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	'''Manmohan Attavar''' ( 12 July 1932 - 12 December 2017) was an Indian horticulturist, plant breeder, writer and the founder of Indo American Hybrid Seeds (IAHS)~~, an organization engaged in scientific plant breeding and horticulture~~.<ref name="Genetic Resources and Seed Enterprises: Management and Policies">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ziSukXKhYSYC&q=Manmohan+Attavar&pg=PA335 \| title=Genetic Resources and Seed Enterprises: Management and Policies \| publisher=New India Publishing \|author1=Hari Har Ram \|author2=Rakesh Yadav \| year=2007 \| pages=335 of 984 \| isbn=9788189422653}}</ref> He ~~founded the enterprise in 1965 and~~ the ~~organization, headquartered in~~ [[~~Bengaluru~~]], has grown to include 9 regional centres across India.<ref name="INTRODUCTION TO PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjKe8ahRDhcC&q=Manmohan+Attavar%3B&pg=PA258 \| title=INTRODUCTION TO PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE \| publisher=PHI Learning \| author=Sunil D. Purohit \| year=2012 \| pages=258 of 324 \| isbn=9788120346772}}</ref> He has served as a member of the ~~Scientific Advisory Committee of~~ the ~~[[Ministry~~ of ~~Commerce (~~India~~)\|Ministry of Commerce]] and~~ the ~~Federation~~ of ~~International Seedsmen, Switzerland and has been a director of the National Horticultural Board~~.<ref name="~~Managing Director - Indo - American Hybrid Seeds~~">{{cite web \| url=http://~~www~~.~~bangalorebest~~.~~com~~/~~discoverbangalore~~/~~bazaarbuzz~~/~~brandpersonality1.php \| title=Managing Director~~ - ~~Indo~~ - ~~American Hybrid Seeds~~ \| ~~publisher=Bangalore Best \| date=2015 \| access~~-~~date~~=~~October 24, 2015~~ \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/~~20160624150828~~/http://~~www~~.~~bangalorebest~~.~~com~~/~~discoverbangalore~~/~~bazaarbuzz~~/~~brandpersonality1~~.~~php~~ \| archive-date=~~24 June 2016 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> He has co-authored a book~~, ~~''Floriculture : technology, trades, and trends'', which was published by Oxford and IBH Publishing House in 1994.<ref name="Floriculture : technology, trades, and trends">{{cite book~~ \| ~~url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/floriculture~~-~~technology-trades-and-trends/oclc/30361863 \| title~~=~~Floriculture : technology~~, ~~trades, and trends~~ \| publisher=~~Oxford & IBH Pub. Co \|author1=J Prakash \|author2=K R Bhandary \|author3=Manmohan Attavar \| year=1994 \| pages=667 \| isbn=9788120408203\| oclc=30361863~~ }}</ref>		'''Manmohan Attavar''' ( 12 July 1932 - 12 December 2017) was an Indian horticulturist, plant breeder, writer and the founder of Indo American Hybrid Seeds (IAHS). He received the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India in 1998 for his contributions to the field of Horticulture.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|date=2015 \|title=Padma Awards \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=October 15, 2015 \|access-date=July 21, 2015 \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref>

