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	Venkatapathi Reddiar, holder several patents,<ref name="Tafe">{{cite web \| url=http://www.tafe.com/pdf/TAFE%20Honours%20Progressive%20Farmer%20turned%20agri%20edited%20Sun%20March%2023%205pm.pdf \| title=Tafe \| publisher=Tafe \| date=24 March 2011 \| accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref> was honored by the International Tamil University, Maryland, USA<ref name="International Tamil University">{{cite web \| url=http://www.tamiluniversityusa.org/ \| title=International Tamil University \| publisher=International Tamil University \| date=2014 \| accessdate=17 December 2014}}</ref> with the degree of ''Doctor of Letters'' (Honoris Causa) in 2011.<ref name="Zoom Pondy">{{cite web \| url=https://www.zoompondy.com/news/a-feather-in-cap-for-t-venkatapathi-reddiar/ \| title=Zoom Pondy \| publisher=Zoom Pondy \| date=2013 \| accessdate=16 December 2014 \| url-status=dead \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217135517/https://www.zoompondy.com/news/a-feather-in-cap-for-t-venkatapathi-reddiar/ \| archivedate=17 December 2014 }}</ref> The same year, in 2011, he received the ''Vezhan Vittighar'' award from Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE).<ref name="Tafe" /> He also features in the [[Limca Book of Records]], an Indian repository of records and achievements, for his innovations.<ref name="Money Control" /><ref name="Indian Frontliners" /> Reddiar, who has been invited by the President of India for a lunch with him at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]],<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="IBN Live" /> was awarded the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 2012, making him the first person from Puducherry to receive the award.<ref name="Money Control" /><ref name="Indian Frontliners" /><ref name="Pondicherry Tourism" />		Venkatapathi Reddiar, holder several patents,<ref name="Tafe">{{cite web \| url=http://www.tafe.com/pdf/TAFE%20Honours%20Progressive%20Farmer%20turned%20agri%20edited%20Sun%20March%2023%205pm.pdf \| title=Tafe \| publisher=Tafe \| date=24 March 2011 \| accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref> was honored by the International Tamil University, Maryland, USA<ref name="International Tamil University">{{cite web \| url=http://www.tamiluniversityusa.org/ \| title=International Tamil University \| publisher=International Tamil University \| date=2014 \| accessdate=17 December 2014}}</ref> with the degree of ''Doctor of Letters'' (Honoris Causa) in 2011.<ref name="Zoom Pondy">{{cite web \| url=https://www.zoompondy.com/news/a-feather-in-cap-for-t-venkatapathi-reddiar/ \| title=Zoom Pondy \| publisher=Zoom Pondy \| date=2013 \| accessdate=16 December 2014 \| url-status=dead \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217135517/https://www.zoompondy.com/news/a-feather-in-cap-for-t-venkatapathi-reddiar/ \| archivedate=17 December 2014 }}</ref> The same year, in 2011, he received the ''Vezhan Vittighar'' award from Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE).<ref name="Tafe" /> He also features in the [[Limca Book of Records]], an Indian repository of records and achievements, for his innovations.<ref name="Money Control" /><ref name="Indian Frontliners" /> Reddiar, who has been invited by the President of India for a lunch with him at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]],<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="IBN Live" /> was awarded the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 2012, making him the first person from Puducherry to receive the award.<ref name="Money Control" /><ref name="Indian Frontliners" /><ref name="Pondicherry Tourism" />

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'''T. Venkatapathi Reddiar''' is an Indian [[horticulturist]] and [[florist]], credited with the development of over 100 varieties of [[crossandra]] flowers and [[casuarinas]].<ref name="Chennai Vision">{{cite web | url=http://www.chennaivision.com/news/2013/49967.php | title=Chennai Vision | publisher=Chennai Vision | date=2012 | accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref> He was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2014 | accessdate=11 November 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
[[File:Crossandra infundibuliformis.JPG|thumb|240px|left|Crossandra infundibuliformis]]
[[File:Casuarina equisetifolia 0004.jpg|thumb|240px|Casuarina equisetifolia 0004]]

