Wonderful transformation.

 DFR is back on rails with good vision & Dynamic leadership of Dr. Prasad. All the best.

Dr. V.A. Parthsarathy, RAC Chariman, Ex. Director, IISR

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I highly appreciate the progress of DFR under the leadership of Dr. Prasad.

 The new website launched and the master plan proposal will make a breakthrough in floriculture Research in India. I wish him and his team All The Best.

Dr. T. Manjunatha Rao, RAC Member, IIHR, Bengaluru

I am really impressed with the establishment of ICAR-DFR in Pune.

It will definitely help in development of new initiatives for farmers in commercial and value production for ornamentals in the country. I wish an overall development for the new establishments and future prospects. My best regards to Dr. Prasad.

Dr. G. P. RAO, Principal Scientist, Plant Pathology, IARI, New Delhi- 12

I really appreciate the sincere efforts putin by Dr. Prasad, Director DFR.

His vision & the efforts of his young & capable team of scientist. All my best wishes to them & all my support.

Mrs. Megha Borse, President FGAM & KVK, Malegaon

I wish them all the best

Today I visited two sites and the office of DFR. It’s a new institution which has got an enthusiastic director and a young team of scientist. They have to build this institution. I wish them all the best so that they could put thier all energy and dedicatedly work for raising institution. They are working as a team and congratulate them.

Dr. A.K. Singh, DDG, ICAR.

A young institute with all the making of becoming a national centre of excellence

Visited the institute and fields of DFR today and interacted with director of DFR. A young institute with all the making of becoming a national centre of excellence in floriculture research in the country and the across Asia. All the best to director Dr. K.V. Prasad and young scientist team.

Dr.Y.G Prasad, Director, ICAR-ATARI, Hyderabad.

I wish Dr. Prasad, Director DFR & his team all success & strength to achieve new heights

Got an opportunity to visit imperial section of IARI regional station Pune – now DFR and to meet an old IARI-colleague Dr. Prasad. I am sure that the facility under his leadership will elevate further and benefit stakeholders in a big way in years to come.

Dr. Ravinder Kaur, Director (Acting), IARI, New Delhi

Had opportunity to visit DFR.

Happy to see wonderful research and extension activities initiated and carried out by the dynamic Director Dr. K. V. Prasad and his dedicated team despite the limitations. I wish them very successful professional growth.

Dr. J. P. Sharma, Joint Director (Ext.), IARI, New Delhi

DFR has got a young visionary.

Wish all the staff and Director very best for a bright future of Floriculture.

Dr. Jyotsna Sharma, Director (Acting), NRC on Pomegranate, Solapur, Maharashtra

The progress made in such a short time is commanding.

The Director is visionary and the staff of DFR is very co-operative. This will definitely help to put DFR on the top of Floriculture map. I wish all the best to the staff of DFR & Director.

Dr. R.G. Somkuwar, Director (Acting), NRC Grapes, Pune

The development made in short time by team DFR is appreciable.

I congratulate Dr. Prasad Sir and his young team.

Dr. S.L. Chawla, Associate Professor (Floriculture), ACHF, Navsari Agricultural University, Gujarat

It is a nice feeling to see the activities of DFR which are organized by involving all the staff.

I wish the Directorate to blossoms into an institute very soon and contribute the development of Floriculture.

Dr. G. Venkateshwarlu, ADG (EQR), ICAR, New Delhi

It was wonderful to visit DFR and have interactions with scientist’s particularly young lady scientists.

DFR has great future and under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Prasad it will attain new heights. I wish all well for this institute. My best wishes to all scientists for their personal and professional growth.

Prof. Indra Mani, Head (Agri. Engg.), IARI

Visited DFR along with PG students of FLA , Vegetable Science and Breeding.

Dr. Safeena S A & Dr. Shilpashree K G explained activities of the Institute.

Dr. Chandrashekar, College of Horticulture, Mudigere-577132

Visited new campus of DFR in the campus of College of Agriculture, Pune.

Very happy to see the office and adjacent farm. There is large scope of Floriculture in the area. The Director, Dr. K.V. Prasad and his young group of scientists can do wonders if they put their heart and soul in developing farm and Institute. I wish great success.

Dr. Umesh Srivastava, Ex ADG (Horticulture), ICAR, New Delhi.

I am pleased to see the progress of DFR in term of infrastructure development initiatives taken in research programmes.

The institute is also taking initiatives in demonstration of technologies for farmers. I appreciate the leadership provided by Dr. K. V. Prasad, Director and also compliment all the staff for their sincere efforts. I wish excellent progress in coming years.

Dr. T. Janakiram, ADG (HS), ICAR, New Delhi-12.

Though the Directorate (DFR) is still at infancy but the work carried out by the young group is appreciable.

The development work of the Directorate is good and collection made of the planting material is in right direction. The young and enthusiastic team is also doing good work. I am impressed. I wish the Directorate a good success.

Dr. R. L. Misra, Retd. P. C. Floriculture, New Delhi.

The budding DFR has enormous potential.

Hope ICAR would provide required resources to harness the vast potential of floriculture in India by promoting soilless cultivation, vertical urban floriculture and areas of floriculture such as high way horticulture, honey production, health products, natural colours and others. Wish bright future for DFR.

Prof. Brahma Singh, Emeritus Scientist of DRDO, E-713, Mayur Vihar, Phase-2, Delhi.

As member of RAC visited DFR.

I am highly pleased to see the progress made by DFR, despite space constraint & other problems. All the scientists under the able guidance of Dr. Prasad doing excellent work. Keep it up.

Prof. Promila Pathak, Botany Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014

This Directorate is going in a right direction to achieve the objectives of the institution.

All the scientists are working hard and achieved excellent collection of germplasm, development of land, utilization of land. I hope the scientists will keep this intent and activity in a long way to serve the farmers.

Dr. B. Sathyanarayana Reddy, Ex Director of Education, University of Horticultural Science, Bagalkot, Karnataka