	~~Attavar is a recipient of several awards such as Dr. M. H. Marigowda National Award~~, ~~APEDA Award, Golden Jubilee International Award of the International Chrysanthemum Society, California~~ and ~~ISF Award~~.{{~~citation needed~~\|~~date~~=~~February 2020~~}} ~~The Government of Karnataka awarded him~~ the [[~~Rajyotsava Prashasthi~~]] ~~in 1991~~.<ref name="~~Genetic Resources and Seed Enterprises~~: ~~Management and Policies"~~ /> He ~~received~~ the [[~~Padma Shri~~]], ~~the fourth highest civilian award from the Government~~ of ~~India in 1998 for his contributions to~~ the ~~field of Horticulture~~.<ref name="~~Padma Awards~~">{{cite web\|url=http://~~mha~~.~~nic~~.in/~~sites~~/~~upload_files~~/~~mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013~~.~~pdf~~ \|title=~~Padma Awards~~ \|publisher=~~Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India~~ \|date=2015 \|access-date=~~July 21~~, 2015 ~~\|url-status=dead~~ \|archive-url=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6U68ulwpb?url=~~http://~~mha~~.~~nic~~.~~in/sites/upload_files~~/~~mha~~/~~files~~/~~LST-PDAWD-2013~~.~~pdf~~ \|archive-date=~~November 15~~, ~~2014~~ }}</ref>		== Work ==
			He founded an organization IAHS, engaged in scientific plant breeding and horticulture.<ref name="Genetic Resources and Seed Enterprises: Management and Policies">{{cite book \|author1=Hari Har Ram \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ziSukXKhYSYC&q=Manmohan+Attavar&pg=PA335 \|title=Genetic Resources and Seed Enterprises: Management and Policies \|author2=Rakesh Yadav \|publisher=New India Publishing \|year=2007 \|isbn=9788189422653 \|pages=335 of 984}}</ref> and also the enterprise in 1965 and the organization, headquartered in [[Bengaluru]], has grown to include 9 regional centres across India.<ref name="INTRODUCTION TO PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjKe8ahRDhcC&q=Manmohan+Attavar%3B&pg=PA258 \| title=INTRODUCTION TO PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE \| publisher=PHI Learning \| author=Sunil D. Purohit \| year=2012 \| pages=258 of 324 \| isbn=9788120346772}}</ref> He has served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the [[Ministry of Commerce (India)\|Ministry of Commerce]] and the Federation of International Seedsmen, Switzerland and has been a director of the National Horticultural Board.<ref name="Managing Director - Indo - American Hybrid Seeds">{{cite web \| url=http://www.bangalorebest.com/discoverbangalore/bazaarbuzz/brandpersonality1.php \| title=Managing Director - Indo - American Hybrid Seeds \| publisher=Bangalore Best \| date=2015 \| access-date=October 24, 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624150828/http://www.bangalorebest.com/discoverbangalore/bazaarbuzz/brandpersonality1.php \| archive-date=24 June 2016 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> He has co-authored a book, ''Floriculture: technology, trades, and trends'', which was published by Oxford and IBH Publishing House in 1994.<ref name="Floriculture : technology, trades, and trends">{{cite book \| title=Floriculture : technology, trades, and trends \| publisher=Oxford & IBH Pub. Co \|author1=J Prakash \|author2=K R Bhandary \|author3=Manmohan Attavar \| year=1994 \| pages=667 \| isbn=9788120408203\| oclc=30361863 }}</ref>

	Attavar was married to Mamtha who has since died, leaving him with their two children.<ref name="Managing Director - Indo - American Hybrid Seeds" /> Subsequent to her death, he donated a women's theatre block to ''CSI Lombard Memorial Hospital'', Udupi and the hospital has named the facility as ''Martha Mamatha Attavar Memorial Block''.<ref name="Newly-Built Ladies Theatre Block to be Launched at CSI Lombard Memorial Hospital">{{cite web \| url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/printer.asp?nid=101893 \| title=Newly-Built Ladies Theatre Block to be Launched at CSI Lombard Memorial Hospital \| publisher=Daiji World \| date=13 May 2011 \| access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref>		== Awards ==
			He received the Padma Shri in 1998 from the government of India. Attavar is a recipient of several awards such as Dr. M. H. Marigowda National Award, APEDA Award, Golden Jubilee International Award of the International Chrysanthemum Society, California and ISF Award.{{citation needed\|date=February 2020}} The Government of Karnataka awarded him the [[Rajyotsava Prashasthi]] in 1991.<ref name="Genetic Resources and Seed Enterprises: Management and Policies" />

