Left teaching for farming, Haryana professor earns crores from polyhouse business

5 min readChandigarhUpdated: Jul 30, 2026 07:38 PM IST Jaipal Tanwar at his fields in the Panipat district of Haryana.(Express photo/Special arrangement).Dr Jaipal Tanwar taught in government colleges in Haryana as an assistant professor for seven years before quitting academia to venture into agribusiness in 2014. More than a decade later, he has established himself as one of the state’s leading polyhouse entrepreneurs. Tanwar, 45, a resident of Asan Khurd village in Panipat district, says he now earns an annual profit of nearly Rs 1.5 crore by cultivating flowers including lilies, chrysanthemums and tuberose, and vegetables spread across 50 acres of leased land in Panipat. His enterprise also generates employment for 48 people.Under the Haryana government’s horticulture promotion scheme,