College of Horticulture Thenzawl


The College of Horticulture Thenzawl is one of the constituent colleges of the Central Agricultural University.[1] It is in Thenzawl in the state of Mizoram.

College of Horticulture Thenzawl
TypeCollege
Location
Vengthar Rd, Thenzawl
,
Mizoram
,
796186
,
India

23.302454°N 92.7576414°E / 23.302454; 92.7576414
CampusRural

History

Sharad Pawar, during his visit in 2011 had promised to set up a horticulture college in Mizoram.[2] The site was approved in July 2015.[3] The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh laid foundation stone of the College of Horticulture in 2016.[4]

Location

The college is located in Thenzawl, 91 km from Aizawl, the capital city of Mizoram, The campus is spread over 120.38 acres (0.4872 km2) of land.[5] It has students from the North Eastern Hill States including Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur.

See also

References
  1. "Central Agricultural University". CAU Imphal. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  2. "Horticulture college to come up in Mizoram". Assam Tribune. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. "HORTICULTURE COLLEGE THENZAWL-AH". Mizo Archive. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. "Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare laid foundation stone of the College of Horticulture, Thenzawl". DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  5. "Horticulture College hmun tur kawng lai mek". Vanglaini. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
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