College of Agriculture, Pantnagar
College of Agriculture · Department

Horticulture

Established 1961 — M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes in Fruit Science and Floriculture & Landscaping, developer of 22 fruit and one flower variety, with international collaborations.

The Department

About the Department

Department of Horticulture facilitates quality education, strengthen and improve the infrastructure for providing quality education by constantly improving the syllabi of undergraduate (UG) and post-graduate (PG) courses as per the guidelines of University and ICAR in horticulture particularly in Fruit Science and Floriculture. It generates technology for improving the production and productivity of crops which should be knowledge based, knowledge driven and farmer centric and provides assistance in planning and development of Horticulture technology and dissemination of the technology to farmers. It also coordinates and integrates the efforts for achieving excellence in Horticulture.

The Department of Horticulture came into existence in 1961 and M. Sc. Ag. in Horticulture programme was initiated in 1963. The Department of Horticulture is instrumental in imparting teaching, research and extension services since 1963-64 in different aspects of horticulture. Ph.D. programme in Horticulture was initiated in the year 1976 while P. G. programme in Floriculture and Landscaping have been started from the academic year 2000-01 and till date department has produced 320 M. Sc. and 125 Ph.D. students. The department is credited with development of 22 varieties in fruits and one in flower crops, development of technologies like high density orcharding, control of biennial bearing in mango, crop regulation in guava, use of growth regulators in pear, control of fruit cracking and post harvest management in litchi, and standardization of micropropagation.

Academics & Infrastructure

Programmes & Facilities

Degrees Offered (with seat breakup)
Laboratories
Equipments
Tissue Culture Laboratory
Tissue Culture Laboratory
Post-harvest Laboratory
Post-harvest Laboratory
Our people

Faculty

Each profile carries the faculty member’s qualifications, research interests and publications.

Dr. V.K. Rao
Dr. V.K. Rao
Professor & Head
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Dr. D.C. Dimri
Dr. D.C. Dimri
Professor (Retired)
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Dr. P.N. Rai
Dr. P.N. Rai
Professor
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Dr. B.D. Bhuj
Dr. B.D. Bhuj
Professor
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Dr. Ranjan K. Srivastava
Dr. Ranjan K. Srivastava
Professor
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Dr. A.K. Singh
Dr. A.K. Singh
Professor
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Dr. Omveer Singh
Dr. Omveer Singh
Professor
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Dr. V.P. Singh
Dr. V.P. Singh
Professor
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Dr. Ratna Rai
Dr. Ratna Rai
Professor
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Dr. Ajit Kumar
Dr. Ajit Kumar
Professor
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Dr. Satish Chand
Dr. Satish Chand
Professor
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Dr. Rajesh Kumar
Dr. Rajesh Kumar
Professor
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Dr. Navin Singh
Dr. Navin Singh
Senior Research Officer
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Dr. Pratibha
Dr. Pratibha
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Anju Pal
Dr. Anju Pal
Associate Professor
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Dr. Shweta Uniyal
Dr. Shweta Uniyal
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Rashmi Panwar
Dr. Rashmi Panwar
Assistant Professor
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Innovation

Research

Ongoing Research Projects in the Department
Faculty Awards / Honours

The competent faculty has been awarded with various awards like Rafi Ahmed Kidwai award, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award, Hari Om Ashram trust award, Jawahar Lal Nehru award, Dr. Rajendra Prasad award and the Best Citizens of India award.

Award NameAwardee Name
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai AwardDr. Sant Ram
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardDr. Sant Ram
Hari Om Ashram Trust AwardDr. Sant Ram
ICAR Team AwardDr. J.P. Tiwari
Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for outstanding PG ResearchDr. L.D. Bist
Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for outstanding PG ResearchDr. R.L. Arora
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Award for BookDr. Sant Ram
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Award for BookDr. K.K. Misra
The best citizens of India awardDr. K.K. Misra
Students

