Society for Promotion of Horticulture

Society for Promotion of Horticulture (SPH) was started on 20th Sept 2005 at Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru was registered on 21.01.2006 under Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960

The society publishes peer reviewed scientific journal, ‘Journal of Horticultural Sciences’ (JHS) biannually since June 2006 focusing on articles, research papers and short communications of both basic and applied aspect of original research in all branches of horticulture and other cognate disciplines. The society organizes International and National conferences in horticulture sciences and had instituted Smt Annie Shikamany biennial award for the best research paper in the field of horticulture published in JHS, Student Travel Grant for presenting the papers in international conferences/symposia/workshops abroad and Dr. G. S. Randhawa Best Thesis award.