Indian Society of Hill Agriculture with its headquarters at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Hill Campus, Ranichauri, Distt Tehri-Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India is a registered society under Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Registration No. GTG 627 dated May 25th, 2010), and has participation and representation of all hill regions of the country including Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, North-Eastern Hill region, Nilgiri Hills etc.

Governmental organization

The Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), Calicut a constituent body of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is a major Institute devoted to research on spices. In 1976, it started as a Regional Station of the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Kasaragod engaged in research on spices. A National Research Centre for Spices was established in 1986 with its headquarters at Calicut, Kerala by merging the erstwhile Regional Station of CPCRI at Calicut and Cardamom Research Centre at Appangala, Karnataka.