Horticulture and Post Harvest Technology

From inception during 1989, the department was known as Department of Crop Improvement, Horticulture and Agricultural Botany (CIHAB) comprising of three distinct disciplines viz. Genetics & Plant Breeding, Horticulture and Agricultural Botany. The Department of Horticulture and Post-Harvest Technology has been started functioning as an independent department after a split of the composite Department CIHAB in 2016 (Office Order Memo No.: Estab./E-I/AOH&IC/2016-17, dated 30.09.2016). The department is offering various courses of B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture, P. G. Programme in Horticulture and Ph.D. programme. It is noteworthy that the P. G. Programme in Horticulture was started from the academic session of 1997-98 under the composite department CIHAB. At present, M.Sc. (Ag.) in Horticulture and Ph. D. in Horticulture Degree is offered from this new Department of Horticulture and Post-Harvest Technology.