The National Plant Protection Training Institute (NPPTI) was
established in 1966 for Human Resource Development in Plant
Protection Technology under the Directorate of Plant Protection, to
create qualified pest management personnel in adequate numbers both
in the Central Government and in the Departments of Agriculture of
States/Union Territories (UTs) to impart training to farmers. The
Institute has been entrusted with the responsibility of organizing
both long and short duration training courses for Human Resource
Development on different aspects of Plant Protection. The activities
of the Institute got a fillip in 1974, when international support
from United Nations under a UNDP project with a financial assistance
of $1.3 million was received from the year 1974 to 1980 to develop
the Institute for providing more effective training programmes. Over
the years the Institute has been recognized as a Regional Training
Center for Plant Protection by the FAO of the United Nations and also
as a Center of Excellence for Training in Plant Protection Technology
under the World Bank aided National Agricultural Extension Project -
III. NPPTI was one of the components of the ongoing scheme,
"Strengthening and Modernization of Pest Management Approach in the
Country", which is continuing in the XI Five Year Plan.
In order to bestow greater functional flexibility, and broader reach
in delivery against the emerging challenges in the field of Plant
Health Management, a very crucial area for enhancing our country's
agricultural production, the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation
of the Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India had taken a decision
for transforming this Institute into an autonomous body vide
resolution F. No. 20-62/2007-PP I dated 13th October, 2008.
REGISTRATION OF NIPHM
Consequently, the Institute has been registered as an Autonomous
Society under the Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India, in the
Office of the Registrar of Societies, Rangareddy District, Hyderabad,
Andhra Pradesh on 24th October, 2008 under the name, National
Institute of Plant Health Management with Registration No. 1444
of 2008 under the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001
(Act No.35 of 2001).
