History

Central Institute of Horticulture was inaugurated in the year 2006 by our hon’ble Union Agriculture Minister, Govt. of India  Shri Sharad Pawar. With its headquarter in Medziphema, Nagaland, the institute was set up in an area of 43.5 ha with an ambitious objective of holistic development of Horticulture sector in the North East Region.  This Institute which is  one of its kind under the ministry of Agriculture , Govt. of India  is a young  institute with a big mandate and a great vision .

It started off as an institute with an OSD Mr L.S .Reddy, Deputy Comm., Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India taking care of the affairs of the Institute.  5 (five) technical consultants were appointed on contractual basis to carry out the various progam of the institute and Dr S.P. Ghosh was appointed as a chief consultant of the institute. The institute could take off and started its activities under the supervision of Horticulture  Commissioner, Dr M.L. Chaudhury. The office of the Institute was initially housed in one of the residential quarter of SASRD , NU a little far away from the institute complex  but now it is in a small 4 room  farm house within the CIH complex . After nearly 2 1/2years of its existence , finally Dr Akali Sema was selected as the Director on 30st july 2008 . The institute has 17 sanctioned posts to be filled up on deputation, however , till date , only one post  is filled up

About us

Recognizing the potential for development of horticulture in Northeast region, and in order to provide adequate institutional support to tap this potential, Government of India  set-up the “Central Institute of Horticulture” at Medziphema, Nagaland under the Central  Sector Scheme in the year 2006 and on 27th March, it was inaugurated by Hon’ble  Union Minister of Agriculture Shri. Sharad Pawar.The institute provides technical support  on different aspects of horticulture for the holistic development in the North East Region.

The main focus of the institute is refinement/demonstration of identified technologies specific for the region; production and supply of quality seed and planting materials of   improved/high yielding varieties, training and capacity building of State Hort. department officials and field functionaries on different aspects of horticulture.Promotion of organic farming, agri. business promotion and market linkages, coordination with state horti. department of NER and other national institute of horticulture and monitoring and evaluation of central horti. schemes in NER.

The institute has an area of 43.50 ha at Medziphema, under Dimapur district, Nagaland located near to the national highway 29 between the commercial city of the state ie. Dimapur (31 km away) and the state capital, Kohima (35 km away).

The Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH) is headed by Director under the supervision of Horticulture Commissioner, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of   Agriculture, Government of India, New Delhi. It has completed five years in the service of the Horticulture development of the North East region of India.