The horticultural science, deals with a number of important commodities having vast potential for nutrition and health for human beings, socio-economic upliftment, women empowerment, and for earning foreign exchange through export, has emerged as a very promising discipline in total agricultural development in India. By surpassing the total foodgrain production long back, horticultural science alone contributes more than 30 per cent of the total agricultural GDP in our country. Though a number of breakthroughs have resulted in enhancing the productivity and production per unit area in many horticultural crops, there is still a need to develop new varieties/ hybrids, technologies, and exploration of underutilized crops, and also to explore the untapped potential of many horticultural crops. Keeping in view, the Society for Horticultural Research and Development (SHRD), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, in collaboration with S K N Agriculture University, Jobner, Rajasthan, India, has decided to convene the 3^rd Indian Horticulture Summit-cum-International Conference-2024 to explore new dimensions in research and developmental activities through the sound network of the National Agricultural Research System across the country and global platforms engaged in horticultural research and development.

The Summit will provide a valuable platform to all stakeholders, including eminent scientists, teachers, researchers, students, farmers, entrepreneurs, policy- makers etc. to interact and share their noble experience during Summit. This platform will provide an excellent opportunity to update with the latest research and developmental activities to all stakeholders. The stakeholders will be enriched with advanced technological know-how in their respective fields. The 3^rd Indian Horticulture Summit-cum-International Conference-2024 with a theme, ‘Technological Intervention for Boosting Horticultural Production’ will be convened at the Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute (S K N Agriculture University, Jobner), Durgapura Campus, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, from February 1-3, 2024, in collaboration with Division of Vegetable Science, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi; Gautam Kalloo Research and Development Foundation, Varanasi; Dr Y.S.R. Horticultural University, West Godawari District, Andhra Pradesh; and ICAR-Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Anand, Gujarat.