Venkatapathi Reddiar was born on 29 March 1946 in Koodapakkam village of the Indian [[Union Territory]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]].<ref name="LNTC">{{cite web | url=http://www.lntc72.com/aboutus.php | title=LNTC | publisher=LNTC | date=2014 | accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref> His schooling was broken while he was in grade 4 as he had to assist his family in farming but, taking a fascination for horticulture, he learnt the science through self-education.<ref name="LNTC" /><ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Padma-Shri-fruit-of-labour/article13382830.ece | title= Padma Shri, fruit of labour | first=Rajesh B. | last=Nair | newspaper=The Hindu | date=27 January 2012 | accessdate=16 February 2020 }}</ref> He obtained translated versions of scientific journals for his studies and attempted reportedly innovative practices at ''Lakshminarayana Crossandra Innovative Centre'', a laboratory and research centre founded by him in 1972. Initially he worked on [[micropropagation]] of different varieties of flower plants but soon started deploying [[tissue culture]] techniques at the laboratory he had set up.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Reddiar is credited with the standardization of the technique of nodal stem cuttings in mist chamber.<ref name="LNTC" /> He is reported to have developed over 100 varieties of plants such as [[Crossandra]] and disease resistant [[Casuarina]].<ref name="Economic Times">{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-08-14/news/33201246_1_farm-sector-n-rangasamy-new-variety | title=Economic Times | publisher=Economic Times | date=14 August 2012 | accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Pondicherry Tourism">{{cite web | url=http://pondicherrytourism.blogspot.ae/2012/01/shri-t-venkatapathi-reddiar-of.html | title=Pondicherry Tourism | publisher=Pondicherry Tourism | date=2012 | accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref> One of the crossandra varieties he has developed has been christened ''Abdul Kalam Crossandra'', after the erstwhile [[APJ Abdul Kalam|President of India]]. Another variety of casuarina developed by him is dedicated to the incumbent Chief Minister of Puducherry, [[N. Rangaswamy]] and is known by name, ''Rangaswamy Casuarina''.<ref name="Economic Times" /><ref name="Money Control">{{cite web | url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/a-recognitionmy-hard-workpadma-shri-awardee_657109.html | title=Money Control | publisher=Money Control | date=2012 | accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Indian Frontliners">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianfrontliners.com/36/blog/270/category/page-55 | title=Indian Frontliners | publisher=Indian Frontliners | date=2012 | accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref> He is reported to have devised farming techniques for ''Delhi Crossandra'' which yields 20 kg of flowers per acre per day.<ref name="LNTC" /> He is also credited with the development of 30 high yielding mutant varieties of Crossandra using [[gamma radiation]], with assistance from the [[Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research]], [[Kalpakkam]].<ref name="LNTC" /><ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article336836.ece?service=print | title=Indian Express | publisher=Indian Express | date=2012 | accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="IBN Live">{{cite web | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/padma-shri-award-for-crossandra-farmer/224423-60-118.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20141217143607/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/padma-shri-award-for-crossandra-farmer/224423-60-118.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2014-12-17 | title=IBN Live | publisher=IBN Live | date=2012 | accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref>

Reddiar, whose hybrid varieties have been planted in the [[Mughal gardens|Mughal Gardens]] of the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]],<ref name="Indian Express" /> lives in Koodapakkam in Puducherry.<ref name="Chennai Vision" />

==Awards and recognitions==
Venkatapathi Reddiar, holder several patents,<ref name="Tafe">{{cite web | url=http://www.tafe.com/pdf/TAFE%20Honours%20Progressive%20Farmer%20turned%20agri%20edited%20Sun%20March%2023%205pm.pdf | title=Tafe | publisher=Tafe | date=24 March 2011 | accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref> was honored by the International Tamil University, Maryland, USA<ref name="International Tamil University">{{cite web | url=http://www.tamiluniversityusa.org/ | title=International Tamil University | publisher=International Tamil University | date=2014 | accessdate=17 December 2014}}</ref> with the degree of ''Doctor of Letters'' (Honoris Causa) in 2011.<ref name="Zoom Pondy">{{cite web | url=https://www.zoompondy.com/news/a-feather-in-cap-for-t-venkatapathi-reddiar/ | title=Zoom Pondy | publisher=Zoom Pondy | date=2013 | accessdate=16 December 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217135517/https://www.zoompondy.com/news/a-feather-in-cap-for-t-venkatapathi-reddiar/ | archivedate=17 December 2014 }}</ref> The same year, in 2011, he received the ''Vezhan Vittighar'' award from Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE).<ref name="Tafe" /> He also features in the [[Limca Book of Records]], an Indian repository of records and achievements, for his innovations.<ref name="Money Control" /><ref name="Indian Frontliners" /> Reddiar, who has been invited by the President of India for a lunch with him at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]],<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="IBN Live" /> was awarded the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 2012, making him the first person from Puducherry to receive the award.<ref name="Money Control" /><ref name="Indian Frontliners" /><ref name="Pondicherry Tourism" />

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==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV4F4sUV7xE | title=Civil Investiture Ceremony - Padma Shri | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=4 April 2012 | accessdate=1 December 2014}}

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