Establishment

1. Name of the Research station Horticultural Research Station

Kodaikanal

2. Location with Altitude, Latitude and Longitude 10.2o N latitude

77.5 o E longitude

2300 m above mean sea level

3. Date of start  of  the station ( Copy of Government /University order to be enclosed) Established as Apple Research Station in 1961

Renamed as Horticultural Research Station in 1971

 

4. Name and Designation of the Professor & Head Dr.I.Muthuvel

Associate Professor & Head

5. Total area of the station

(Details with survey numbers to be enclosed in Annexure )

Total area of the farm 18.36 ha

Area under building and structure 3.86 ha

Area under cultivation 14.50 ha