			== Personal life ==
			Attavar was married to Mamtha who has since died, leaving him with their two children.<ref name="Managing Director - Indo - American Hybrid Seeds" />

			Subsequent to her death, he donated a women's theatre block to ''CSI Lombard Memorial Hospital'', Udupi and the hospital has named the facility as ''Martha Mamatha Attavar Memorial Block''.<ref name="Newly-Built Ladies Theatre Block to be Launched at CSI Lombard Memorial Hospital">{{cite web \| url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/printer.asp?nid=101893 \| title=Newly-Built Ladies Theatre Block to be Launched at CSI Lombard Memorial Hospital \| publisher=Daiji World \| date=13 May 2011 \| access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref>

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'''Manmohan Attavar''' ( 12 July 1932 - 12 December 2017) was an Indian horticulturist, plant breeder, writer and the founder of Indo American Hybrid Seeds (IAHS), an organization engaged in scientific plant breeding and horticulture.<ref name="Genetic Resources and Seed Enterprises: Management and Policies">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ziSukXKhYSYC&q=Manmohan+Attavar&pg=PA335 | title=Genetic Resources and Seed Enterprises: Management and Policies | publisher=New India Publishing |author1=Hari Har Ram |author2=Rakesh Yadav | year=2007 | pages=335 of 984 | isbn=9788189422653}}</ref> He founded the enterprise in 1965 and the organization, headquartered in [[Bengaluru]], has grown to include 9 regional centres across India.<ref name="INTRODUCTION TO PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjKe8ahRDhcC&q=Manmohan+Attavar%3B&pg=PA258 | title=INTRODUCTION TO PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE | publisher=PHI Learning | author=Sunil D. Purohit | year=2012 | pages=258 of 324 | isbn=9788120346772}}</ref> He has served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the [[Ministry of Commerce (India)|Ministry of Commerce]] and the Federation of International Seedsmen, Switzerland and has been a director of the National Horticultural Board.<ref name="Managing Director - Indo - American Hybrid Seeds">{{cite web | url=http://www.bangalorebest.com/discoverbangalore/bazaarbuzz/brandpersonality1.php | title=Managing Director - Indo - American Hybrid Seeds | publisher=Bangalore Best | date=2015 | access-date=October 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624150828/http://www.bangalorebest.com/discoverbangalore/bazaarbuzz/brandpersonality1.php | archive-date=24 June 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He has co-authored a book, ''Floriculture : technology, trades, and trends'', which was published by Oxford and IBH Publishing House in 1994.<ref name="Floriculture : technology, trades, and trends">{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/floriculture-technology-trades-and-trends/oclc/30361863 | title=Floriculture : technology, trades, and trends | publisher=Oxford & IBH Pub. Co |author1=J Prakash |author2=K R Bhandary |author3=Manmohan Attavar | year=1994 | pages=667 | isbn=9788120408203| oclc=30361863 }}</ref>

Attavar is a recipient of several awards such as Dr. M. H. Marigowda National Award, APEDA Award, Golden Jubilee International Award of the International Chrysanthemum Society, California and ISF Award.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} The Government of Karnataka awarded him the [[Rajyotsava Prashasthi]] in 1991.<ref name="Genetic Resources and Seed Enterprises: Management and Policies" /> He received the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India in 1998 for his contributions to the field of Horticulture.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref>

Attavar was married to Mamtha who has since died, leaving him with their two children.<ref name="Managing Director - Indo - American Hybrid Seeds" /> Subsequent to her death, he donated a women's theatre block to ''CSI Lombard Memorial Hospital'', Udupi and the hospital has named the facility as ''Martha Mamatha Attavar Memorial Block''.<ref name="Newly-Built Ladies Theatre Block to be Launched at CSI Lombard Memorial Hospital">{{cite web | url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/printer.asp?nid=101893 | title=Newly-Built Ladies Theatre Block to be Launched at CSI Lombard Memorial Hospital | publisher=Daiji World | date=13 May 2011 | access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref>

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