Horticulture college for women inaugurated

The first semester course of the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University Horticulture College and Research Institute for Women, announced by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, was inaugurated at the TNAU- Anbil Dharmalingam Agriculture College and Research Institute at Navalur Kuttapattu near here on Monday.

The buildings for the horticulture college would come up on a site this year for which the State government had allotted Rs. 10 crore. The Chief Minister laid the foundation for the college during her camp in Tiruchi last month. The college is to be constructed along with its fields for research on an area of about 45 acres.

T. N. Balamohan, Special Officer of the Horticulture College and Research Institute for Women, said that a total of 36 women students were admitted through single window counselling process at TNAU, Coimbatore, of whom 32 have joined the course on Monday, including eight students from other States selected by the Indian Council of Agriculture Research based on all-India entrance examination.