Observatory(INO) 354 km
- Alangad 359 km
- Research Center Imarat DRDO 472 km
- GMRT 760 km
- NISER 1173 km
- C.I.F.A - Fisheries Institute 1187 km
- Research Farm, Directorate of Groundnut Research 1195 km
- Central Rice Research Institute, CRRI, Cuttack, India 1212 km
- Aivarakhandapura Lake 0.5 km
- Coconut Farms 1.2 km
- Maddagirihalli, Hesaraghatta Hobli 1.4 km
- Green Heaven's Nest Layout 1.8 km
- CPDO- DUCK UNIT 2.1 km
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences 2.2 km
- C P D O 2.5 km
- Shivakote Lake 2.8 km
- Simhadri Layout 3.2 km
- Hessarghatta Lake 4.2 km
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