ABOUT THE COLLEGE :

The College of Horticulture, Chiplima is first of its kind in the state of Odisha located at Chiplima in the district of Sambalpur. It is the sister institute of College of Agriculture, Chiplima. The College was established during 2008 under the financial assistance from Western Odisha Development Council, Odisha with an intake capacity of 24 students. Two years after, the seat capacity increased to 48 students. The College has produced 190 nos. of graduates in 5 batches of both boys and girls and 4 batches (192) students are continuing their study.  Students of this college have proved their academic excellence in JRF Examinations. Besides these, the students of this college have brought glory by participating in the Inter University Sports and Cultural Events competition.

FACILITIES:

            Initially, the College was functioning in the building of college of Agriculture, Chiplima. Later on during 2014 it was shifted to its own building having 04 laboratories,        04 class rooms, 01 Seminar hall, 01 conference hall, 01 Internet lab, office room, Associate Dean’s chamber and 0 sitting rooms for faculties. The College is having a well spacious Examination Hall. Talented and dynamic faculty members are imparting teaching. The students are accommodated in 02 boys’ hostel and 02 girls’ hostel located inside the campus. The hostels are provided with 90 liter storage capacity water cooler cum- purifier and inverter facility for steady supply of power. The hostels are well secured by 24 hours watch and ward provision. There is library facility in the College both for the students and faculty members.

SELECTION OF ADMISSION:

            Selection of candidates for admission is through a strong competition by appearing at the OUAT UG Entrance Examination in which 50% marks is through entrance examination and rest 50% through Career (25% from HSC or equivalent and 25% from +2 Science or equivalent). The students in the age group of minimum 17 years having PCM/ PCB/PCBM/PCMB combination are eligible for entrance test. The students are also required to full-fil the desired physical and mental fitness duly declared by a Medical Officer not below the rank of Asst. Surgeon. Admission is granted based on rank card issued by the admission committee. The selected candidate is allotted with a Admission No. through which he/she is recognized. The selected candidate is required to deposit the admission fees and original documents while taking admission.

UNDER GRADUATE:

            Courses offered are the courses approved by the 4^th Deans Committee for B.Sc. (Hort.) Course. But form 2016-17 academic years, it is revised on the recommendation of the  5^th Deans Committee for uniformity in course programmes in all SAUs of the country with maximum 30% modification of syllabus depending upon local syllabus.

CURRICULUM:

            Degree offered is B.Sc. (Hort.) but now from current academic year it has been changed to B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture. Students are required to study 04 core- courses like Fruit science, Vegetable Science, Floriculture and Landscape, and Post Harvest Management along with other auxiliary courses like Agronomy, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Forestry, Plant Pathology, Plant Physiology, Nematology, Entomology, Extension Education, Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Agril. Economics, Agril. Biotechnology and Farm Machinery and power.

Courses under different disciplines are

DEPARTMENT:

              No department concept exists. However faculties have been posted in Fruit Science, Vegetable Science, Floriculture and Landscape, Post Harvest Management, Plant Pathology, Entomology and Agril. Economics.

RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT:

            One Net Work Project is going on i.e. All India Network Research Project on Onion and Garlic. Salient achievements are:

Varieties suitable for Kharif season in Odisha are:
             Red Onion: 

• Bhima Super, N-53, Agri Found Dark Red , Bhima Red, BhimaRaj ,  NRCRO-3, Arka Kalyan &  N-2-4-1 (Marketable bulb yield of 208 q/ha to 241.0 q/ha, while total bulb yield of 229 to 252 q/ha) and also tolerance to thrips and purple blotch.

       White Onion:

• NRCWO-1, NRCWO-2 (Bhima Sweta), NRCWO-3, NRCWO-4 (Marketable bulb yield of 205 q/ha to 223.0 q/ha, while total bulb yield of 248 to 276 q/ha).

Varieties suitable for Rabi season in Odisha are:

         Red Onion:

• Bhima Shakti, , Agri Found Light Red, Sel-126, VG-18, VG-19, NRCRO-4 & Arka Niketan (Marketable bulb yield of 200 q/ha to 248 q/ha, while total bulb yield of 262 to 337 q/ha).

