Urban Horticulture Development Centre, Chennai

Urban Horticulture Development Centre, Chennai
Urban Horticulture Development Centre was established at Chennai to serve as an information center for hi-tech horticulture technology and conduct training programs at chennai.		Dr.C.Ramasamy, Vice Chancellor Inaugurates Training Program at UHDC
Year of establishment	2000
Objectives	to serve as an information centre for hi-tech horticulture technology to develop a hi-tech horticulture nursery, supply of quality plant material, tissue culture plants, seeds of vegetables, flowers and herbs, ornamental plants, tree seedlings etc. to impart training programmes on hi-tech horticulture to urban entrepreneurs, unemployed graduates, students, NGOs, corporates, house wives etc. to inculcate knowledge on development of horti-ecological parks, avenues, greenery, theme parks, botanical gardens, herbal parks, landscaping etc. to reduce pollution and ecological hazards in the city formulation of hi-tech horticultural projects, providing technological assistance to new entrepreneurs for promoting the horticulture industry providing consultancy on landscaping, terrace garden, herbal and aromatic garden, production of edible mushroom, floral arrangement, dry flower production, establishment of fruit processing plant, vegetable dehydration units, essential oil extraction units, phytochemical extraction unit, preparation of eco-friendly biocompost, biofertilizers, stablishment of hi-tech floricultural units under controlled conditions to create a database on horticultural market information system	Training School children
Current activities
a. Hi-tech nursery	Elite horticultural plant material have been made available for sales through the hi-tech nursery. Seeds of improved varieties of vegetables, flowers, spices, medicinal and aromatic plants are now being sold through the counter.
b. Plant Advisory Cell	Problems oriented in horticulture are now attended and solutions are offered.
c. Training	Monthly training schedule has been developed for imparting training various subjects as listed.
Future programmes	Establishment of an extension counter with TNAU publications viz., News letter, Valarum Velanmai, books, bulletins, annual reports etc. Production and distribution of bio-manures like Azospirillum, Phosphobacteria, VAM enriched compost, micro nutrient enriched manures for horticultural crops, balanced nutrient mixtures for Dendrobium, Anthurium and other high value crops Establishment of Mobile Plant Clinic for attending horticultural problems of the city for offering on the spot solutions/ recommendations Establishment of Hi-Tech Horticulture Project Formulation Cell for preparation of new projects for enthusiastic horticultural entrepreneurs for approaching financial assistance from banks, NHB, NABARD, etc. Association with house/ office/ flat construction architects in preparation of appropriate Model Plans for the urban and suburban city extension areas for laying landscape, avenues, home gardens, greenery park, theme parks, public gardens etc in a scientific way
Address	Urban Horticulture Development Center Tamil Nadu Agricultural University New No.9, Ramanathan Street Kilpauk, Chennai- 600 010 Phone/ Fax : 044- 26443551 e.mail : chennai@tnau.ac.in

TRAINING PROGRAMMES AT UHDC, TNAU, CHENNAI

S.No.	Name of the training
1	Landscape Gardening
2	Indoor Plants Care
3	Flower Arrangements
4	Kitchen Gardening and Vegetable growing
5	Roof Gardening
6	Bonsai Making
7	Dry flower production & Arrangements
8	Kitchen Gardening with Herbal plants
9	Orchard Establishment
10	Medicinal Plants Production & Marketing
11	Organic production of Fruits and Vegetables
12	Fruit & Vegetable preservation
13	Cookery
14	Preparation of Spicy Products
15	Preparation of Sweets and Savories
16	Herbal Cookery
17	Entrepreneur Development Training
18	Vocational Training for School Children
19	Edible mushrooms
20	Vermiculture and Vermicomposting
21	Jatropha Cultivation

Training Programmes conducted at UHDC Chennai From January 2003 to October 2003
Sl. No	Date	Topic	Trainer (s)	No. of Participants
1.	8.1.2003	Edible Mushrooms	Dr. A.S.Krishnamoorthy	26
2.	14.2.2003	Fruits and Vegetable Preservation	Dr.P.Santhi	27
3.	22.2.2003	Fruits and Vegetable Preservation	Dr.P.Santhi	15
4.	26.2.2003	Fruits and Vegetable Preservation	Dr.P.Santhi	22
5.	28.2.2003	Edible Mushrooms	Dr. A.S.Krishnamoorthy	9
6.	5.3.2003	Fruits and Vegetable Preservation	Dr.P.Santhi	22
7.	18.3.2003	Herbal Plants Production and Marketing	Dr. K. Rajamani & Dr. K. Maniyan	53
8.	27.3.2003	Fruits and Vegetable Preservation	Dr.P.Santhi	43
9.	3.4.2003	Medicinal Plants Production & Marketing	Dr. Maniyan & Dr.K.Rajamani	50
10.	10.4.2003.	Fruits and Vegetable Preservation	Dr.P.Santhi	41
11.	17.4.2003	Medicinal Plants Production and Marketing	Dr. Maniyan Dr. K. Rajamani	20
12.	18.4.2003	Medicinal Plants Production and Marketing	Dr. Maniyan & Dr. K. Rajamani	46
13.	23.4.2003	Fruits and Vegetable Preservation	Dr.P.Santhi	19
14.	5.5.2003 to 9.5.2003	Vocational Training for School Children	Dr.P.Santhi	10
15.	14.5.2003	Flower Arrangement	Dr.D.Keisar Lourdusamy & Mrs. Manonmani Pujara	22
16.	21.5.2003	Landscape gardening	Dr. D.Keisar Lourdusamy	31
17.	6.6.2003	Edible Mushrooms	Dr. A.S.Krishnamoorthy	23
18.	12.6.2003 and 13.6.03	Entrepreneur Development Programme	Dr.P.Santhi	25
19.	4.7.2003	Edible Mushrooms	Dr. A.S.Krishnamoorthy	63
20.	10.7.03	Preparation of Spicy Products	Dr.P.Santhi	60
21.	24.7.2003	Edible Mushrooms	Dr. A.S.Krishnamoorthy	37
22.	31.7.2003	Herbal Plants Production and Marketing	Dr. K. Rajamani	67
23.	7.8.2003	Preparation of Spicy Products	Dr. P. Santhi	61
24	8.8.2003	Preparation of Spicy Products	Dr. P. Santhi	34
25.	21.8.2003	Kitchen gardening and Vegetable growing	Dr. Ashok Metha & Dr. D.Keisar Lourdusamy	33
26.	27.8.2003	Vermicomposting	Dr. M.Maheswari	85
27.	6.9.2003	Cookery	Dr. P. Santhi	31
28.	9.9.2003	Cookery	Dr. P. Santhi	30
29.	12.9.2003	Roof Gardening	Dr. P. Jansi Rani and Dr. Veena Amarnath	34
30.	25.9.2003	Orchard Establishment	Dr. T.N. Balamohan	37
31	03.10.03	Indoor plants care and maintenance	Dr. D.Keisar Lourdusamy	30
32.	6.10.2003	Fruits and Vegeetable Preservation	Dr. P.Santhi	18
33.	10.10.2003	Sweets and Savories Preparation	Dr. P. Santhi	23
34.	17.10.2003	Edible Mushrooms	Dr. M. Devanathan	46
35	29.10.2003	Landscaping House Compounds	Dr. D.Keisar Lourdusamy

7. Staff at UHDC, Chennai

S.No	Name of the staff	Designation

1	Dr.P.Santhi Ph.D. (Home Science)	Assistant Professor and Head
2	Dr. D.Keisar Lourdusamy Ph.D. (Horticulture)	Research Associate