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Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, was established on 1st December, 1985 with the objective to promote education, research and extension education in the fields of Horticulture, Forestry and allied disciplines. Late Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the first Chief Minister and the architect of Himachal Pradesh perceived the importance of Horticulture and Forestry to develop and improve the State economy which led to the establishment of this University. Its history lies in erstwhile Himachal Agricultural College, Solan, established in 1962 and affiliated to the Panjab University. It became one of the campuses of Agriculture Complex of Himachal Pradesh University on its formation in 1970. Consequent upon the establishment of Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya in 1978, this campus became its Horticulture Complex and finally in 1985, assumed the status of a State University, being the only University in the country engaged exclusively in teaching, research and extension in Horticulture and Forestry. The University is located at Nauni in Solan District of Himachal Pradesh, 13 km from Solan on Solan-Rajgarh Road, at an elevation of 1300 metres above mean sea level. Solan town is situated on national highway (NH-22) and is well connected by train and bus services. The University has four constituent colleges, out of which, two are located at the main campus Nauni, one for horticulture and the other for forestry, having 9 and 7 departments, respectively. The third College i.e., College of Horticulture & Forestry is located at Neri in Hamirpur District on Nadaun-Hamirpur state highway, about 6 Km from Hamirpur town and is well connected with bus service. The college offers three Undergraduate Degree Programmes i.e. BSc (Hons.) Horticulture, BSc (Hons.) Forestry and B. Tech. Biotechnology and MSc degree programme in a few subjects. The fourth college i.e. College of Horticulture and Forestry, Thunag (Mandi) is located at Thunag District Mandi. This college offer BSc (Hons.) Horticulture and BSc (Hons.) Forestry degree programme. In addition, there are five Regional Research Stations, 12 Satellite Stations and five Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) situated in different zones of the State.

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    FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2019-07) NEHA; KATHURIA, KAPIL
    ABSTRACT HPTDC has played a vital role in the development of tourism in state. However, HPTDC was not able to continue the initial momentum and hence had run into losses. The present study is an attempt to analyze its financial performance. Secondary data was collected from annual reports of HPTDC. Itprovides insights into widely used financial tool ratio analysis. The objective of the note is to help the reader understand how these ratios should be used to analyze the financial position of a firm. The findings of the study reveal that current ratio & quick ratio are below standard form that is current ratio 0.949 & 0.931 is quick ratio which is below 2:1 and 1:1. The net profit of HPTDC was 1.919 in 2016 which is fluctuating every year. The poor financial performance and improper utilization of resources by Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation which is running into losses for past many years. It is suggested to control the cost of goods sold and operating expenses. HPTDC should try to match the amount of working with the sales trends. To strengthen the financial efficiency, long-term funds have to be used to finance core current assets and a part of temporary current assets.