       White Onion:

• Bhima Subhra, Agrifound white,NRCWO-3 (Marketable bulb yield of 194 q/ha, while total bulb yield of 249 q/ha).

Garlic Varieties suitable for Odisha
            Phule Basawant, G-189 & G-324 (45.37 to 48.21 q/ha).

Promising entries resistance to both thrips and foliar diseases (purple blotch) identified in Odisha condition are Phule Basawant & G-189.

• Broad based Furrow System (BBF) of planting with 2m width and convenient length beds are recommended for Kharif Onion. 
• . Transplanting of Rabi Onion should be completed within 1^st week of November, preferably to obtain higher bulb yield with lower incidence of disease and pests.
•  Install Micro Irrigation System (both Drip & Sprinkler) in Onion & Garlic for higher production of quality bulbs
• Integrated application of vermicompost @ 7.5 t/ha, bio-fertilizers along with fertilizer @ 110:40:60:40 kg NPKS/ha produced significantly bigger marketable bulb (86.51g) with highest total bulb yield of 263.59 q/ha in onion variety N-53.
• Integrated application of FYM @ 7.5 t/ha, Poultry manure @3.75 t/ha and bio-fertilizers along with fertilizer @ 75:40:40:40 kg NPKS/ha produced significantly bigger marketable bulb (17g) with highest total bulb yield of 58.35 q/ha in Garlic variety Agrifound White

. Sulphur recommendation for onion

Based on three years trial, application of Sulphur @ 30 kg/ha is recommended for onion crop where soils sulphur level is more than 15 kg/ha. Application of S @ 45 kg/ha recommended for onion crop where soils sulphur level is less than 15 kg/ha.  Elemental sulphur is recommended for Odisha,

• Spraying of Profenophos @ 1.0 ml/litre of water or Spinosad @ 0.25 ml/litre water along with sticker starting from 30 days after planting and subsequently at 15 days interval is recommended to control thrips infestation in Onion & Garlic.
• Alternate application insecticides (Profenofos @ 1.0 ml/litre) followed by fungicide (Mancozeb @ 0.25%) at 15 days intervals effectively reduced both thrips and purple blotch in Onion and Garlic.

Management of foliar disease

• Two sequential spray schedules of fungicide in combination with insecticide found to be effective for the management of foliar diseases of onion as follows:
• Mancozeb 0.25% +Methomyl 0.8g/L  at 30 DAT, Tricyclazole 0.1% + Carbosulfan 2ml/L  at 45DAT and  Hexaconazole 0.1% +Profenofos 1ml/L at 60DAT.
• Mancozeb 0.25% + Methomyl 0.8g/L  at 30 DAT, Propiconazole 0.1%+ Carbosulfan 2ml/L at 45 DAT and Copper oxychloride 0.25% + Profenofos 1ml/L at 60DAT

IPM Module for Thrips control: `

• Adoption of IPM module {Planting barrier crops –outer row of maize + inner row of wheat , 7-10 DAP of onion , Seedling root dip: Dip the seedlings (bottom 1/3rd) in carbosulfan (2ml/l) ,Whenever thrips cross ETL of 30 thrips/pla, spray - methomyl @ 240 g ai/ha or neem oil (3ml/l) + profenofos (0.5ml/l), or fipronil (1 ml/l), or neem (3ml/l) + carbosulfan (1ml/l)} not only reduces the thrips infestation (20.66 thrips/plant) but also increases the bulb yield (175.10q/ha) as against control (53.57 thrips/plant, yield of 142.80 q/ha) in onion with higher BC ratio(2.62) than M₂; the Farmers’ practice (2.19).

EVENTS INCLUDING CALENDAR:

      Besides the routine work as per the calendar other activities taken up under NSS programme and Students’ Union are:

1. Swachha Bharat Abhiyan.
2. Vana Mohastava.
3. Blood Donation Camp.
4. Community Clinic.
5. Annual Dramatic and Commemoration day.
6. Annual Sports.
8. Spiritual activities.

      SUPPROTING STAFF:

1. Teachers