Student Information

PG student Information:
M.Sc. (Hort.) Fruit Science Batch: 2024-25
S.No.Name of StudentId. No.
1.MR. TANSHU CHAUDHARY
2.MR. MEHUL GIRI62037
3.MS. ARUSHI SHARMA62774
4.MS. RIYA THAPA62012
5.MS. SIMRAN DIWAKAR55790
6.MS. RAKSHA MAURYA62095
7.MS. KASHISH PANWAR62036
8.MR. MAYANK NEGI62060
9.MR. NAVNEET BHATT62065
10.MR. RAJEEV PATWAL62091
11.MS. ANJALI SHUKLA63127
M.Sc. (Hort.) Fruit Science Batch: 2025-26
S.No.Name of StudentId. No.
1.MR. HARSHIT PANDEY58119
2.MR. SHUBHANKAR NAUTIYAL63288
3.MS. SNEHA PRAJAPATI58336
4.MS. JGYASA PANT56811
5.MS. GARIMA TAMTA57788
6.MS. KALPANA KANDPAL58075
7.MS. KHUSHI BHARTI58150
8.MR. ADITYA64207
9.MR. AKHIL RUHELA54515
10.MS. BABEETA MEHRA57865
11.MR. SASANK PANDA64657
12.MR. ABHINAV KASHYAP64659
M.Sc. (Hort.) Floriculture & Landscaping Batch: 2024-25
S.No.Name of StudentId. No.
1.MR. AMANDEV PRAHLAD55780
2.MS. PRATIBHA BHATT62104
3.MR. UJJWAL JOSHI62062
4.MS. YANPENI KIKON63147
5.MS. SHANVI NEGI62889
M.Sc. (Hort.) Floriculture & Landscaping Batch: 2025-26
S.No.Name of StudentId. No.
1.MR. VIPUL ASWAL63333
2.MS. SOUMYA GHILDIYAL63352
3.MS. SNEHA ARYA57754
4.MS. RITIKA PALIWAL63586
5.MR. RISHABHA MISHRA64440
6.MS. DOLON GHOSH64527
Ph.D. student Information:
Ph.D. Fruit Science
S.No.Name of StudentId. No.
1.MR. NITIN PANWAR470052022-23
2.MS. KRISHNA597702022-23
3.MR. RISHABH RAJ597632022-23
4.MS. KIRTIKA SHARMA578952023-24
5.MS. PRERNA PRACHI608102023-24
6.MS. PRATHISTHA CHAUDHARY612222023-24
7.MS. DIKSHA JOSHI612212023-24
8.MS. NAMRATA GUPTA612342023-24
9.MS. POOJA PALARIYA628122024-25
10.MS. PRACHI PANT539302024-25
11.MS. SHWETA PANDEY631602024-25
12.MR. AADARSH PANDEY642542025-26
13.MS. YOGITA KABDAL642592025-26
14.MS. PURVIKA644632025-26
15.MS. RAJ SHREE600022025-26
Ph.D. Floriculture & Landscaping
S.No.Name of StudentId. No.
1.MS. JASPREET KAUR584742021-22
2.MS. NEHA DEVRANI593222022-23
3.MS. CHANCHAL TIWARI593102022-23
4.MS. POOJA FARTIYAL565242023-24
5.MS. HARSHITA BORA607712023-24
6.MS. PALLAVI BHARATI484452023-24
7.MR. SATYA PRAKASH RASHMI612292023-24
8.MS. KHUSHBOO VERMA612302023-24
9.MS. NIHARIKA BARTWAL631692024-25
10.MR. PRASHANT YADAV642562025-26
11.MS. RITIKA NABIYAL599072025-26
12.MS. SWATI644582025-26
13.MR. ANURAG SRIVASTAV645862025-26
14.MS. ANUVI ASWAL646852025-26
Global engagement

International Collaborations & MoUs

International Workshop on Automation in Horticulture Crop Production, April 2026
International Workshop on Automation in Horticulture Crop Production (April 01, 2026)
Crash course on Sensors and automation, March 2026
Crash course on Sensors and automation (March 9–27, 2026)
Department of Horticulture activity
Departmental activity
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