Timeline Stories

UPASI formally established its Scientific Department in 1919.

In 1999, the UPASI Tea Scientific Department underwent a significant transformation with the establishment of the UPASI Tea Research Foundation (TRF) with Tea Board of India […]

The Durgadbetta centre, which initially functioned from an estate, was later relocated to TRF’s own building in 2002.

Establishment of the advisory centre at Durgadbetta (Chikmagalur, Karnataka) in 1987, which was later shifted to Koppa.

The advisory Centre at Gudalur (Nilgiri-Wayanad, Tamil Nadu) was established in 1980, after the relocating of the Experimental Station to Valparai.

Establishment of Advisory Centres in Coonoor (The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu) and Meppadi (Wayanad, Kerala) in 1971.

The first advisory centre commenced operations in Munnar (High Range) in 1968.

In 1964, a substation was established in Vandiperiyar (Kerala) specifically to serve the requirements of tea planters in Peermedu and Central Travancore.

UPASI acquired 63.3 hectares of land from the Government Cinchona Plantations in Valparai and construction of research laboratories and residential quarters began in 1961, but the […]

Dr. K.B.W. Jones, the Assistant Tea Scientific Officer was recruited in 1927.

Mr. Rudolph Anstead, a scientific officer under the Madras Presidency’s Agriculture Department, was appointed as the first Planting Expert to serve plantation districts.

Dr. W S Shaw becomes the first Tea Scientific Officer under UPASI Tea Scientific Department. Mr. D G Munro was elevated to the position of General […]