Ideally integrated humble research (IIHR)

 Ideally   integrated humble  research (IIHR)

 

 By'

P.R.Ramachander

People  always talked  of farmers,

And  expressed  sorrow   that they  were poor

But  none  of them talked about Horticulturists

Because   they   always   thought  they were  rich

 

Income  from vegetable crops  varied from  very low to high

Income   of   Fruit crops  depended  on season of yield,

Income  from   flower  crops fluctuated due to cost  and season

And  medicinal  crops yielded nothing till  they became famous

 

The research   on these crops were   done  here  and there

And so there  was  a need to  pointed  investigations,

To increase  yields , protect them from pests   and diseases

Preserve  them  during off season and to generally modernize  their research

 

It took   twenty  years   for   the   great  country  India

To start a  centre  where  research on all  this was done

And it got started   near the great  lake  near Bangalore

But without  any  place for people    to sit and work

 

They   did  a search   for  a man to lead  and execute this dream ,

And  found  a great  Sardar Randawa  who started  to Run   and  do the  workRandhawa)

And  with a   great effort  , he found  a  place

That  was   in  the  upper  parts  of  the palace garden

 

The sardar  true   to his name  started    selection

Of a  great  team   who  will work   with dedication

And  to build  and equip  great  laboratories  ,

And also  choose   a  team for such  a job

 

He  found , Doctor   Chadha  to help  him  with fruit crops

Doctor  Premnath   to help  him   with  vegetable crops

Doctor  Negi for  flower  crops  , Doctor TRS  to  set up labs

Doctor   Sohi  and  Doctor Prasad  to  protect  all  the crops

 

Within a  few  years  the  land  given to them

Became  green with very  many  vegetable   crops,

Large  number  of tree crops  which   took time  to grow

And  the flower  crops  which stole     the mind  of visitors

 

New crop  divisions  , and new   lab   divisions  soon came

Doctor  Krishnan started   the  medicinal crop division

The labs  of  physiology and  Biochemstry to  investigate nature  of Crops

Post  harvest  division to  preserve    the   crops  harvested were  set  up.

 

These  doctors   who    ran   the  institute  felt,

That  the tree should have many  more branches

The divisions  of Extension  , division  of  Economics and statistics

The  division of agriculture  engineering  and Biotechnology  were  set up

 

Very  many  great  scientists   were  selected  and 

This  Great  Institution went  on  releasing ,

Sweet fruits  , tastey   vegetables  , pretty  flowers,

And Health preserving  medicinal    crops

 

Many  new   directors   who lead  the  institute  came

And   it was  known   all  over   the  world,

That this great centre  made  india self  sufficient  in horticultural crops

And  put in great  seeds   for export of  many crops   rather  than their import