Society for Promotion of Horticulture (SPH) was started on 20th Sept 2005 at Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore with 16 patrons and 146 founder life members and it was registered on 21.01.2006 under Karnataka Societies
Registration Act, 1960
Society for promotion of Horticulture publishes peer reviewed scientific journal, ‘Journal of Horticultural Sciences’ (JHS) biannually since June 2006 focusing on articles, research papers and short communications of both basic and applied aspect of original research in all branches of horticulture and other cognate disciplines. To apprise the scientists and all those who are interested in horticulture about recent scientific advancement and extension findings is the journal’s goal.
The society organizes International and National conferences in horticulture sciences and had instituted Smt Annie Shikamany biennial award for the best research paper in the field of horticulture published in JHS, Student Travel Grant for presenting the papers in international conferences/symposia/workshops abroad and Dr. G. S. Randhawa Best Thesis award.
Particular | No. of Members |
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Patrons | 27 |
Founder Members | 146 |
Life Members | 702 |
Total no. of Members | 875 |
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