Mr Ahmed Alam Khan, President of The Indian Rose Federation and Vice President of the World Federation of Rose Societies informed that the Regional Rose Convention of The World Federation of Rose Societies, hosted by The Indian Rose Federation and Hyderabad Rose Society will be held in the convention capital of India, Hyderabad at The Hyderabad International Convention Center (HICC) from 29th November to 2nd December 2014.
The Convention will be preceded by a pre tour of Southern India which is scheduled from 23rd vember,2014,starting from Bangalore visiting rose gardens in Bangalore and Ooty and places if historic importance in Srirangapatna and Mysore. The tour will conclude in Hyderabad on 28th November.
The All India Flower show and convention will be inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana, Shri K. Chandrashekar Rao, on 29th November.2014.
Post the convention a post tour is scheduled from 3rd December 2014 from Hyderabad to Delhi which include Agra Delhi and Jaipur.
It is a great pride for us to get such Convention to our Country and the State of Telangana . We are not leaving any stone unturned to make this event a memorable one said Mr. Khan. It was due to his persuasion in the meetings of the WFRS he could manage to get this event to India . These conventions
otherwise are normally held by rotation only in the European countries he added. The Hon’ble Chief Minister was very happy on hearing about the event and expressed that the Govt. of Telangana will extend its support to the organistion in making this a grand success.
Many members from various parts of the world have expressed their desire to visit our country. We have about hundred International delegates registered as of now and still communications are on.From across the country we have about six hundred delegates and still many more are in the process of joining, Our convention lectures include International speakers from China,Japan,Pakistan,Srilanka,Singapore,Italy,U.K. Australia,,Switzerland,United States and India. There will be local tours to rose gardens and other places of nterest in the historic city of Hyderabad during the convention period.
The theme of the convention is “ NEW LIGHT ON THE OLD WORLD OF ROSES”Apart from the local participants, Rosarians from different parts of the country like Jamshepur, Kolkata, Jabalpur, Ranchi, Pune, etc. are preparing to bring Rose cut flower to participate in the flower show. The show will be inaugurated at 3.00 P.M on 29th November and wil be open to the public on 30th November,2014. It will be a feast to the eyes of the spectators of the show with
thousands of flowers with vibrant colours displayed on the show tables.
This will be the best opportunity for the Rose Hybridizers, growers, hobbyists,Exporters, traders and farmers of floriculture etc. to gain knowledge from the deliberations froms experts from all over the world. We have many people in the regions of Maharashtra ans Karnataka growing Roses and exporting to the western world. I am sure the people in the trade from our State and country will be benefitted said Mr.Khan.
Mr. Khan is a nature lover and has a great passion for plants. He has a rose garden with ten thousand rose bushes at his farm in the outskirts of the city. He has developed a new rose garden for the event adding another fifteen thousand roses of all varieties. The concluding day the delegates will be visiting his farm to have a glimpse of the city’s large rose garden maintained by an individual.